Why Battery Storage Should Be A No Brainer – Take Two

Batteries Published on July 31st, 2013 | by Giles Parkinson This post originally published on RenewEconomy Monday’s report on...

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Oil and gas headlines

Click on the headline (link) for the full text.Wildcatting: A Stripper’s Guide to the Modern American BoomtownSusan Elizabeth Shepard. BuzzFeed ... It’s not the charm that brings dancers to Whispers, though. We’re in Williston, North Dakota, because oil companies are here working to extract the abundant natural resources of the region, and to do so, they require many men to work for them. Female company...

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UK Energy Sector Feels Like It Is Waiting for Godot

Pity energy firms and cleantech investors in Britain: waiting for UK energy policy to be finalised is like waiting for Godot.The British Government's Energy Bill is currently in the committee stage in the House of Lords.Together with the prior consultations it has taken years to get to this point and will continue snaking through...

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Virginia is Feeling the Heat From Climate Change

Kelly Henderson, Climate Center Program Assistant, Washington, D.C.I am a Virginia native, born and raised in the home of one of the original 13 colonies and birthplace of American settlement. All throughout grade school I was taught the importance of Virginia’s rich history and how many of the original Presidents and lawmakers...

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5 Reasons Good Energy Projects Don't Get Financed

Most energy projects never get beyond the development process. There are many reasons for this, but failure to obtain financing has derailed an increasing number of projects over the past few years. The most common reason is the fundamental economics of the project do not provide confidence in an adequate return being paid to investors....

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TEPCO Faces New Setbacks at Fukushima Nuclear Plant

By Will DavisTokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) has found itself thrust into the spotlight again over the last two weeks as a series of events at and around the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear station have triggered a large volume of negative press, government commentary, and regulatory backlash. The embattled utility clearly...

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Over 1 GW And 11,000 Jobs in Australia Solar Energy Over 2012

The Australian Photovoltaic Association (APVA) announced last week that 2012 had been a great year for the Australian photovoltaic industry, installing over 1 GW of capacity (nearly half the nation’s current solar panel capacity of 2.6 GW) and employing approximately 11,000 people.Furthermore, the APVA affirmed that the average...

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No Dash For Gas: Campaign Slogans Trump Engineering Realities

If you were serious in your desire to decarbonise electricity the first thing you ought to do is get some at least rudimentary understanding of electricity grids actually work. Such efforts however appear to be too much for campaigning groups such as No Dash For Gas. Consider this recent tweet from them:A novel idea indeed. Of...

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Is The Future Of Solar Centralised Or Local?

 This article originally published on RenewEconomy After driving several hours along Interstate 15 through the desolate and ancient land formations of the Mojave Desert, and after rising over a large summit, you are suddenly presented with a glimpse of what many say is the future of electricity generation. The 392MW Ivanpah...

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DECC Tables Plan to Support Independent Renewable Energy

The Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has published plans to help independent renewable generators gain entry to the electricity market, in order to promote competition and innovation.Energy Minister Greg Barker has tabled an amendment to the Energy Bill that will make it easier for independent generators of renewable electricity to sell their power to suppliers via Power Purchase Agreements, thereby improving...

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US Interior Department Approces 500 MW Arizona Wind Farm

The US Department of the Interior announced on Wednesday that they had approved a plan to build a 500 MW wind project in Arizona. Upon completion, the wind farm will provide enough electricity to the grid to power up to 175,000 houses. The announcement comes in the wake of President Obama’s climate action plan, a comprehensive...

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New Report Plots Path to Zero Carbon Britain

Leading environmental charity, the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT), has released an update of its Zero Carbon Britain scenario called Rethinking the Future, in which it attempts to show that it's possible for the UK to decarbonise rapidly using the current level of technological development.The Zero Carbon Britain modelling suggests that the variability of solar and wind energy sources can be accommodated by...

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Hydropower and Geothermal Status Update 2013

This is the 2nd installment in a series that looks at the recently released 2013 BP Statistical Review of World Energy. The previous post â€" Renewable Energy Status Update 2013 â€" focused mainly on wind and solar power. This post delves into hydropower and geothermal power. Some of the BP data is supplemented by REN21′s recently-released 2013...

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