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Political Analysis – Energy: Overdevelopment and the Delusion of Endless Growth
Richard Heinberg discusses the impact energy development on the environment along with ideas for transforming the energy narrative.
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Energy transitions – headlines
•The Energy Transition is Here •IEA Report: Wind and Solar Can Carry Bulk of Energy TransformationT•he Economics of Grid Defection •Industry-funded report calls for changes to German energy policy...
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As Small Hydropower Expands, So Does Caution on Its Impacts
Small hydropower projects have the potential to bring electricity to millions of people now living off the grid. But experts warn that planners must carefully consider the cumulative effects of...
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Could BC Become a 100% Renewable Energy Region?: Electricity and Heat
Would the transition away from fossil fuels fatally weaken BC’s economy, as some conservative thinkers fear? Worse yet, would it drag us back to the dark ages? Are the fear-mongers right?
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Energy Crunch: Losing power?
Should we be worried about the threat of a cold dark winter?
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How Solar Can Help Nepal’s Relief Efforts
Following the earthquake, Gham Power provided lights and mobile charging stations for relief workers and the displaced.
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Electricity For All: Daniel Kammen – Part 1
Daniel Kammen paints a hopeful picture of a future where affordable renewable energy reaches the 1.2 billion people who currently live without access to electricity, with an overall positive impact on...
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Renewable Electricity: Falling Costs, Variability, and Scaling Challenges
The universal availability and use of electricity has come to define modern life, at least for the vast majority of North Americans and western Europeans.
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Legal Challenges of PURPA and FERC
In addition to our deep dive on PURPA and around-market reforms, we’ll also discuss some of the likely implications of Trump’s new direction in energy policy, implications for the Clean Power Plan, and...
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Puerto Rico: When the electricity stops
When the electricity stops in modern civilization, pretty much everything else stops. Not even gasoline-powered vehicles can get far before they are obliged to seek a fill-up—which they cannot get...
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Mapped: How the US Generates Electricity
The US electricity system is often described as the world’s largest machine. It is also incredibly diverse, reflecting the policy preferences, needs and available natural resources of each state....
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How Advance Cost Recovery Swindled the South
How did the legal innovation of “advance cost recovery” allow utilities in South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Mississippi to torch more than $40 billion on nuclear and coal plants that went way over...
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Energy transitions – headlines
•The Energy Transition is Here •IEA Report: Wind and Solar Can Carry Bulk of Energy TransformationT•he Economics of Grid Defection •Industry-funded report calls for changes to German energy policy...
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As Small Hydropower Expands, So Does Caution on Its Impacts
Small hydropower projects have the potential to bring electricity to millions of people now living off the grid. But experts warn that planners must carefully consider the cumulative effects of...
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Could BC Become a 100% Renewable Energy Region?: Electricity and Heat
Would the transition away from fossil fuels fatally weaken BC’s economy, as some conservative thinkers fear? Worse yet, would it drag us back to the dark ages? Are the fear-mongers right?
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Energy Crunch: Losing power?
Should we be worried about the threat of a cold dark winter?
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How Solar Can Help Nepal’s Relief Efforts
Following the earthquake, Gham Power provided lights and mobile charging stations for relief workers and the displaced.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Electricity For All: Daniel Kammen – Part 1
Daniel Kammen paints a hopeful picture of a future where affordable renewable energy reaches the 1.2 billion people who currently live without access to electricity, with an overall positive impact on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Renewable Electricity: Falling Costs, Variability, and Scaling Challenges
The universal availability and use of electricity has come to define modern life, at least for the vast majority of North Americans and western Europeans.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Energy Crunch: Losing power?
Should we be worried about the threat of a cold dark winter?
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