Clean Energy
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Billionaires Chase Holy Grail of Energy
Not long before he died, tech visionary Paul Allen traveled to the south of France for a personal tour of a 35-country quest to replicate the workings of the Sun. The goal is to one day produce clean, almost limitless energy by fusing atoms together rather than splitting them apart. The Microsoft Corp. co-founder said he […]
Shifting Attitudes to Win the Global Climate Battle
We are in a race against time. We are making dramatic progress in decarbonizing our economies, but dangerous climate impacts are also coming at us faster than predicted. We need concerted action now, in all major economies, to accelerate the transformation of a world that currently relies on fossil fuels for more than 80 percent […]
Can Paris Exist Sans Gasoline? Its Mayor Thinks So.
If Paris’s socialist mayor Anne Hidalgo gets her way — and gale-force opposition is trying to make sure she doesn’t — one day you won’t be able to drive a gas-powered car through Paris, but you will be able to breathe. That is the choice, and it should be an obvious one. No city should […]
Utilities have a problem: the public wants 100% renewable energy, and quick
Renewable energy is hot. It has incredible momentum, not only in terms of deployment and costs but in terms of public opinion and cultural cachet. To put it simply: Everyone loves renewable energy. It’s cleaner, it’s high-tech, it’s new jobs, it’s the future. Read the entire article at Vox. The Sierra Club notes that […]
Global Electrical System Will Soon Be Wind, Solar and Batteries
Every year, Bloomberg NEF runs its New Energy Outlook (NEO) for the future of the world electricity system, taking into account projections for country-by-country demand, technology costs, the transition in transport and many other variables – without assuming any new policy measures. Every year, this modeling exercise seems to produce a big surprise. Read […]
Internal Combustion Engine Mechanic Ready for EV Revolution
He’s teaching others how to fix hybrid and electric cars. He bought his first hybrid car in 1999 – and never looked back – as a consumer or as a mechanic. Read the entire article at Yale Climate Connections. For 40 years, Craig Van Batenburg has owned an auto repair shop in Worcester, Massachusetts. Van […]
“There is no time to lose”: Pope Francis warns oil executives on climate change
In an address to dozens of top oil executives, investors and industry experts, Pope Francis brought attention to the existential threats posed by climate change, and the urgent action that was needed to combat the global crisis. Read the entire article at Salon. The leader of the Catholic Church offered an appeal as to […]
U.S. East Coast is Going All In on Offshore Wind Power
Three northeastern US states signed up for a cumulative 1,200 megawatts (MW) of offshore wind power, and hinted at even more ambitious goals in the future. Read the entire article at Quartz. On May 23, Massachusetts’s awarded its first offshore-wind contract to Vineyard Wind for a 800 MW, 100-turbine farm to be built further […]
Carmakers’ Letter to White House – “Climate Change is Real”
Automakers urged the White House to cooperate with California officials in a coming rewrite of vehicle efficiency standards, saying “climate change is real.” Read the entire article at Bloomberg. The plea came in a May 3 letter to the White House’s Office of Management and Budget from the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, the industry’s […]
Hawaii Aims for 100% Renewable Energy, Other States Watching
How to incorporate solar and wind while keeping the electricity grid stable is a key question. Read the entire article at Scientific American. When it comes to generating renewable electricity, Hawaii is leading other states in almost every category. It gets 33 percent of its electricity from rooftop solar and has 60 utility-scale renewable energy […]
