For many of us, the Climate Crisis looks like a brick wall, something the internal combustion-driven economy will slam into and total the system we grew up in. John J. Berger, Ph.D., author of Solving the Climate Crisis: Frontline Reports from the Race to Save the Earth, explored the path forward without getting up with the doom-saying that discourages people from […]
Karakul, a large lake in Tajikistan formed by a meteor. Photo credit: NASA – via Wikimedia. By Anders Lorenzen Tajikistan, the central Asian country nestled between Afghanistan and China, has big plans for the future of energy. The country, with a population of nearly ten million, gained independence with the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. And it is positioning […]
Australia Photo credit: Clean Energy Regulator. By Anders Lorenzen The penetration of renewable energy in Australia‘s main electricity grid has never been higher. The share of renewables in Australia’s main electricity grid has reached a new high, with rooftop and grid-scale solar, wind and hydro combining to deliver more than 70% of the total underlying demand on Wednesday this week. […]
The pace of renewable energy investments has gained momentum over the past decade. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA) World Energy Investment 2023 report, $2.8 trillion will be invested this year in energy, including fossil fuels, with almost 61% dedicated to clean energy. Meet investor Ben Wolkon, a founding partner at MUUS Climate Partners. The firm invests to accelerate […]
Offshore wind turbines of the coast of Esbjerg, Denmark. Photo credit: AP Photo / Heribert Proepper. By Anders Lorenzen Amidst the trouble faced by the wind sector in Europe, the EU has pledged a package of support measures. Inflation, supply chain issues and rising costs are just some of the problems that Europe’s wind sector is currently facing, which are […]
The APRA launh event. Photo credit: IRENA. By Anders Lorenzen An initiative spearheaded by The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), together with Kenya, Denmark, Germany and the COP28 hosts, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), seeks to boost renewable energy production in the continent of Africa. The partnership; ‘Accelerated Partnership for Renewables in Africa (APRA)’ was launched in Nairobi, the capital […]
Some utility companies are fighting against renewable energy – and they are using your money to do it. When you move into a new house, you usually have to contact the city to turn on the electricity. Even if the city sends your monthly power bill, they don’t actually provide your electricity. Private companies generate nearly all the electricity in […]
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Solar panels in the Bavarian Holledau region in Au, Germany. Photo credit: Reuters / Louisa Off. By Anders Lorenzen The renewable energy sector experienced record growth in 2022 of 1%. But despite this, it did not shift the dominance of fossil fuels. They still account for 82% of the global energy supply according to the industry’s Statistical Review of World […]
Solar panels on a neighbourhood in lower Manhattan in New York City, US. Photo credit: Reuters / Brendan McDermid. By Anders Lorenzen The electricity grid in New York, US has just set a new record for the level of renewable energy flowing through its local grid. On the 18th of May, a record amount of solar power of 3,330 megawatts […]