Fully Sustainable Global Energy Supply By 2050 (VIDEO)
Continuing on with our daily series on Leonardo ENERGY videos, here’s another plan to power the world 100% with renewable energy — wind, water, sunlight, and biomass:
Solar Energy
35X Increase For Solar In Argentina
Currently Argentina is far behind in solar capacity with only about 10 MW in operation. That could change soon due to plans to expand by up to thirty-five times. Solar farms are being planned in the western parts of the country, where there is approximately twice was much solar radiation … [continued]
100%, 99%, 80%, 70% — How Much Can/Should The World Be Powered By Renewable Energy?
How much can/should the world be powered by renewable energy? Or how about your country or region? A number of studies have tackled this question, and I recently realized that we hadn’t stuck them all together in one easy-to-find place. So, I created this page specifically for that purpose: 70%, 80%, … [continued]
Solar & Wind Cutting Fossil Fuels Off At The Kneecaps In Coming Years In Australia
This article was originally published on RenewEconomy: The story that has really captured the imagination of our readers this year has been on the Bloomberg New Energy Finance analysis that demonstrated that wind energy was already cheaper than new coal and gas plants in Australia, and solar PV was not all that … [continued]
Masdar & Abu Dhabi Extravaganza
As regular readers know, we’ve published quite a few articles about Masdar and Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week this year. And I actually have a bunch more planned. However, beyond our own articles, several bloggers and reporters who were in the same VIP Media program as Marika and me have also … [continued]
Those Australian Electricity Price Increases We Keep Hearing About (Charts)
This article was originally published on RenewEconomy: Australian consumers have been buffeted by some hefty electricity price rises in the last few years, and face yet more in the next couple of years. But how long will it last, and what sort of price will householders be facing in 2020? … [continued]
Powering The World With Wind, Water, & Sunshine (VIDEO)
Continuing on with our daily series on Leonardo ENERGY videos, here’s one on a plan to power the world 100% with renewable energy — wind, water, and sunlight (WWS):
2012 Solar Predictions Reviewed
It took me awhile to get to this one, but this article by Rosana Francescato (originally published on the PV Solar Report) gives a pretty thorough overview of how various 2012 solar predictions fared. Of course, when reviewing predictions from numerous sources, there’s going to be quite a bit of … [continued]
Solar Frontier Predicts 50% Cut In Price Of Its Thin-Film Solar Modules
This article was originally published on RenewEconomy: Showa Shell, the Japanese subsidiary of global oil giant Royal Dutch Shell, has predicted that its solar unit Solar Frontier will be able to cut production costs of its solar modules by half in the next few years as it seeks to emerge … [continued]
America Isn’t Always #1 (Future360 Video)
The United States prides itself on being “#1.” Unfortunately, we actually aren’t number one on a long list of things, and we’re pretty far down there on some important indices. In this video and post below, Sarah Backhouse of Future360 runs down a few of the cleantech categories in which … [continued]
