For the purpose of this post, I see the original deal of cards for energy in the allocation of fossil fuel reserves. Saudi Arabia got a couple of aces. Japan has been much less fortunate.
The point is that after the transition to renewable energy, each country will be responsible for their energy base. If you invest a lot of money in renewable energy infrastructure, you will end up with more energy than a country that continues burning fossil fuel.
In Southern California, actor Ed Begley Jr. is famous for going 100% renewable back when it was prohibitively expensive to do so. In 1985, he bought a stake in a wind farm. In 1990, he installed solar panels on his roof. He prefers walking and biking, but when he drives, it’s in an EV (including the EV1, RAV4 EV, and various custom models). Everything in his home is renewable powered or person powered. He’s even got his own TV show about his way of living.
Europe’s first grid-scale Tesla Powerpack energy storage system installation was recently officially unveiled in Somerset (England), according to recent reports.
Major businesses are embracing renewable energy in a big way – and discovering there’s an awful lot of green to be made in a clean energy-powered economy.
Wholesale electricty prices in New South Wales and Queensland, which have two of the most coal dependent grids in Australia, have soared in recent weeks, and according to the latest official data and were more than twice the price of wholesale electricity in renewable-rich South Australia.
Cities are where most of the world’s people live, and they can make the move toward cleantech and away from burning up the planet go much, much — much — faster. In fact, some policies could trump critical levers like ZEV mandates, and if adopted broadly, make the ZEV transition happen faster than most of us think possible.
Transitioning towards a 100% renewable electricity system — including 50% worth of solar PV — is the cheapest option for South America, and would be possible within the next 15 years, according to new research published this week.
While the green building industry has been booming in the US and Europe for some time, other countries are taking note and beginning to innovate. Check out some of Climate Reality’s favorite green buildings.
After its monumental success in solar and wind energy sectors, China is now looking at increased pace of development in the geothermal power sector.
Internet behemoth Google has announced that it will reach 100% renewable energy for its entire global operations by 2017, including all its data centers and offices — meeting its original renewable energy targets well ahead of schedule.
