Here’s a great post by perhaps the best Congressperson in office today, Bernie Sanders, on Mitt Romney’s relationship to energy (h/t Grist): The Big Energy industries (oil, coal and gas) along with their political allies like Mitt Romney are waging war against sustainable energy and efforts to transform our … [continued]
Now that renewables are receiving some of the same incentives that fossil fuels have enjoyed for nearly one hundred years, we’re suddenly being inundated with calls for a purely “free-market” approach to energy development from politicians on the right and companies concerned about the growth of clean energy. Their … [continued]
You know the line — “Renewable energy shouldn’t receive government support. If it can’t stand on its own in the free market, it doesn’t deserve to grow.” The answer — total freakin’ hogwash, horsefeathers, balderdash! First of all, as you might have gathered from the title, fossil fuel’s historical … [continued]
The first of 140 turbines is being erected on the Oklahoma wind farm, a project developed by TradeWind Energy and owned by Enel NA and GE Energy Financial Services that’s expected to inject some $5 million into the local economy, create 150 jobs, and avoid CO2 emissions equivalent to taking 110,000 cars off the road. […]
Ah, FOX News and GOP politicians at the federal level will harp on clean energy subsidies all day… but won’t drop fossil fuel subsidies for anything (note: many local- and state-level Republicans are actually supporting clean energy industries). But the fact remains: fossil fuel subsidies are much larger than … [continued]
Japanese electronics giants, solar PV players, and power utilities have been working up project plans in advance of a national solar and renewable energy Feed-in Tariff, which industry observers say may catapult Japan past Italy and Germany as the world’s largest solar energy market. […]
It seems that every day I’m reading (or even writing) about solar and wind energy’s prices and potential without government subsidies — but it is really ridiculous that dropping government subsidies should even be on the table. Amongst the political right (especially politicians and media), there’s a common argument … [continued]
Below is a wonderful video of Amory Lovins explaining the energy subsidy inequality (favoring fossil fuels) in the U.S. today, renewable energy costs, and the myths of baseload power. But first, Peter Sinclair’s apt comments on the interview, which doesn’t only include Lovins: The video above from Bloomberg shows the best … [continued]
Solar power, wind power, and even geothermal power have boomed in recent years in the U.S., making the country a leader in these fields. They’ve partly boomed due to dropping costs, more efficient technologies, and more energy-conscious people and businesses. However, a huge part of their growth has been due … [continued]
Marine power – generating clean, renewable electricity primarily from ocean waves and tidal currents – has been high up on the energy policy and political agenda across the UK, particularly in Scotland. Proposed increases in government investments and subsidies is boosting investment, start-ups and attracting growing interest on the part of multinational energy and engineering companies.
