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80% “Clean” Energy by 2035: What Does This Mean?
[Editor’s Note: Ken Kok has 35 years experience in nuclear energy and R&D project management, including business development, facility management, proposal preparation and project planning. He has...
View ArticleIs Al Gore Bad for Big Environmentalism? (A shriller gone sour)
“‘I think Al Gore’s done more to hurt this cause than he has to help it…. There are a lot of Democrats who don’t want to get within 10 miles of Al Gore on climate policy, because he’s seen by a lot of...
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California’s 33% Renewable Energy Goal by 2020: Form or Substance? (Part...
California is committed to a renewable energy portfolio to provide 33 percent of its electricity by 2020 from qualifying resources such as wind, solar, geothermal, biomass, and small hydroelectric...
View ArticleCalifornia’s 33% Renewable Energy Goal by 2020: Form or Substance? (Part...
Part I yesterday reviewed in-state electricity generation and power imports required to meet California’s current power demand. Part II today shows how Renewable Energy Credits may be used to meet...
View ArticleJames Hansen Smacks Renewable Energy (“The Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy”–and...
“Suggesting that renewables will let us phase rapidly off fossil fuels in the United States, China, India, or the world as a whole is almost the equivalent of believing in the Easter Bunny and Tooth...
View Article100% Renewables? (examining a potential methodological flaw)
The world has always been dirty and risky. But it was a far dirtier and riskier place before there was an electricity grid run on coal, natural gas, oil, and nuclear. The world would still be a dirty...
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Renewable Energies: The Mirage of Mass
“Wind power’s growth is challenged because the best sites for windmills have already been exploited, the end-of-life mills are being torn down, subsidies are declining, and some of the enthusiasm for...
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US Renewable Energy Output: A Closer Look
“There is also an oft ignored consideration for the ultimate number of wind and solar installations to be built and operate: a complete fleet turnover would be needed four or five times a century.”...
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