Breaking news: The Belgian power price shot up today to €448.-/MWh due to the failure of the atomic power plants:…
On How cheap can solar get? Very cheap indeed
One come - one go. Background: Czech threatened to ban German 'green power' 2 years ago: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/04/17/czech-germany-grid-idUKL5N0D43LA20130417 Entered talks last…
On UK: next renewable energy market to go?
Cheapest power to create cheapest power: http://www.pv-magazine.com/news/details/beitrag/silicor-raises-us105-million-to-support-umg-polysilicon-in-iceland_100021104/#axzz3m2Agk38h In the USA Solarworld is co-operating with Enerphase (plug-and-play): http://www.pv-tech.org/news/solarworld_enphase_to_collaborate_on_new_ac_modules
On How cheap can solar get? Very cheap indeed
I presume that supplying a significant fraction of German gas consumption from shale over many years would involve drilling thousands…
On How far will Germany go on fracking? Understanding the proposed new legislation
TU Vienna has just published their research on the need for power storage in Germany and Austria. 80% of CO2…
On Happy with 25 percent wind and solar? The case of Italy and Spain
Demolition and waste storage costs grossly under-covered by German atom industry: http://www.manager-magazin.de/unternehmen/energie/energiekonzernen-fehlen-30-milliarden-euro-a-1052914.html#ref=rss
On 28 billion annually for the Energiewende?
Excellent article. Gates' naivete on solar and wind energy is also very well described by Jigar Shah in http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/sorry-bill-gates-you-are-wrong-on-clean-energy ,…
On Earth to Gates: we are good to go
"Germany’s On The Brink Of An Energy Crisis" "For years, the government has subsidized solar and wind energy through energy…
On Separating Fact from Fiction in Accounts of Germany’s Renewables Revolution
I think the way to ensure a shift in energy policy is to use UK stamp duty (money from property…
On Four reasons Jeremy Corbyn’s innovative energy policy is no 80s throwback
Was the announcement to reopen the UK coal mines a propaganda trick ? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11791434/Jeremy-Corbyn-Labour-could-reopen-coal-mines-and-nationalise-gas-and-electricity-sector.html http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/labour-leadership-frontrunner-jeremy-corbyn-6221443 By Labour or by the…
On Four reasons Jeremy Corbyn’s innovative energy policy is no 80s throwback