Inside Energy (https://insideenergy.org/tag/renewable-energy/page/2/)
This month, global leaders are gathered in Paris to make a plan to combat climate change. There is broad scientific consensus that climate change is real, serious and caused by humans—but political consensus in this country has been elusive, often clouded by doubt. Is there a pattern to climate change denial?
As Denmark strives to reach ambitious renewables goals, it isn’t just adding more wind turbines and solar panels—it’s totally rethinking the way we consume electricity.
Dam removals have become much more commonplace in recent years in the Pacific Northwest as their benefits are weighed against the harm they have caused to river ecosystems. From EarthFix.
Energy storage is expensive and experimental. When will it be worth it? The answers are ‘stored’ in this story by Leigh Paterson.
This short video looks at how a tiny island is helping Denmark reach its goal of producing 100 percent clean power by 2030.
The aging United States electricity grid is facing an increasing number of threats, ranging from severe weather events to solar flares to cyber terrorism. It’s something the U.S. military is taking seriously, helping lead the way in the development of smaller and more secure grids – known as microgrids.
Renewable energy seems to be taking off in the US, but there are serious challenges—both technological and social—that come along with adding more solar and wind to the grid. Denmark has faced similar challenges as it has transitioned from almost no renewables in the mid-90s to almost half of its power supply today.
Texas produces more electricity from wind than any other state. But that success has come with political challenges.
On an island in the middle of the Baltic Sea, Denmark is testing solutions for the electricity grid of the future.
