Green Energy

Winds of change are blowing across the UK, as it embarks on an energy transition that is both good for the economy and essential to curbing climate change.

But as homegrown wind and solar take over from fossil fuels, it's important that workers aren’t left behind.

To that end, the UK and Scottish governments have launched a ‘skills passport’ to help oil and gas workers transfer into clean energy jobs.

The UK’s Labour government has also announced regional skills investments worth almost £4 million (€4.7m) to help people make the move in four key regions.

One of the biggest myths about renewable energy is that it isn’t reliable. Sure, the sun sets every night and winds calm down, putting solar panels and turbines to sleep. But when those renewables are humming, they’re providing the grid with electricity and charging banks of batteries, which then supply power at night.

A new study in the journal Renewable Energy that looked at California’s deployment of renewable power highlights just how reliable the future of energy might be. It found that last year, from late winter to early summer, renewables fulfilled 100 percent of the state’s electricity demand for up to 10 hours on 98 of 116 days, a record for California. Not only were there no blackouts during that time, thanks in part to backup battery power, but at their peak the renewables provided up to 162 percent of the grid’s needs — adding extra electricity California could export to neighboring states or use to fill batteries.

The adoption of renewable energy represents a glimmer of renewed hope for Tribes, illuminating a path forward despite the shadows cast by systematic subjugation.

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The booming solar industry has found an unlikely mascot in sheep as large-scale solar farms crop up across the U.S. and in the plain fields of Texas. In Milam County, outside Austin, SB Energy operates the fifth-largest solar project in the country, capable of generating 900 megawatts of power across 4,000 acres (1,618 hectares).

How do they manage all that grass? With the help of about 3,000 sheep, which are better suited than lawnmowers to fit between small crevices and chew away rain or shine.

The proliferation of sheep on solar farms is part of a broader trend — solar grazing — that has exploded alongside the solar industry.

Shifting responsibility to consumers minimises the role of energy industry and policymakers, University of Sydney research suggests

Electricity generation is responsible for close to half of Australia’s emissions, based on 2021 International Energy Agency estimates, with transport and industry also major emitters.

In the context of the energy market, Van Laer said, storytelling should emphasise the role of companies and governments alongside individuals.

“At the moment, it’s not presented that way,” he said.

“It’s like ‘you, consumer, you can do this on your own and then we [companies] will fall in line.”

At 250 miles long, 3 miles wide, and currently generating 5.4 gigawatts, the Kubuqi Desert solar array will be the world’s largest by a country mile when finished in 2030.

A study shows that claims about renewable energy's high cost are demonstrably false.

The Wall Street Journal and Fraser Institute published the articles about solar and wind power Jan. 1, and Steve Hanley of CleanTechnica debunked the arguments with the help of Mark Jacobson, director of Stanford University's Atmosphere/Energy Program.

Jacobson was the lead author of a paper that shows clean energy does not produce expensive and unstable electricity, as the articles claimed.

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