Low Carbon Energy
Belgium plans to increase its power emissions
The “Energiewende” of Germany has been going on and doing rather badly for two decades now. They wanted to decrease emissions but started the project by deciding to close most of their low carbon energy production, namely their fleet of
Shuttering fossil fuel plants in the US should be done judiciously
Shutting down fossil fuel plants in five years would eliminate only 15% of capacity-years left in fossil fuel-powered plants.
Arid lands are ideal for solar now but face a cloudy tomorrow
"Semiarid places are now like students who get an A nearly every day,” says Princeton's Dr. Amilcare Porporato. Yet climate change may turn their solar-energy grades to Bs or Cs.
Small nuclear reactors could help lower the UK’s emissions
The electricity generated by each reactor would suffice to power 450,000 homes.
COVID and climate: We commute less but use more power
When it comes to residential power usage patterns, the "days of the week cease to have meaning," says economist Steve Cicala.
Lockdowns led to historic drops in our CO2 emissions
In the first half of 2020 we emitted 8.8% less carbon dioxide globally than in the same period last year.