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British Columbia and the Stuttering Transition

Posted on May 12, 2015 by climatechangefork

Last week I focused on various localities worldwide that are taking steps to limit the use of fossil fuels through carbon pricing – either in the form of Emission Trading Systems (ETS), also known as cap and trade, or by … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Alberta, BC, British Columbia, Canada, Cap and Trade, carbon dioxide, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, carbon pricing, Carbon Tax, Clean Energy, Cleantech, Climate Change, CO2 emissions, Conference, Economics, Education, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy Storage, energy transition, Environment, ETS, EU, Fossil Fuels, GDP, global energy transition, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, Kathryn Harrison, Mitigation, Physics, Power, Power Plants, Science, Solar Energy, stuttering energy transition, Sustainability, Technology, Temperature, temperature rise, US, Vancouver | 1 Comment

Back to the Stuttering Transition – One Scale Down from Sovereign States: British Columbia

Posted on May 5, 2015 by climatechangefork

One of the lessons that I learned at the Vancouver conference was to start thinking a bit smaller when talking and writing about the global energy transition. From the beginning, I have referred to this as a stuttering energy transition … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, British Columbia, Canada, Cap and Trade, carbon dioxide, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, carbon pricing, Carbon Tax, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, CO2 emissions, Conference, Economics, Education, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy Storage, energy transition, Environment, ETS, Fossil Fuels, GDP, global energy transition, Global Population, Global Temperature, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, India, Kathryn Harrison, Kyoto Protocol, Mitigation, mountain pine beetle, Nuclear, Pacific Coast, Physics, Power, Power Plants, RGGI, Rocky Mountain Range, Rocky Mountains, Science, Solar Energy, stuttering energy transition, Sustainability, Technology, Temperature, temperature rise, US, Vancouver | 4 Comments

The Stuttering Energy Transition: Fishing in Maine

Posted on January 20, 2015 by climatechangefork

As we approached the new year, I started to describe the global energy transition that’s been taking place, which we hope will take us away from fossil fuels and closer to non-carbon-based energy sources. My plan was to study the … Continue reading →

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The Stuttering Energy Transition and the Sharp Drop in Oil Price

Posted on January 13, 2015 by climatechangefork

Economically, the recent global event that has attracted everybody’s attention is the sharp and major decline in oil prices. Figure 1 shows the decline. I am writing this blog on Friday, January 9th, and the price of Brent Crude is … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, budget, Cape-Wind, China, Clean Energy, crude oil, Demand, Economics, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Future, Gasoline, Iran, Iran-Iraq War, Iranian Revolution, Iraq, Kuwait, Oil, Oil Companies, oil embargo, oil price, Price, price elasticity, production, Russia, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela, Yom Kippur War | 1 Comment

Stuttering Energy Transitions: Germany – Storage

Posted on December 30, 2014 by climatechangefork

As I have mentioned before, electric utilities must necessarily store electricity in order to keep up with the fluctuations in consumer demands (July 29 – August 12 blogs). For example, all around the world (where people are connected to electrical … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Agora Energiewende, Clean Energy, client, Climate Change, Coal, Cost, David MacKay, Economics, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy Sources, Energy Storage, energy transition, Environment, EROI, feed-in tariff, Fossil Fuels, Gas, Germany, intermittency, Investment, John Morgan, Mitigation, Natural Gas, Nuclear, Nuclear Energy, Photovoltaic, photovoltaics, Pollution, Power, Renewable, Renewable Energy Act, Solar Energy, Supply, tariff degression, Technology, Utility | 1 Comment

Stuttering Energy Transitions: Germany – Producers

Posted on December 23, 2014 by climatechangefork

As I discussed in the in the last blog, the feed-in tariff that was introduced as a key element in the German energy transition has resulted in the Germans paying among the highest electricity rates in the world. It was … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, China, Clean Energy, client, Climate Change, Coal, Cost, Crystalline Modules, duty, E.ON, Economics, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy Sources, Energy Storage, energy transition, Environment, EROI, EU, feed-in tariff, Fossil Fuels, Gas, Germany, Investment, Malaysia, Mitigation, Natural Gas, Nuclear, Nuclear Energy, Photovoltaic, photovoltaics, Pollution, Power, Price, producers, quota, Renewable, Renewable Energy Act, Solar, Solar Cells, Solar Energy, Solyndra, Supply, Tariff, tariff degression, Technology, US, Utility, Wind, WTO | 1 Comment

Stuttering Energy Transitions: Germany – Consumers

Posted on December 16, 2014 by climatechangefork

The German Renewable Energy Act (German: Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz, EEG) was designed to encourage cost reductions based on improved energy efficiency from economies of scale over time. The Act came into force in the year 2000 and was the initial spark behind … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Clean Energy, client, Climate Change, Coal, Cost, E.ON, Economics, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy Sources, Energy Storage, energy transition, Environment, feed-in tariff, Fossil Fuels, Gas, Germany, Investment, Mitigation, Natural Gas, Nuclear, Nuclear Energy, Pollution, Power, Renewable, Renewable Energy Act, Solar Energy, Supply, tariff degression, Technology, Utility | Leave a comment

Stuttering Energy Transitions: Germany

Posted on December 9, 2014 by climatechangefork

2015 is knocking at the door. I just got The Economist’s “The World in 2015” special issue both in print and digital form. It’s full of numbers, predictions and stories. Most of its numbers and predictions are optimistic extrapolations of … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Australia, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Denmark, E.ON, Economics, Education, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy generation, Energy Storage, energy transition, Environment, Fossil Fuels, France, Fukushima, Germany, Global Warming, India, Mitigation, Nuclear, Nuclear Energy, Pollution, Power, Power Plants, Science, Sustainability, Technology, United Nations, United States, US | 1 Comment

A Stuttering Energy Transition

Posted on December 24, 2012 by climatechangefork

Figure 1 The EIA (Energy Information Administration) data (see October 15 blog) clearly shows that the US is in the midst of an energy transition. It may not be exactly the one needed to mitigate climate change – but we’re … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged British, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Energy, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, Photothermal, Photovoltaic, Science, Solar, Solyndra, Transition, US, Wind | 41 Comments

Back from Germany

Posted on September 13, 2022 by climatechangefork

A field of dead sunflowers in Farsleben, Germany I have described Germany’s energy transition in earlier blogs (December 9 – 30, 2014, and October 1 – 8, 2019). As I mentioned in last week’s blog, I followed my trip to … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy, Extreme Weather, Russia/Ukraine, Sustainability | Tagged air conditioner, cooling, Demand, Drought, Economics, Economy, Energy, energy transition, EU, Europe, Flood, Gas, Germany, heat, heating, Hydropower, Market, nuclear power, Oil, Renewable, resilience, Russia, Supply, Transition, Ukraine, Wind | 4 Comments

Search Results for: stuttering

British Columbia and the Stuttering Transition

Back to the Stuttering Transition – One Scale Down from Sovereign States: British Columbia

The Stuttering Energy Transition: Fishing in Maine

The Stuttering Energy Transition and the Sharp Drop in Oil Price

Stuttering Energy Transitions: Germany – Storage

Stuttering Energy Transitions: Germany – Producers

Stuttering Energy Transitions: Germany – Consumers

Stuttering Energy Transitions: Germany

A Stuttering Energy Transition

Back from Germany

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