Tag Archives: Solar Energy

Predicting the Future and its Impacts

Posted on July 7, 2015 by climatechangefork

In the last blog (June 30th) I started to investigate the impact of the recent large drop in global oil prices on the global energy transition from fossil fuels to sustainable energy sources. The sharp decline in oil prices has … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Agua Caliente Solar Project, Arizona, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, crude oil, Electric Cars, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy Sources, Energy Storage, energy transition, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Future, global energy transition, Global Warming, Goldman Sachs, Niels Bohr, Oil, oil price, oil prices, Photovoltaic, Power, Power Plants, Renewable, S&P, Science, Solar, Solar Energy, stock market, stocks, stuttering energy transition, Sustainability, Technology, Transition, US, Wind, wind farm, Yuma | 2 Comments

NIMBY: Wind vs. Fossil Fuels

Posted on June 9, 2015 by climatechangefork

Last week I focused on Texas. In spite of its strong inclination toward state autonomy, reluctance to implement new taxes, and its heavy dependence on fossil fuels, it is playing a vital role in the energy transition: The state is … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Democratization, Economics, EIA, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Georgetown, Germany, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, Mitigation, NIMBY, Pollution, Power, Power Plants, public opinion, Renewable, Roscoe Wind Farm, Solar Energy, stuttering energy transition, Sustainability, Technology, Texas, Texas Interconnection, Transition, turbine, US, Wind, wind farm | 8 Comments

Texas

Posted on June 2, 2015 by climatechangefork

Carbon taxation in any form will probably never make it in Texas. It’s a red state that likes its independence, especially when a Democrat presides in Washington. Historically, its residents have shared an intense hatred of regulations and taxes. To … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Baytown refinery, Carbon Tax, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, deregulated, Economics, EIA, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy Storage, Environment, federal tax credits, Fossil Fuels, Georgetown, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, high voltage, Power, power lines, Power Plants, Science, Solar Energy, Spindletop, Sustainability, Tax, Technology, Texas, Texas Interconnection, transmission | Leave a comment

Guest Blog by Denis Ladyzhensky: My 4 Hours of the 4 Day Forum on Sustainable Energy 4 All

Posted on May 26, 2015 by climatechangefork

I got involved in the second annual SE4All (Sustainable Energy For All) forum through an email from Brooklyn College’s Magner Center. The United Nations staff needed interns for the event so they asked for volunteers. Of course I agreed because … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Africa, America, Angola, Asia Pacific, Bahrain, Barbados, Biofuel, biomass, Brazil, Brooklyn College, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Canada, Caribbean, Clean Energy, Climate Change, CO2, Conference, Congo, Economic Growth, Economics, Economy, Education, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy Storage, Environment, Europe, Expo 2017, Fiji, Fossil Fuels, GDP, Global Population, Global Warming, green energy, greenhouse gas, Guest Blog, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Kasakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Magner Center, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mitigation, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nuclear, Pacific Island, Philippines, Population, Poverty, Power, Power Plants, Romania, Science, SE4All, Sierra Leone, Solar, Solar Cells, Solar Energy, Sudan, Sustainability, Swaziland, Switzerland, Tanzania, Technology, Turkey, UAE, UK, UN, United Nations, US, Wind, World, World Bank, World Population | Leave a comment

Back to the United States: Smaller Scope, Bigger Hope?

Posted on May 19, 2015 by climatechangefork

Lately I have been looking at Canada’s progress in the stuttering energy transition, however the United States might be a better focal point for assessing the impact that bottom-up policies (from smaller regions below the level of sovereign states) can … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Affluence, Alberta, British Columbia, California, Canada, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, carbon pricing, Carbon Tax, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Democratization, Drought, Economics, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy Storage, Environment, Fossil Fuels, GDP, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, Hawaii, IPAT, Mitigation, Nuclear, Population, Power, Power Plants, RGGI, Science, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Technology, Texas, United States, US, Years of Living Dangerously | 1 Comment

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

Back from Vancouver

Posted on April 14, 2015 by climatechangefork

I have just returned from Vancouver, Canada, where I attended the Seventh Climate Change Symposium. This is the same forum held in previous years in Reykjavik, Iceland (July 2014), Mauritius (July 2013) and Seattle (July 2012). I attend these conferences … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Canada, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, Conference, Democratization, Desalination, Earth Day, Economics, Education, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy Storage, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Global Population, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, Iceland, India, IPCC, Mauritius, Mitigation, Nuclear, NYC, Paris 2015, Physics, Population, Power, Power Plants, Rekjavic, Science, Seattle, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Technology, US, Vancouver, Water, World Population | 4 Comments

What Do I Think of the World Bank Data? What Do You Think?

Posted on April 7, 2015 by climatechangefork

If you look at the World Bank database’s website, there is a section under Data called Indicators. Scrolling down that page gets us to the section on those that apply to climate change: Climate Change Access to electricity (% of … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Climate Change, CO2 emissions, Comments, Earth Day, Economics, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy Consumption, Energy Storage, Environment, Facebook, Fossil Fuels, GDP, Global Population, Global Warming, GNI, greenhouse gas, indicator, Investment, IPAT, Methane, Mitigation, Physics, Population, Population Density, Poverty, Science, Social Media, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Twitter, World Bank, World Population | 37 Comments

India – Climate Change Deniers?

Posted on March 3, 2015 by climatechangefork

Last week, I looked at the IPAT identity and the conflict between striving for affluence and aiming to keep greenhouse gas emissions from energy use low. One of the graphs showed that of the 25 major countries presented, India has … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged 3 shades, action, Bangladesh, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, climate vulnerability, Coal, commitment, Democratization, DNNer, Economics, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Environment, Fatalists, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, India, IPAT, IPCC, Mitigation, Pachauri, Population, Power, Quest For, Science, Solar Energy, Sundarbans, Sustainability, Technology, US | 4 Comments

Tag Archives: Solar Energy

Predicting the Future and its Impacts

NIMBY: Wind vs. Fossil Fuels

Texas

Guest Blog by Denis Ladyzhensky: My 4 Hours of the 4 Day Forum on Sustainable Energy 4 All

Back to the United States: Smaller Scope, Bigger Hope?

British Columbia and the Stuttering Transition

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

Back from Vancouver

India – Climate Change Deniers?

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