Renewable Energy Growth in Perspective
Renewable energy, particularly wind and solar, continues to set records for electicity generation and installed capacity in many parts of the world, and as shown in Figure 1 wind and solar growth in...
View ArticleBlowout week 106
We kick off with "Climate Change" and the recent UK floods? Below the fold: Saudi Arabia considers privatizing Aramco, earthquakes in Oklahoma, a natural gas leak in California, TransCanada sues Obama...
View ArticleBlowout Week 152
This week we begin with Trump' plans for Nigel Farage and continue with the Obama administration's rush to push more regulations through, Saudis pull out of oil talks with Russia, oil potential in...
View ArticleBlowout Week 165
This week we feature biomass, specifically wood pellets, which are coming under fire again (pun intended). A recent report confirms what to most of us has long been obvious – that wood pellets are not...
View ArticleThe UK’s Clean Growth Strategy – and the greens are back
The UK government’s just-published Clean Growth Strategy supposedly leads the way to the low-carbon future that the 2008 Climate Change Act calls for. But all it actually does is dust off all the old,...
View ArticleBlowout Week 200
We celebrate our 200th Blowout with a visit to the storm-ravaged island of Puerto Rico, where Elon Musk is about to show the world how to build a grid from scratch using Solarcity panels and Tesla...
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