In May 2011, shortly after the Fukishima Daiichi nuclear disaster, Germany’s government decided to put the country on track to phase out its nuclear power plants by 2022. In its place will be energy from renewable sources such as wind, solar, geothermal, and bioenergy, as mandated by Germany’s 2012 Renewable Energy Act. As one of [...]
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Is Germany the Model for a Second Green Revolution?
January 20th, 2012 
Chris DeArmond 
Posted in Policy, Renewable Energy 
Tags: Chris DeArmond, Geothermal, Nuclear, Solar Energy, Wind Power 
No Comments »The Need for Sustainable and Easily Accessible Alternative Energy
October 24th, 2011 Guest Author With the increasing costs of energy and the pertinent issues of global warming, people are posing questions whether it’s feasible to have alternative energy systems. Alternate energy comprises energy being developed by any other source ranging from nuclear to harnessing energies from any garbage. The term renewable is different from alternative power. It speaks about [...]
Posted in Guest Authors, Renewable Energy Tags: Alternative Energy, Biomass, Geothermal, Hydroelectricity, Solar Energy, Wind Power 1 Comment »EPA’s Renewable Energy Cost Database
August 23rd, 2011 Eric Wilson Until costs of renewable energy can compete with traditional sources like coal and nuclear, it will be difficult for them to gain a large foothold. Recent news of hydroeletric power surpassing nuclear, at least temporarily, indicates that some shifts in electricity generation are occurring. However, finding reliable data to compare these alternative sources to extant [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Renewable Energy Tags: Clean Energy, Coal, Electricity Generation, EPA, Geothermal, Hydroelectricity, Nuclear, Photovoltaic, Solar Energy, Wind Power No Comments »Five Friday Facts
July 8th, 2011 Eric Wilson The following facts come from Lester Brown’s Plan B 4.0, which was published in 2009. The book is available in print or as a downloadable PDF from The Earth Policy Institute’s website. For all of the Five Friday Facts culled from Plan B 4.0, click here. Denmark gets more than 20% of its electricity from [...]
Posted in China, Eric Wilson, Five Friday Facts, Renewable Energy Tags: Denmark, Geothermal, Plan B 4.0, Solar Energy, Water, Wind Power No Comments »Germany Eschews Nuclear in Favor of Renewable Energy
June 30th, 2011 Eric Wilson As yet further evidence of the backlash from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant’s post earthquake crisis in Japan, German officials have announced that they will shutter all remaining nuclear reactors within the next decade. Last month, the BBC reported that the German leadership would move in this direction. Officially, all reactors will be taken [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Japan, News, Renewable Energy Tags: Biomass, Carbon Dioxide, Coal, Electricity Generation, Geothermal, Hydroelectricity, Nuclear, Solar Energy, Wind Power No Comments »Renewable Energy and Natural Disasters
March 15th, 2011 Eric Wilson For those readers who know and follow 2nd Green Revolution, you’re probably aware that Justin lived in Japan for a few years and travels there frequently. The recent earthquakes and tsunami give us great pause for thought. These disasters are unforeseeable and devastating. Perhaps one day science will be able to predict earthquakes with some [...]
Posted in Clean Technology, Eric Wilson, Japan, Justin Manger, Renewable Energy Tags: Climate Change, Geothermal, Natural Gas, Nuclear, Photovoltaic, Solar Energy No Comments »Five Friday Facts – Energy Projections for 2035
February 4th, 2011 Eric Wilson The following figures come from the Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration. They were culled from last year’s International Energy Outlook 2010 – Highlights. Of the 4.5 trillion kilowatt-hours of increased renewable generation over the projection period, 2.4 trillion kilowatt-hours (54 percent) is attributed to hydroelectric power and 1.2 trillion kilowatt-hours (26 percent) to wind. [...]
EPA’s 2011 Rankings for Green Power Purchasers
February 3rd, 2011 Eric Wilson Last month the Environmental Protection Agency released its updated Green Power List. The list contains the top 50 purchasers of renewable energy. For our 2009 post on the EPA’s list, click here. In addition, there are other lists like the top 20 colleges and universities, top 20 on-site generators, and the top 10 federal government agencies, including the EPA, which [...]
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