Still living in a fossil world
Everybody is talking about renewables. It is a sexy topic. Driving on solar, living on wind. If you like illusionism, stop reading immediately. By Frank van Empel This is not about illusions but about...
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Battlefields of today: Take 2 Renewable energy production as trick & trade
The second take of the battlefields of today. A deleted scene from JES! Towards a joint effort society. Was pre-published on this website.
Power in Masdar City, Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi is in the news as change-agent for renewable energy and environmental industry. The largest fossil fuel producer of the Unity of Arab Emirates is climbing fast towards the top of sustainable development...
BEYOND OIL
The economy is decarbonising for about 25 years now, after more than 200 years of carbonising. Other tables are turning too. Call it ecolution, a development of the economy in a direction where profits...
‘Ideas finish the Age of Oil’
We are systematically decarbonising our energy system for 25 years or more now. The Age of Oil comes to a natural end during the next decades. Coal already peaked in the 1920s. Low Carbon...
Renewable energy needs storage
The use of wind, solar and decentralized generation will have to increase significantly in order to turn our power generation sustainable. This will have a major impact on the current energy system, which is based on real time power production following demand. The supply of energy from renewable sources however is not easy to control. Storage is needed, as well as innovative ways to keep the supply and demand balanced.