11 December 2012: How to expand renewables after 2020
Posted in Comment on 12/11/2012 11:02 am by Stephen TindaleCER has now published my short policy brief ‘How to expand renewable energy after 2020′.
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18 February 2010: Obama builds bridges through technology
Posted in Comment on 02/18/2010 09:41 pm by Stephen TindaleIn November 2009, 3% of OECD electricity was generated by renewables other than hydro. 14% came from hydro. And this was only 17% of what electricity was then used, not total energy used.
read more »21 August 2009: Energy security, Spain and South Africa
Posted in Comment on 08/21/2009 06:10 pm by Stephen TindaleSpain and South Africa both have lots of coal, but no significant oil or gas. Yet their responses to the energy security issues this raises have been dramatically different.
read more »26 November 2009: UK Conservatives promise progress
Posted in Comment on 11/26/2009 01:12 pm by Stephen TindaleLast night, I went to hear the UK’s shadow foreign secretary, William Hague, give a speech about what a UK Conservative government would do about diplomacy and climate change. This is one of a series of speeches on climate from the shadow cabinet this week, which is encouraging.
read more »27 July 2009: Biofuels should be reserved for aviation
Posted in Comment on 07/27/2009 11:47 am by Stephen TindaleAll low carbon options must be pursued to control climate change. However, that means all options that are genuinely low carbon, not all those that claim to be low carbon.
read more »4 May 2009: Obama is very good, but not perfect
Posted in Comment on 05/04/2009 09:56 am by Stephen TindalePresident Obama is committed to controlling climate change. He has allocated billions of dollars to renewable energy and promised to engage seriously with international negotiations. However, Obama is not perfect and should not be above criticism.
read more »Biofuels
Posted in Policy, Technology on 07/27/2009 01:04 pm by Stephen Tindale
‘Biofuel’ is the name given to fuel derived from plants and used for transport. Globally, production of this has more than tripled since 2000.
read more »Can algae save the world?
Posted in Comment, Policy, Technology on 06/04/2015 01:29 pm by Suzanna Hinson
The potential of seaweed, a new generation of biofuel, to contribute to mitigating the climate and energy crises.
read more »Myths about climate change and renewable energy, and how to debunk them
Posted in Policy, Technology on 03/05/2010 03:01 pm by Stephen Tindale
There are several myths or misunderstandings that have grown up surrounding climate change and renewable energy. Both sides of the debate can be at fault. This article tries to debunk some of nonsense that is often cited as fact.
read more »October 2015: Committee on Climate Change report on electricity scenarios
Posted in Comment, Policy, Technology on 10/23/2015 08:57 am by Stephen TindaleThe Committee on Climate Change sensibly calls for an ‘all of the above’ approach to decarbonisation.
read more »Policies and performance in Obama’s first year
Posted in Policy on 01/18/2010 06:55 pm by Stephen Tindale
How well have Obama and Energy Secretary Chu done so far on promoting energy efficiency, renewables, CCS and electric vehicles? A very positive assessment is made by the Center for American Progress.
read more »Prospects for biomass in the UK
Posted in Policy, Technology on 08/02/2011 10:55 am by Stephen Tindale
The UK government is strongly supportive of biomass as a means of increasing energy security. It also regards biomass as a major contributor to meeting the UK’s EU renewable energy target, and as an important contributor to carbon reductions – though it has stressed that not all biomass is sustainable.
read more »Questions about renewable heat
Posted in Technology on 03/22/2011 10:02 am by Stephen Tindale
Questions about pollution from biomass combustion and the efficiency of heat pumps, from Allessandro de Maida
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