It does make it easier to transition to green sources, but what is there that wouldn't require substantial energy storage? Even in my area, with a whole bunch of hydroelectric power from the TVA dams built in the 30s and 40s, we get a lot of our power from fossil fuels. This i...
The plummeting costs of renewable energy can be largely attributed to rapid technological advancements. As researchers and companies innovate, the efficiency of solar panels and wind turbines has soared, while production costs have declined. This progress is not just about making existing technologies ch...
One of the ways in which you can reduce greenhouse gas emissions is by planting more trees. In addition to being nature’s green energy, plants are capable of storing up carbon dioxide for many years and in doing so they offer a long-term solution to storing up carbon dioxide....
The delay of colder temperatures occurs because the amount of solar energy the ground receives is less than what’s lost for this period-of-time.The coldest stretch of the year in your area is influenced by your proximity to large bodies of water, p...
So this carbon dioxide is absorbed by the plants. In such way plants are dependent on humans. How do plants help humans? Plants provide us with food, fiber, shelter, medicine, and fuel. The basic food for all organisms is produced by green plants. In the process of food production, ...
From a householder's perspective, adoption of renewable solar energy is another significant hurdle that must be overcome, because change is difficult if the new option is unfamiliar. Sixty percent of Nunavummiut are renters who already enjoy fixed electricity rates and do not have the option of...
Ireland has largely banned the sale of peat and shuttered the last remaining peat-fired power plants. But the state-supported company at the helm of peat extraction, Bord na Móna, still controls vast tracts of former bogland. It has refashioned itself as a renewable energy provider...
But most countries are not able to do that." Germany stands as the best case study for a large, industrialized country pushing into green energy. Chancellor Angela Merkel in 2011 announced Energiewende, an energy transition that would phase out nuclear and coal while phasing in renewables. Wind...
Types of power plants "Baseload" power generators are typically large units that operate more or less continuously at 70 to 90 percent of their rated capacity, and do not shut down except for maintenance. These include nuclear, coal, and combined-cycle natural gas plants which capture and recy...
It’s a great law that has prevented loads of harm, and we certainly shouldn’t do away with it. But we need to build huge amounts of renewable energy infrastructure, quickly. We can’t be so afraid of tweaking CEQA that we lock ourselves into a climate...