Energy Efficiency[1] Background While Europe’s compact city design bodes well for transportation emissions mitigation, the aging buildings that comprise these cities poses a completely different set of challenges. The buildings of the EU are responsible for 1.5 GtCO2e/year. This comes to 16% of global emissions in this sector and 3%… read more
What’s the deal with CCS in the UK?
Source: The Guardian The UK began to shift away from coal in 1990. This trend has continued to play out in recent years, to the point that in 2008 natural gas produced 45 percent of the UK’s electricity, while coal produced about 33 percent. Although there has been a… read more
Prospects for Nuclear Energy in the Post-Fukushima World
Source: The Guardian A common argument you might hear about is that the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear power plant disaster scared the world away from pursuing nuclear energy. The only problem is that argument is not particularly well-supported by the evidence. In some countries, the disaster shifted preferences against nuclear, but… read more