The citizens of Austin, Texas have touted the capital as a “green city” and the city council adopted a Climate Protection Program in 2012 toward that end. One of the plan’s 5 major goals was to reduce energy use by…
Category: Utilities
Why the Dream of Clean, Cheap, and Distributed Electricity is so Difficult to Achieve
Carson Stones
Posted in Energy Production, Financial Incentives, Renewable Energy, United States, Utilities
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After Fukushima: Japan’s Climate and Energy Policy Under Review
Ramzey Zbeida
Posted in CDM, Foreign Investment, Japan, JCM, Nuclear Energy, REDD, Renewable Energy, Utilities
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The 2011 nuclear accident that occurred at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi reactor sent shockwaves through the nuclear power industry. The resulting lack of trust in the safety of nuclear power is causing countries around the world to reconsider their use of…
China’s Five Year Plan: A Work in Progress
China has many reasons to celebrate the halfway mark of its twelfth Five Year Plan, implemented in 2011 with goals set for 2015. Serving as the economic and social development initiatives of the Communist Party of China, the Five Year…
Carbon Capture and Sequestration: What is it?
For many developing economies, coal and other fossil fuel energy sources remain the primary method for electricity generation in the future. In the wake of the Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan, many developed nations, including Germany, have shifted their own…
“Why Texas Matters” or “If You’re Not First, You’re Last”
Warning! Numbers ahead! In 2011, the United States contributed 5,490 million metric tons of CO2 to the world total of 32,578 million metric tons for the same year, according to the International Energy Agency. This means that 4% of the…
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