Future Paths & Plans
2021-2024 Articles
CO2 Pollution in the West Could Drop with Expansion of Electrical Grid 1024
US Wind and Solar on Track to Overtake Coal This Year 0824
Climate Crisis Hinges on Green Power for the Poor 0824
South Africa’s Eskom Plans to Swap Coal for Renewables, Nuclear 0724
US to Add 217 GW of Distributed Energy Resource Capacity through 2028 - 0724
Moving to Renewables Will Mean Using Less Energy Overall 0624 For example, gaasoline-powered cars of about 1/4 efficient, but electric ones are about 3/4 efficient.
Renewables Will Skyrocket under New Transmission Policies 0524
California PUC Approves Plan to Add 56 GW of Clean Energy Resources by 2035 - 0224
EU Sees Electricity Production Doubling by 2050 to Reach Net Zero 0124
Xcel Colorado’s $15 Billion Plan - Double Renewables, Add Gas & Energy Storage 0923
Top Emitter China Needs $38 Trillion to Hit Climate Goals 10 Years Early 0523
We Need an Area the Size of Texas for Wind and Solar. Here’s How to Halve It. 0523
What’s Needed to Reach Net-Zero This Century - IEA 0423
What “Electrify Everything” Actually Looks Like 0423
Goldman Sachs Sees China Nearly Tripling Its Target for Wind and Solar 0323
New Wind & Solar Are Cheaper than Operating 99% of of US Coal Power Plants 0123
California PUC’s Plan for 4 GW More Clean Energy to Bolster Grid Reliability 0123
Winter Blackouts Highlight Need for Clean Energy 0123
War in Ukraine Likely to Speed, Not Slow, Shift to Clean Energy, I.E.A. Says 1022
The Climate Economy Is About to Blossom, even Explode 1022
The Pathway to 90% Clean Electricity Is Mostly Clear. The Last 10%, Not So Much 0922
Switching to Renewable Energy Could Save Trillions 0922
China Rust Belt Province Plans $87 Billion Clean Energy Overhaul 0922
China’s Top Climate Cop Says $19 Trillion Needed to Meet Targets 0922
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Global Renewable Energy Investments Can Be Recovered Within 6 Years 0822
India Plans to Get Half Its Electric Capacity from Clean Fuels by 2030 - 0822
NextEra Energy, with FPL, Targets Zero Carbon Emissions by 2045 - 0622
China to Double Wind, Solar Energy Capacity by 2025 - 0622
New York Plans 22 Renewable Energy Plants to Reach Climate Goals 0622
Japan to Use Nuclear Reactors, Renewables to Cut Reliance on Russian Energy 0522
Surging Renewable Power Prices in Europe Are Still a Bargain 0422
China Could Hit 2030 Renewable Target by 2025 on Local Ambitions 0322
Germany Brings Forward Goal of 100% Renewable Power to 2035 - 0222
McKinsey Pegs the Price Tag of a Livable Climate at $9.2 Trillion a Year 0122 - That’s at least $3.5 trillion more a year than the world is currently laying out for both low-carbon and fossil-fuel infrastructure and changes in how people use land.
The US Could Reliably Run on Clean Energy by 2050 - 1221 - much finer resolutions: 30 seconds. Without nuclear or carbon capture.
Renewables Now Half the Price of Fossil Fuels across Europe 0721
South Carolina Regulators OK Dramatically Revamped Dominion IRP 0621
5 Things to Know about the Global Race to Net Zero 0621 - It’s a balance. Major change is key. Momentum is growing. There are valid concerns. Climate goals are attainable.
Transition to Renewables No Longer Optional 0521
We Can Get the USA to 90% Clean Energy by 2035. Here's How. 0521
Nations Must Drop Fossil Fuels Fast, International Energy Agency Warns 0521 - In 2021, stop approving coal plants without CCS. By 2025, ban new furnaces to heat buildings; heat pumps instead. By 2030, electric verhicles are 60% of new vehicle sales, up from 5% today. 100% by 2035. Over 50% of new heavy trucks are electric by 2035. By 2035, zero emissions from power plants. By 2040, half of air travel is by sustainable biofuels or hydrogen.
Renewable Energy Has Become Startlingly Cheap 0421
Can India’s 450 GW Renewable Energy Goal by 2030 Be Achieved? 0421
Renewables + Batteries Offer Australia the Same Energy Security as Coal 0321
A Zero-Emissions US Is Now Pretty Cheap 0121 - "The net cost of deep decarbonization, even to meet a 1°C / 350 ppm trajectory," they write, "is substantially lower than estimates for less ambitious 80% by 2050 scenarios a few years ago.”
A $2.5 Trillion Pathway to a Net-Zero Carbon US 1220 - Princeton study finds a 3% increase in energy costs, as air pollution kills 200,000 to 300,000 fewer Americans and creats 1 million jobs. 5 pathways include high electrification and all-renewables, also more reliance on nuclear, carbon capture and storage, and biomass. (New solar and wind power are already cheaper than coal and natural gas power plants, according to the International Energy Agency.)
How to Drive Fossil Fuels Out of the US Economy, Quickly 0820 - electrify everything, carbon-free - take 1
very detailed
2017-2020 Articles
100% Clean Power? Don't Wait for New Technology, Study Says 1220
‘Super' Power from 100% Solar, Wind and Batteries Will Change the World 1120
100% Solar, Wind, and Batteries is Just the Beginning 1120
Solar-Hydro Projects Could Power 40% of World 1020
Biden’s Climate Plan Shows that Net Zero is Now Mainstream 0820
Goldman Sees $16 Trillion Opening as Renewables Pass Oil and Gas 0620
Falling Renewable, Storage Costs Make 90% Carbon-Free US Grid Feasible by 2035 - 0620
The U.S. Can Get to 90% Clean Electricity in Just 15 Years 0609
Renewable Power Will Soon Come Out on Top 0620
Spain Aims to Pass Green Law, Boost Clean Energy on Grid to 70% - 0520
Australia Could Go 90% Renewable Electricity by 2040 with No Price Increase 0420
As Yukon Snowpack Hits Near-Historic Low, Yukon Energy Looks beyond Hydro 0420
Utilities Have Big Plans to Cut Emissions, but Struggle to Shed Fossil Fuels 0120
Here’s Where We Should Put Our Renewables to Get the Biggest Carbon Benefit 1119
Can India Kick Its Coal Addiction? 0719
100% Renewables for US by 2030 Will Cost $4.5 Trillion - Wood Mackenzie 0719
Australia to Achieve 50% Renewables by 2030 without Government Intervention 0519
Green Mountain Power Announces 100% Renewable Electricity by 2030 Goal 0419
How to Make the World Affordably Carbon-Free 0419
100% Clean Energy & Cars In 20 Years Is Viable, but Unlikely 0219
Renewable Energy Is Surging, but Not Fast Enough to Stop Warming 1118
Puerto Rico Moves to Run on Completely Green Energy by 2050 - 1018
Clean Energy Is Catching Up to Natural Gas 0718
Cheaper Green Power in Britain Could Put Nuclear in the Shade 0718
World on Track for 50% Renewables by 2050 – Bloomberg Energy Outlook 0618
As Wind and Solar Costs Drop below Fossil Fuels, What Barriers Remain for a Low-Carbon Grid? 0318
Correctly pricing services renewables can provide to the grid is a key.
Shell’s Radical Scenario for What It Would Take to Halt Climate Change 0318
Global Energy Giants Forced to Adapt to Rise of Renewables 0318
EU Sees Higher Climate Target Possible, as Cost of Renewables Falls 0318
Utilities (EEI), NRDC to Regulators - Clean Energy Is Inevitable 0218
From Oil to Solar - Saudi Arabia Plots a Shift to Renewables 0218
New Renewables Will Be Cheaper than Existing Coal Plants by Early 2020s - Utility CEO 0118
ISO - Solar, Wind Help Power New England 1117
SoCal Edison Looks to Decarbonize Grid, Transportation in New Climate Plan 1117
How India’s Battle with Climate Change Could Determine All of Our Fates 1117
IEA Lifts 5-Year Renewables Forecast 1017
Worldwide, 100% Renewable Energy Possible by 2050, Says Detailed New Plan 0817 - more detailed update of 1115 study
50% Rise in Renewable Energy Needed to Meet Ambitious State Standards 0717
Wind, Solar Do Not Harm Power Grid Reliability - Draft U.S. Study 0717
In Chile, Many Regard Climate Change as the Greatest External Threat 0717
Paris Climate Deal Won’t Save Us. Our Future Depends on De-Growth. 0717
3 Years to Safeguard Our Climate 0617
'Bring on More Renewables,' FERC Regulator Says, as Grid Study Looms 0617
The Green Revolution Is ‘Unstoppable’ – Al Gore 0617
Storage, Renewables Could Replace New York's Indian Point Nuke 0517
The Cheap Energy Revolution Is Here, and Coal Won’t Cut It 0417
Zero-Carbon Energy, except Biomass, Boosts Human and Ecological Health 0317
A Roadmap for Rapid Decarbonization 0317 - broad & detailed blueprint, mostly technological, by decade, of how to go carbon neutral (net-zero emissions) by 2050 and carbon-negative afterward. Science journal
“100% Renewable Energy” Will Require Nukes, CCS and/or Seasonal Storage 0317
California Bill Aims for 100% Renewable Energy by 2045 - 0217 - electricity only
Renewables Are Not Enough to Deliver Paris Climate Goals 0117
Mass. Legislators Propose 100% Renewable Energy Mandate 0117 - electric by 2035, all by 2050
John Kerry Says Clean Energy Will Yield Job Growth, Survival 0117
The Irreversible Momentum of Clean Energy 0117 by Barack Obama, in Science
See also 80% Renewables by 2050 - NREL 1012 - PDF, 286 pp Vol. I on Overviews page (US Government).
2015-2016 Articles
Green Energy Can Increasingly Match – or Beat – Fossil Fuel Prices 1216
India Plans Nearly 60% of Electricity Capacity from Non-Fossil Fuels by 2027 - 1216
White House Releases Climate Change Plan Before Trump Takes Office 1116
10 Years On from the Stern Report - Low-Carbon Future Is ‘Only One Available’ 1016
Renewables Poised for Rapid Growth Worldwide 1016
The Future Belongs to Clean Energy 1016
Eastern US Could Get 1/3 of Its Power from Renewables within 10 Years. 0816
Costa Rica Has Gone 76 Straight Days Using 100% Renewable Electricity 0916
NY Approves Plan for 50% Renewable Electricty by 2030 - 0816
Experts Predict Renewable Investment Boom, as Congress Renews Tax Credits 1215
San Diego Vows to Move Entirely to Renewable Energy in 20 Years 1215
Africa to Triple Its Electric Capacity by 2030, by Adding All Renewables 1215
New York Gov. Cuomo to Increase Renewable Electricity to 50% by 2030 - 1115
Renewable Energy Investment Predicted to Surge 1115
Renewable Energy Supply to Double in Major Economies by 2030 - 1115
Paris Climate Deal to Ignite $90 Trillion Energy Revolution 1015
85% of British Power Can Be via Renewables by 2030, Says Greenpeace 0915
Could China, the World’s Biggest Carbon Emitter, Ever Go Green? 0615
Clean Energy Path for West Virginia Detailed in Report 615
Developing Countries Could Leapfrog West with Clean Energy, Says Hollande 0615
China Can Cut Cord on Coal (Mostly) by 2050 - 0415 This summarizes the study below.
China 2050 High-Renewables Road Map 0415 - PDF See 3 graphs from the report, near the top of this page.
Australia Could Source 100% of Its Power from Renewables by 2050 - 0415
Renewable Energy Surge Revives Europe's Power Trade 0415
Circular Economy Could Cut Carbon Emissions 70% by 2030 - 0415
Why 2015 Could Be Record Year for Greening US Energy 0415
PJM, Largest US RTO, Is Well-Prepared to Lower Carbon Pollution without Reliability Problems 0315
Will Falling Oil Prices Undermine Green Energy? Mostly, Not. 0115
India’s Renewable Energy Investments Likely to Cross $10 Billion This Year 0115
Obama's India Visit - Hopes for Clean Energy and Climate Deals 0115Coal and Gas to Stay Cheap. But Renewables Still Win Race on Costs 0616
Falling Cost of Solar and Wind Could Limit Energy Storage Profitability 0616
Pacific G&E Says Clean Energy Will Replace Power from Its Last Nuclear Plant 0616
The World Nears Peak Fossil Fuels for Electricity 0616
Canada's Energy Superpower Status Threatened, as World Shifts off Fossil Fuel 0516
Models Show Move to 100% Renewable Energy Would Save Australia Money 0416
San Diego's 100% Green Plan Seeks Overhaul in Electricity Buying 0416
The United States’ Mind-Blowing Clean Energy Potential 0316
Doubling Renewables by 2030 Could Save $4.2 Trillion per Year 0316
As Temperatures Soar, New Doubts Arise about Holding Warming to 2°C - 0316 - India: 320 GW of renewables by 2030.
Clean Energy Is Win-Win for the US 0316 - US saves $250 Billion a Year by 2030.
The Renewable Energy Revolution Is Already upon Us 0216
Switch to Clean Energy Can Be Fast and Cheap 0116
Grid For Renewables Is Key to Cutting Emissions 0116
Cutting Pollution From U.S. Power Plants Is Cheaper than You Think 0116
Slump in Oil Prices Drives Green Energy Takeup in Top Oil Exporting Nations 0116
UN Climate Chief Says Low Oil Prices Can Boost Renewables 0116
Rapid Switch to Renewable Energy Can Put Paris Climate Goals within Reach 0116
The World Could Run Entirely on Wind, Solar, and Hydro Power by 2050 - 1115 See below: 59% solar, 35% wind, 5% water
3 Ways the World’s Power Mix to Change. #3 Wind & Solar Become Cheapest BNEF 0615 - graph below is 1 of several
1. The world will invest $12.2 trillion, cumulatively from now, in new power generation by 2040.
2. Renewables will account for nearly 60% of new generating capacity.
3. By 2026, globally, renewables will be cheapest electricity source: wind in 2026, superseded by solar in 2030.
2014 Articles and earlier
Exxon Issues Energy Reality Check as UN Debates Emissions 1214
Clues Show How Green US Electricity May Be in 2050 - 1114
Developing Countries Begin to Take Lead in Green Energy Growth 1014
This video shows a renewable energy future in Germany about 2050.
How California Can Kick Fossil Fuels by 2050 - 1014
Battle Looms Over Renewable Energy; Fossil Fuel Interests Are Losing 0414
World Must End 'Dirty' Fuel Use - UN 0414
UN Urges Huge Increase in Green Energy to Avert Climate Disaster 0414
Power Struggle - Green Energy Versus a Grid That's Not Ready 1213
Central America Opens the Door to Renewable Energy 1113
How Do We Balance Needs of Energy, Water, and Climate? 1113
Fundamental Limitations of Renewable Energy 0813
Renewable Energy Wins Over Republicans Backing Oil 0413
Renewable Energy Becomes a Utility Lifeline 0413
NY Moves Toward Adopting Wind & Other Renewables 0413
Google Explains Why the Future of Energy Is Green 0313
Renewable Energy Could Run Australia in 10 Years 0113
Cloudy US Renewables Forecast for 2013 - 1212
Solar & Wind Could Offer Cheaper Power Than Coal 1112
Renewables to Grow Fastest in Next 25 Years – But Carbon Keeps Soaring 0911
Pay Now, Pay Later - Wisconsin 0811 - green jobs, current and future climate damages, etc. Cost of action vs inaction.
Grid Can Handle 35% of Electricity from Wind & Sun 0510
US Renewables Standard Would Benefit Southeast 0210
Europe's €30 Billion Grid for Renewables 0110
Renewables Can Power All (or More) of 30 States 1009
Water, Wood, Wise ("Tackling Climate Change in the US") 0107 - PDF, 204 pp
Renewables Can Meet > 100% of Global Energy Need, 80% by 2050 - IPCC 0107
Renewables Can Power 30 States 100%+ 1009 - PDF, 37 pp
Biomass is not addressed, Combined Heat & Power (3-11% by state) is not shown, nor is 1-6% from Small and Micro Hydro Power in other states (10% in HI), nor 49% PV or 71% Geothermal in HI.
Geothermal
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