Germany has long been a pioneer in the field of renewable energy, generating a record 78 percent of its power consumption from renewables in July of this year. In fact, Germany is one of the very few countries in the world that is actually struggling with too much renewable energy. Read more
Patrick Harvie, Columnist The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results. So goes the saying, attributed to Einstein. Given the human impact of the job losses in the offshore oil industry due to the volatility of the resource, and the Scottish Read more
There has been a total collapse of the UK wind fleet output that coincides with the public debates on nuclear generation choices and fracking. Once again this month as a result of the enjoyable late summer weather the UK has suffered several sustained and virtually complete collapses in its wind Read more