The Impact of Solar Panel Pricing on Policy and Development
Climate Change and Solar PV Basics Recent years have accentuated climate change as one of the major crises of the century. A changing climate leads to changes in the frequency, intensity, spatial extent, duration, and timing of weather and climate extremes, and can...
An Economic Barrier to Renewables Growth: The Paradox of Clean Energy Pricing
Intermittent and low-margin production Wind and solar energy, unlike coal-fired and nuclear electricity generation, are intermittent in their supply. This is due to the lack of operating energy storages such as batteries, water pump plants and hydrogen...
The Pathways To A Low-Carbon Future: Energy
The debate around carbon emissions, the damage they cause, their sources, and how best to transition away from them has dominated media conversations since the ratification of the Paris Agreement in 2015. Among the throng of information and political spin presented...
The Fossil Fuel Industry and the Climate Crisis (2/2)
The fossil fuel industry, which profits from continued extraction of fossil fuels, is an influential actor globally, and is partially owned by the government in many countries [1]. Scholars and climate activists have argued that the reach and influence of the industry...