Since February 2014 I find that I’ve published 24 posts on renewable energy here onEnergy Matters (linked to in order of appearance at the end of the post) . In them I’ve written about wind, solar and tidal power, hydro, biogas, hydrogen and methane, CO2 emissions, interconnectors, exports and imports, energy storage, load management, backup capacity and ramp rates, the UK, France, Germany, Norway, California, remote islands like Eigg and El Hierro, the world as a whole and even mythical places like Atlantis and the Island of Denmark. I’ve reviewed “energy future” plans formulated by others, such as DECC, the National Grid and France’s ADEME and even come up with some plans of my own. I can’t think of any stone I’ve left unturned, or for that matter anything more I can write about for the time being.
So, time to sum up.
The ongoing transition to renewables – is it leading us into a clean, green, sustainable energy future, or will it leave us freezing in the dark? Or will it do neither?
Before proceeding I should make my position clear. I’m not anti-renewables, as I think the 2.25kW PV array and solar water heater panels up there on my roof demonstrate. None of my posts was motivated by a burning desire to prove that renewables wouldn’t work. What I was trying to do was come up with plans that would work, and as proof of my bona fides I will begin by recapping two of my minor triumphs:
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