I am convinced that the greatest single threat facing the world in the early twenty - first century is climate change and one thing we can do to greatly slow climate change is to replace fossil
fuel electricity generation with renewable energy as quickly as possible.
The Figure below shows total non-fossil
fuel electricity generation in California from 2001 - 2015 (solid red line) and what it would have been without the drought (dotted red line).
The nation is expected to bring online 600 gigawatts of coal -
fueled electricity generation by 2035 according to the International Energy Agency, which would require more than 2 billion tons of coal each year.
«The carbon floor price mechanism presents an excellent opportunity to raise finance to support a new generation of low carbon fossil
fuel electricity generation, using carbon capture and storage (CCS).
Asia - Pacific nations are leading a historic global build - out in coal -
fueled electricity generation.
However, apparent cost is the constraint that prevents nuclear and renewable energies from fully supplanting fossil
fuel electricity generation.
I believe that data can be used to address the externalities of fossil
fueled electricity generation.
Executive Summary A transition from conventional fossil
fueled electricity generation to clean energy offers several benefits — particularly the growth of new clean energy industries and associated jobs, diversification of energy supply, and reductions in the public health and environmental damages (especially...
Fossil -
fuelled electricity generation is profitable today thanks to past subsidies from government.