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Energy Externalities Day 7: Solar Photovoltaics

March 29, 2018

Energy Externalities Day 7: Solar Photovoltaics Solar PV is a multidimensional energy system difficult to evaluate on a global basis. Maximum concentration required from The Game players! First, there is solar thermal hot water, solar thermal power generation (also known as CSP) and solar PV. Today’s game is exclusively on the latter. And in solar […]

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EROEI Calculations for Solar PV Are Misleading

December 21, 2016

EROEI Calculations for Solar PV Are Misleading The Energy Returned on Energy Invested (EROEI) concept is very frequently used in energy studies. In fact, many readers seem to think, “Of course, EROEI is what we should be looking at when comparing different types of energy. What else is important?” Unfortunately, the closer to the discussions of […]

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Don’t be Fossil Fooled – It’s time to say goodbye.

July 15, 2015

Don’t be Fossil Fooled – It’s time to say goodbye. It’s time to make the call – fossil fuels are finished. The rest is detail. The detail is interesting and important, as I expand on below. But unless we recognise the central proposition: that the fossil fuel age is coming to an end, and within […]

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How Sustainable is Stored Sunlight?

May 14, 2015

How Sustainable is Stored Sunlight? One of the constraints of solar power is that it is not always available: it is dependent on daylight hours and clear skies. In order to fill these gaps, a storage solution or a backup infrastructure of fossil fuel power plants is required — a factor that is often ignored […]

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