John Farrell – Energy Transition https://energytransition.org The Global Energiewende Mon, 04 Mar 2019 11:06:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 Three reasons why Germany is kicking our arsch on solar https://energytransition.org/2013/10/reasons-why-germany-is-kicking-our-arsch-on-solar/ https://energytransition.org/2013/10/reasons-why-germany-is-kicking-our-arsch-on-solar/#comments Fri, 25 Oct 2013 16:57:14 +0000 http://energytransition.boellblog.org/?p=4616 Germany is racing past 20 percent renewable energy on its electricity grid, but news stories stridently warn that this new wind and solar power is costing “billions.” But as John Farrell shows, what is often left out (or buried far from the lede) is the overwhelming popularity of the country’s relentless focus on energy change (energiewende). Freiburg, Germany (Photo by permiegardener, CC BY-SA 2.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2013/10/reasons-why-germany-is-kicking-our-arsch-on-solar/feed/ 1 Clean Break Inspires Americans to Pursue “Energy Change” https://energytransition.org/2013/03/clean-break-inspires-americans-to-pursue-energy-change/ https://energytransition.org/2013/03/clean-break-inspires-americans-to-pursue-energy-change/#respond Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:51:36 +0000 http://energytransition.boellblog.org/?p=2931 Renewable energy journalist Osha Gray Davidson recently released a book called Clean Break, detailing the German Energiewende (translation: energy change). John Farrell points out how the book essentially tells a societal story of how Germans systematically shift to clean energy. 35.000 citizens demanding progress on climate und energy issues in Washington, DC on 2/17/2013. (Photo by 350.org...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2013/03/clean-break-inspires-americans-to-pursue-energy-change/feed/ 0 Germany Has More Solar Power Because Everyone Wins https://energytransition.org/2013/02/more-solar-everyone-wins/ https://energytransition.org/2013/02/more-solar-everyone-wins/#respond Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:00:37 +0000 http://energytransition.boellblog.org/?p=2609 Why has solar power been so successful in a not very sun-blessed industrial country like Germany? John Farrell shares the main secret of the success of the German Energiewende: Democratization of power generation. Solar Panels on a small farm in Bavaria, Germany. (Photo by jikatu, CC BY-SA 2.0) Suddenly everyone knows about Germany’s solar power dominance because Fox Newsheads made an ass of...

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