Tag: Mark Z. Jacobson
More Than 56% of California Electricity Demand Supplied by Wind, Water, & Solar in 2026
California keeps installing more and more renewable energy power plants and rooftop solar systems. Therefore, it keeps using more and more renewable energy. Stanford professor Mark Z. Jacobson, Director of the Atmosphere/Energy Program in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has long gone with the “WWS” (Wind, Water, Solar) … [continued]
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California — Lowest Wholesale Electricity Prices in USA
Solar power has grown to enormous levels in California, and that solar power is keeping wholesale prices low. Wind power, water power, and solar power all mean free fuel, and free fuel means low wholesale electricity prices. This is not news, but given how much people love to exclaim “California … [continued]
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The Electrified Future Is Already Here. Canada Just Needs to Build It
This transcript, lightly edited, is a recorded conversation with a Canadian citizens action group where I walked through a practical, systems-level view of Canada’s decarbonization pathway, grounded in technologies that already work at scale. I focused on what is deployable now, not hypothetical breakthroughs, and explored everything from transmission and … [continued]
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CleanTechnica’s first published book — Outta Gas
Outta Gas. CleanTechnica Press. “This book helps those fighting climate change to clearly understand the challenge we are facing, to focus our efforts on the most effective solutions, and to let go of the distractions, noise, and stress. Focused effort on what is truly working will make an enormous difference, … [continued]
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How an Influential Energy Book Became a Drag on Decarbonization
I was scrolling through energy posts on LinkedIn recently and came across yet another argument for nuclear power that leaned heavily on David MacKay’s 2008 book Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air. It was presented as a decisive reference, as if the book still represented the state of the art … [continued]
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