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Factoid #9 — California Can Satisfy 33 Percent of its Electricity Supply Needs With Renewable Energy by 2020 With Little or no Increase in Electric Rates

On November 1, 2005, the Center for Resource Solutions* submitted a 181-page report “Achieving a 33% Renewable Energy Target” to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). The report, prepared as the result of work funded by the Energy Foundation at the request of the CPUC, found that it is economically and technologically feasible for California…

Factoid #8 — Wind Power Could Generate 20% of Electricity by 2020; Renewable Fuels Can Largely Replace Gasoline by 2050

“The New Harvest: Biofuels and Windpower for Rural Revitalization and National Energy Security” is a 47-page study co-authored by Patrick Mazza (Climate Solutions) and Eric Heitz (President – Energy Foundation). It was released in November 2005. The study finds that renewable fuels from crops can largely replace gasoline. Wind power can generate a major share…

Factoid #6 — U.S. Can Eliminate Oil Use in a Few Decades

On September 20, 2004, the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) released its study, “Winning the Oil Endgame: Innovation for Profits, Jobs, and Security,” a Pentagon-co-funded blueprint for making the United States oil-free. The plan outlines how American industry can restore competitive and boost profits by mobilizing modern technologies and smart business strategies to displace oil more…

Factoid #3 — Wind Power Could Generate More Than Enough Sustainable Electricity to Meet Global Energy Needs:

Stanford University researchers have produced a new study and corresponding map that pinpoints where the world’s winds are fast enough to produce power. After analyzing more than 8,000 wind-speed measurements to identify the world’s wind-power potential for the first time, Cristina Archer, a former postdoctoral fellow, and Mark Z. Jacobson, an associate professor of civil…

Chernobyl + 20: Lessons from the Continuing Catastrophe Remembrance for the Future

WHAT: April 26, 2006 will mark the 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine. Even as the true dimensions of the worst industrial accident in history become clearer, the nuclear power industrybacked by the Bush administrationis seeking to begin the first new reactor construction in the U.S. in more than 30 years. The…

Comparison of Greenhouse-Gas Emissions and Abatement Cost of Nuclear and Alternative Energy Options from a Life-Cycle Perspective

January 1, 2006

Comparison of Greenhouse-Gas Emissions and Abatement Cost of Nuclear and Alternative Energy Options from a Life-Cycle Perspective. Oko Institute, updated

Nuclear power

January 1, 2006

Nuclear power: economics and climate-protection potential. Amory Lovins. Rocky Mountain Institute. 06

Is Nuclear Energy Sustainable

December 7, 2005

Is Nuclear Energy Sustainable? Presentation by José Goldemberg and Oswaldo Lucon, São Paulo State Environment Agency, Brazil, at NIRS/Sierra Club of Canada/Heinrich Boell Foundation event in Montreal, (Powerpoint presentation).

Nuclear Energy

December 7, 2005

Nuclear Energy – Threat to the World – No Solution to Climate Change. Statement of Michael Mariotte, Executive Director of NIRS in Montreal, Canada.

Sustainable Energy Coalition Issues First in Series of “Factoids” Outlining How the U.S. can Eliminate Energy Imports, Phase out Nuclear Power, And Slash Greenhouse Gas Emissions Through Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Sustainable Energy Coalition 1612 “K” Street, N.W.; #202-A Washington, D.C. 20006 202-293-2898, x.201 WASHINGTON DC — The Sustainable Energy Coalition today issued the first five in what will be an ongoing series of “factoids” documenting the potential of renewable energy and energy efficient technologies to displace fossil fuels and nuclear power. The “factoids” will consist…