Tag: Renewable energy

  • Plug In! The Electrification Handbook

    Wind turbines rising above green hills, creating a striking contrast between modern energy and the natural landscape.CC0 licensed photo by emmanuelra2803 from the WordPress Photo Directory: https://wordpress.org/photos/photo/25369e50f1/

    We all know that renewable energy is the future, but how can we ditch coal and gas in our own lives and homes? Plug In! by Saul Griffith (2025) is full of pro tips and essential information for your electrification journey.

  • EV News

    EV News

    EV News provides a listing of current web articles and videos about the EV industry sector by factual sources.

  • The Third Industrial Revolution

    The Third Industrial Revolution

    The Industrial Revolution, powered by oil and other fossil fuels, is spiraling into a dangerous endgame. The price of gas and food are climbing, unemployment remains high, the housing market has tanked, consumer and government debt is soaring, and the recovery is slowing. Facing the prospect of a second collapse of the global economy, humanity…

  • Electric Vehicles powering your devices, home or the grid

    Electric Vehicles powering your devices, home or the grid

    Electric vehicles (EVs) can be charged at home using the relatively free power of rooftop solar. Many EV brands also have the ability to supply power to devices, specific home circuits or to the power grid.

  • Lochiel Park – then and now

    Lochiel Park – then and now

    prior to 2004 The Lochiel Park property once belonged to a succession of orchardists and market gardeners, the first of which was Campbell. He originally built Lochend House which is now owned and maintained by the Campbelltown Council. The two storey Lochiel Park House was originally built by James Mundy in the 1850s. In 1947,…

  • The Big Switch

    The Big Switch

    The Big Switch by Saul Griffith (2022) is an evidence based plan to explain how we can convert to a zero carbon economy in one generation (20 years). Griffith sees this conversion process as a simple substitution process where fossil fuel inputs are replaced with renewable energy inputs. 

  • Book review: The Green New Deal

    Book review: The Green New Deal

    The Green New Deal (2019) by Jeremy Rifkin is a roadmap for building a new economy underpinned by electricity generated through renewable energy from solar and wind technology and managed through smart grids. Building on earlier works The Green New Deal builds on works that Rifkin published in recent years. His popular The Third Industrial…

  • Green Hydrogen: an energy seeking a purpose

    Green Hydrogen: an energy seeking a purpose

    Background The role of hydrogen in the context of the green economy is uncertain. While many startups are developing processes for producing green hydrogen, hydrogen generated from renewable energy sources, it is unclear whether newer technologies will make the need for vast amounts of this energy source a significant player in the green economy. How…