India’s historic opportunity to industrialize using clean energy
11:05 | India has a historic opportunity to power its industrialization with clean energy – and its energy choices will make or break the world’s fight against climate change.
The Explosion in Wind Power
4:02 | How the global Wind Energy production increased by 500 % in 10 years.
Geothermal ground source heat pumps. Heating your home from your own back yard!
13:35 | Geothermal energy could be potentially transformational for our power grids. But you and I can also get in on the act by drawing our own domestic heating from beneath our gardens (or communal gardens if you live in an apartment block).
Why don’t we all just use Geothermal Energy?
14:37 | Science tells us there’s enough energy in the first 10 kilometres below our planet’s surface to provide all our energy needs for millions of years. So why isn’t our entire planet powered by it?
Germany’s struggle with wind power
28:25 | Germany needs wind power if it is going to meet its climate goals, and successfully transition from nuclear and coal power to renewable energy. But the construction of wind turbines has been stalling.
Perovskite Solar Cells: Game changer?
14:58 | Perovskite can give a big boost to the performance of existing solar cell technology. We take a look at how it works.
Could This Be the Solution to Reaching 100% Renewable Energy?
12:22 | Ultimately, 100% renewable fossil-fuel-free energy is not only possible but necessary to mitigate the worst effects of climate change.
The new urgency of climate change
10:45 | The coronavirus brought much of the world to a standstill, dropping carbon emissions by five percent. Al Gore says keeping those rates down is now up to us.
How To Turn The Ocean Into A Battery
15:44 | Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion, or OTEC, takes advantage of the sun’s heating of the ocean to produce clean energy. It’s pretty cool.
Teknikken er klar – hvordan får vi befolkningen med?
40:32 | Hvad betyder den folkelige modstand mod grøn energi – og hvordan får vi alle danskerne med? Debat med Kristine Grunnet fra Dansk Energi og klimaordførerne Signe Munk (SF) og Ruben Kidde (Radikale Venstre).
5 Inventions Showing Us the Future of Solar Energy
10:15 | When you imagine the energy of the future, solar power is probably in the picture – but in recent years, less than 2% of the world’s electricity has come from solar power. Here are 5 new inventions that are likely to change that.
The Narwhal Curve
3:32 | How quickly do we need to ramp up renewables? Professor Leah Stokes breaks down how the U.S. can meet ambitious clean-energy goals in the fastest way possible — with the help of the humble narwhal.
Solar Farm Grid power at night! How do they do that?
11:41 | Balancing grid voltage using solar farms during the night time is exactly what a new trial in the South of England achieved recently. We take a look at how this seemingly impossible feat was achieved.
How Europe is wrecking US carbon reductions
15:13 | Team Trees’ target is to get 20 million new saplings in the ground by January 1st 2020. And it’s just as well, because the European Union (including the United Kingdom!) is busy destroying millions of trees across the south-eastern United States.
Energy Transition Outlook 2019
1:03:37 | The CSIS Energy & National Security Program is pleased to welcome Sverre Alvik to discuss DNV GL’s Energy Transition Outlook 2019.
How to bring affordable, sustainable electricity to Africa
13:00 | Rose M. Mutiso discusses how a balanced mix of solutions like solar, wind farms, geothermal power and modern grids could create a high-energy future for Africa.
From rainforest to charcoal
42:25 | Huge areas of tropical rainforest are being destroyed to make charcoal for barbecues. The global deforestation is leading to growing problems. Nigeria and the DRC Congo – two of Europe’s main charcoal suppliers – are also affected.
Ida Auken Has a Deal for Trump
2:18 | Mr. President – Greenland is not for sale. But Denmark has a much better deal for you!
The Great Potential of Offshore Wind Farms
33:08 | Dr. Andrew Myers explains why and how offshore wind farms will be a major source of renewable energy.
Will renewables end up as more landfill?
15:30 | Have we neglected to consider how we will deal with millions of panels and turbines when they come to the end of their useful lives?
How green energy will change our future
44:51 | How will green energy change our future? What will our future look like with green energy? The growth of green energy goes together with change.
Graphene and Climate Change. Really?
13:31 | Graphene. The miracle material. Much has been expected but not much delivered. Now, though, Graphene is showing some clear advantages and benefits to climate mitigation technology.
Ocean Mechanical Thermal Energy Conversion
9:51 | Our oceans hold vast quantities of thermal and kinetic energy, thousands of times more than our entire civilisation requires for our current level of population.
Burned
29:23 | Burned tells the little-known story of the accelerating destruction of our forests for fuel, and probes the policy loopholes, huge subsidies, and blatant green washing of the burgeoning biomass electric power industry.
Why One Conservative Texas City Went 100% Renewable
8:27 | Georgetown, TX is a conservative city in the middle of oil and gas country that’s committed to 100% renewable energy.
Could Everyone Have Solar Power?
4:56 | By the end of 2016, the US was home to over 1 million household and commercial solar energy operations, with 4 times as many solar panels installed that year compared to just four years earlier.
How China is (and isn’t) fighting pollution and climate change
12:18 | Which way will China go in the future, and how will it affect the global environment? Data scientist Angel Hsu describes how the most populous country on earth is creating a future based on alternative energy.
About DTU Wind Energy
3:33 | DTU Wind Energy is the world’s largest public research institute for wind energy.
The Modern Giants of Renewable Technology
11:41 | Solar Power grabs all the headlines but wind power is gaining traction as new technologies and materials allow machines of truly gargantuan proportions to be built out in our oceans.
Palm Oil Plantations. Still plundering on?
11:21 | Palm oil, rainforests and Orang-utans – we’ve all read the news stories. But is the situation improving or is it business as usual in the plantations?
Richard Heinberg: Our Renewable Future
1:31:00 | Vores fremtidige energiforsyning.
Solar Power and Battery Storage
12:55 | Roof top solar power installations are becoming a truly viable option for domestic households as prices tumble. Here’s a step by step guide to how to get started and a bit of detail about the system I chose for my own home.
Transition to sustainable energy
47:43 | In view of the explosive growth in China and India, the pessimists give us only 25 years to operate an energy transition to sustainable energy. But is an energy transition easy to set in motion?
The ‘duck curve’ is solar energy’s greatest challenge
3:57 | California researchers discovered a peculiarity in their state’s electric load curves, that started to look more and more like a duck.
Klima hva’så? – Energi, Vækst eller sund Fornuft?
13:40 | Verden over – også i Europa og Danmark – arbejdes der målrettet på at udvikle alternative energikilder, der kan erstatte fossile brændsler.
There Is More Than Enough Renewable Energy
34:07 | In this presentation Dr. Prentiss explains the vital need to switch to renewable energy and she describes here – and in her book Energy Revolution – just how that change can be implemented.
Renewable Energy 101
3:16 | From solar to wind, find out more about alternative energy, the fastest-growing source of energy in the world.
A Smarter Path
2:56 | Determined to solve the climate crisis, Scott and Julie Brusaw founded Solar Roadways after learning the U.S. had over 72,000 square kilometers of asphalt and concrete surfaces exposed to the sun.
Exponential Finance
29:41 | Ramez Naam forudsiger, at vedvarende energi hastigt kommer til at udkonkurrere kul, olie og gas.
Why there are twice as many solar jobs as coal jobs
4:48 | The past decade has seen a revolution in residential solar systems. Cheap panels and creative financing options have led to a massive increase in solar installations – and that increase is driving an employment boom.
Pittsburgh’s Green Tech Economy That Trump Just Doesn’t Get
3:27 | Trump: “I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris.” MEN de er ikke enige i Pittsburgh !!!
What the History of Oil Can Tell Us About a Renewable Future
5:15 | A brief look at oil’s subsidized history in order to understand that government influence is necessary for a renewable energy future.
Energy: The German Way
14:35 | Ontario is reviewing its long-term energy plan and the government is holding public consultations across the province to get citizen input.
Aalborg CSP
8:24 | Concentrated Solar Power…
A small country with big ideas to get rid of fossil fuels
15:52 | Using her native Costa Rica as an example of positive action on environmental protection and renewables, climate advocate Monica Araya outlines a bold vision for a world committed to clean energy in all sectors.
The Push for Renewable Energy
44:04 | Philip Warburg is the author of two respected books on renewable energy, Harvest the Wind: America’s Journey to Jobs, Energy Independence, and Climate Stability and Harness the Sun: America’s Quest for a Solar-Powered Future.
Lokal energi – omstilling med engagement
12:44 | Filmen sætter fokus på, hvordan man kan opnå lokalt ejerskab til og engagement i sin fremtidige energiforsyning med vedvarende energi, hvordan man organiserer sig samt hvilke barrierer for det lokale engagement, man møder.
Green Gas – long version
17:20 | Energinet.dk producerede i 2012 en lille film om sammenhængene i den danske fossilfrie energivision.