Links to literature on clean energy options
References to literature on clean energy options, with an emphasis on 'deep cuts' studies which detail the methods by which large reductions in greenhouse emissions can be achieved (without nuclear power).
Last updated January 2013.
Please advise of other useful studies, dead links etc. jim.green@foe.org.au
INDEX TO THIS WEB-PAGE:
1. AUSTRALIAN DEEP CUTS STUDIES
2. OTHER AUSTRALIAN LITERATURE
3. INTERNATIONAL DEEP CUTS STUDIES
4. OTHER INTERNATIONAL LITERATURE
Some other collections of links to sustainable energy literature:
* Clean Energy Council links: www.cleanenergycouncil.org.au/cec/policyadvocacy/usefullinks.html
* Environment Sustainability links http://www.ecosustainable.com.au/links.htm
Some energy / renewable energy information portals / directories:
* Alternative Energy www.alternative-energy-news.info
* Energy Planet - Renewable Energy Directory www.energyplanet.info
* Energy Bulletin - sustainable energy section www.energybulletin.net/taxonomy/term/9?page=1
* International Energy Agency http://iea.org - energy issues by topic, annual 'World Energy Outlook' reports, 'Energy Technology Perspectives' reports, 'Energy Roadmaps', etc
* Nova - Science in the News (use the search engine) www.science.org.au/nova/
1. AUSTRALIAN DEEP CUTS STUDIES
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Beyond Zero Emissions - Zero Carbon Australia Stationary Energy Plan.
This 2010 report is posted at www.beyondzeroemissions.org
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A Clean Energy Future for Australia
Hugh Saddler, Mark Diesendorf, Richard Denniss, 2004, 'A Clean Energy Future for Australia', a study by Energy Strategies for the Clean Energy Future Group,
www.enerstrat.com.au/index.php/publications/a_clean_energy_future_for_australia/
Includes a useful review of other Australian 'deep cuts' studies − chapter 13.
State studies for NSW, Qld, Vic and WA posted at: http://web.archive.org/web/20110706131421/http://wwf.org.au/ourwork/climatechange/cleanenergyfuture
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Australian Sustainable Energy – by the numbers
by Peter Seligman, Melbourne Energy Institute, University of Melbourne
February 17, 2010
http://energy.unimelb.edu.au/index.php?page=ozsebtn
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Long-Term Greenhouse Gas Scenarios: A pilot study of how Australia can achieve deep cuts in emissions
Turton Hal, Jinlong Ma, Hugh Saddler and Clive Hamilton, October 2002,
Discussion Paper No. 48, The Australia Institute, Canberra.
https://www.tai.org.au/?q=node/9&pubid=69
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WWF-Australia, AGL and Frontier Economics, 2006, Options for Moving to a Lower Emission Future, Australians could pay as little as $250 each to achieve a 40% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from the country's electricity generation industry by 2030.
www.wwf.org.au/publications/lower-emission-future
www.wwf.org.au/news/reducing-greenhouse-gas-emissions-is-affordable-and-achievable
2. OTHER AUSTRALIAN LITERATURE
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Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES)
ABARES Australian Energy Statistics − annual reports:
www.daff.gov.au/abares/publications_remote_content/publication_series/australian_energy_statistics
ABARES annual 'Energy in Australia' publication"
www.daff.gov.au/abares/publications_remote_content/publication_series/energy_in_australia
ABARES − Electricity Generation - major development projects
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Australian renewable energy programs - federal and state/territory:
www.climatechange.gov.au/en/what-you-need-to-know/renewable-energy.aspx
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Replacing Hazelwood
'Fast-tracking Victoria's clean energy future to replace the Hazelwood Power Station', commissioned by Environment Victoria and written by energy market analysts Green Energy Markets. environmentvictoria.org.au/replacehazelwood
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Solar thermal electricity as the primary replacement for coal and oil in U.S. generation and transportation
David R. Mills and Robert G. Morgan
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Climate Action: A campaign manual for greenhouse solutions
Mark Diesendorf, 2009, UNSW Press.
Diesendorf is deputy director of the Institute of Environmental Studies at University of New South Wales. He is the author of Greenhouse Solutions with Sustainable Energy (UNSW Press, 2007), to which the present book is the sequel.
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'Sustainable Energy Policy for Australia'
Mark Diesendorf, 2010, www.energyscience.org.au/factsheets.html
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Greenhouse solutions: breaking down the barriers
Mark Diesendorf, 24 June 2007, Centre for Policy Development
http://cpd.org.au/2007/06/greenhouse-solutions-breaking-down-the-barriers/
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Reaction time (renewable energy solutions)
Mark Diesendorf, Quarterly Essay, 2007
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6751/is_28/ai_n28482140
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Pathways to a low carbon future: Reducing Australia’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 30 per cent by 2020
Mark Diesendorf, 2007, www.greenpeace.org.au/blog/?p=90
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References and links to additional media articles and peer-reviewed articles by Mark Diesendorf: www.ies.unsw.edu.au/staff/mark.html
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CSIRO - Renewable energy; powering transport; fossil fuels; etc.
www.csiro.au/Outcomes/Energy.aspx
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Australian Academy of Science − renewable energy lecture series:
www.science.org.au/events/publiclectures/re/index.html
includes the following:
The contribution of renewables in Australia’s future energy mix
Wind Energy: How it works and where is it going?
Solar thermal concentrators: Capturing the sun for large scale power generation and energy export
Bioenergy options for Australia
Fuel cells: A real option for base load electricity
Wave energy: The industry now and in the future
Solar photovoltaics: Power source for the future?
A low carbon economy based on renewable energy: The only way to go
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Energy Efficiency Council eec.org.au
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ANZ Solar Energy Society www.anzses.org
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100% Renewable campaign: www.100percent.org.au/
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Clean Energy Council www.cleanenergycouncil.org.au
The Council has useful info + reports but appears to be becoming bigger and browner - see for example Paddy Manning's article:
www.businessday.com.au/business/the-fox-in-the-hot-house-20090814...
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Sustainable Energy Association of Australia www.seaaus.com.au/
350 industry members from most industry sectors.
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Wind Farms: The facts and the fallacies, Andrew Macintosh and Christian Downie, Australia Institute, Discussion Paper Number 91, October 2006,
www.tai.org.au/documents/downloads/DP91.pdf
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Wind power can substitute for base-load coal, Mark Diesendorf, Online Opinion, 6 February 2008
www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=6958
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Alternative Technology Association www.ata.org.au
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ANZ Solar Energy Society www.anzses.org
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Centre for Energy and Environmental Markets , www.ceem.unsw.edu.au
See esp. Publications: www.ceem.unsw.edu.au/publications
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Energy Strategies (Dr. Hugh Saddler et al.) www.enerstrat.com.au
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Ministerial Council on Energy (Australia)
www.ret.gov.au/energy/ministerial_council_on_energy/Pages/ministerial_council_on_energy.aspx
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Ministerial Council on Energy - National Framework for Energy Efficiency
www.ret.gov.au/Documents/mce/energy-eff/nfee/default.html
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Climate Action Network of Australia, n.d., "Australia's Climate Change Strategy: The Real Way Forward",
www.cana.net.au/sites/default/files/real_way_forward.pdf
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Yes2Renewables campaign: http://yes2renewables.org/
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Greenpeace, 2010, 'A blueprint for a renewable energy future', http://www.greenpeace.org.au/climate/GI-ER-Report2010.php
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ACF Clean Energy Solutions: www.acfonline.org.au/be-informed/climate-change/clean-energy-solutions
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WWF Clean and renewable energy
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High Temperature Solar Thermal: Technology Roadmap
December 2008, Prepared for New South Wales and Victorian Governments
www.coag.gov.au/sites/default/files/HTSolar_thermal_roadmap.pdf
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UNSW Electricity Restructuring Group: www.ergo.ee.unsw.edu.au
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Naughten B., P. Pakravan , J. Dlugosz J., and A. Dickson, 1994, "Reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from the Australian energy system: a report on modelling experiments using ABARE's MENSA model", Canberra: ABARE.
3. INTERNATIONAL DEEP CUTS STUDIES
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Roadmap 2050 (Europe)
The Roadmap 2050 project is an initiative of the European Climate Foundation (ECF) and has been developed by a consortium of experts funded by the ECF.
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Green Energies 100% Renewables by 2050
www.i-sis.org.uk/GreenEnergies.php
ISIS Report 30/09/09
ISIS/TWN Special Report
By Mae-Wan Ho, Brett Cherry, Sam Burcher & Peter Saunders
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Useful collection of links to and brief summaries of many studies:
www.mng.org.uk/gh/scenarios.htm
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WWF, 2007, "Climate Solutions: WWF’s vision for 2050"
WWF Energy Taskforce. More than 100 scientists and experts contributed. The report identifies six key solutions: improving energy efficiency; stopping forest loss; accelerating the development of low-emissions technologies; developing flexible fuels; replacing high-carbon coal with low-carbon gas; and carbon capture and storage technology. http://assets.panda.org/downloads/climatesolutionweb.pdf
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European Renewable Energy Council (EREC) and Greenpeace International, January 2007, "Energy [R]evolution: A sustainable World Energy Outlook" , www.energyblueprint.info
A blueprint for halving global greenhouse emissions by 2050. Includes 10 regional studies and a series of national studies inc. Australia, China, India, Japan, USA, etc.
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Futu[r]e Investment
July 2007
www.greenpeace.org/international/press/reports/future-investment
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Stockholm Environment Institute, 2009, 'Europe's Share of the Climate Challenge: Domestic Actions and International Obligations to Protect the Planet'.
Europe can cut domestic emissions by 40% in 2020, and by 90% in 2050, compared to 1990 levels.
Full report: www.sei-international.org/climateshareeurope
Link to summary, media release etc:
www.foeeurope.org/press/2009/Dec01_New_study_shows_40_emission_cuts_possible.html
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Harmelink, M., W. Graus, K. Blok, and M. Voogt, 2003, "Low Carbon Electricity Systems: Methodology & Results for the EU", report by Ecofys for World Wide Fund for Nature.
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Europe 100% Renewable by 2050, NuClear News No. 18, May 2010, www.no2nuclearpower.org.uk/nuclearnews/NuClearNewsNo18.pdf
Discusses these studies among others:
100% Renewable Electricity: A roadmap for Europe and North Africa, Price Waterhouse Coopers, March 2010, www.pwc.co.uk/assets/pdf/100-percent-renewable-electricity.pdf
Rethinking 2050, European Renewable Energy Council, April 2010, www.rethinking2050.eu
4. OTHER INTERNATIONAL LITERATURE
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International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) www.irena.org
IRENA, 2013, 'Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2012: An Overview', www.irena.org/menu/index.aspx?mnu=Subcat&PriMenuID=36&CatID=141&SubcatID=277
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Renewable Energy World www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/home
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World Wind Energy Association www.wwindea.org/home/index.php
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Guardian renewable energy article collection:
www.guardian.co.uk/environment/renewableenergy
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UK Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, 2000, "Energy – The Changing Climate", www.rcep.org.uk
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Cost effectiveness of energy efficiency c.f. nuclear power: Numerous studies detailing how much more cost effective energy efficiency is as a climate change abatement strategy than nuclear power: see section 8 of the report at:
www.panda.org/downloads/climate_ change/fullnuclearreprotwwf.pdf
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New Scientist - articles on many energy / clean energy issues: www.newscientist.com/topic/energy-fuels
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Green Party UK: www.greenenergyworks.org.uk/itworks.htm
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REN21 - Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century, Summary of global renewable energy developments:, www.worldwatch.org/taxonomy/term/444
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Worldwatch Institute and the Center for American Progress, 2006, "American Energy: The Renewable Path to Energy Security
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Horizon International - Solutions Site: www.solutions-site.org/
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Rocky Mountains Institute www.rmi.org
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Greenpeace reports
Windforce 12 www.ewea.org/fileadmin/ewea_documents/documents/publications/reports/wf12-2005.pdf
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Natural Advantage
Sections 4 and 5 of TNEP's publication The Natural Advantage of Nations shows how deep cuts to greenhouse emissions can be achieved without nuclear energy.
www.naturaledgeproject.net/NAON.aspx
Specifically this is covered in these chapters:
Chapter 17: Profitable Greenhouse Solutions with Adjunct Prof Alan Pears www.naturaledgeproject.net/NAON_ch17.aspx
Chapter 18: Greening the Built Environment with Adjunct Professor Alan Pears and Dr Janis Birkeland www.naturaledgeproject.net/NAON_ch18.aspx
Chapter 19: Sustainable Urban Transport by Professor Jeff Kenworthy, Robert Murray-Leach and Dr Craig Townsend. www.naturaledgeproject.net/NAON_ch19.aspx
Chapter 21: Integrated Approaches to Sustainable Consumption and Cleaner Production by Professor Chris Ryan. www.naturaledgeproject.net/NAON_ch21.aspx
5. USA STUDIES
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Arjun Makhijani, Carbon Free and Nuclear Free: A Roadmap for US Energy Policy,
http://ieer.org/projects/carbon-free-nuclear-free/
A joint project of the Nuclear Policy Research Institute and the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research
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(Updated report, based on the above roadmap.)
Arjun Makhijani, The Technical and Economic Feasibility of a Carbon-Free and Nuclear-Free Energy System in the United States, March 2009,
www.downtheyellowcakeroad.org/icws309w2/index.cfm?ID=96C8E1AE-AB14-404C-ABB018DB487A1150
or direct downoad
www.downtheyellowcakeroad.org/userfiles/file/Renewable_electric_system-Makhijani2009.pdf
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Interlaboratory Working Group on Energy-Efficient and Clean-Energy Technologies (USA), November 2000, "Scenarios for a Clean Energy Future" , Prepared for Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy, www.ornl.gov/sci/eere/cef/
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Union of Concerned Scientists, 2009, Climate 2030: A National Blueprint for a Clean Energy Economy
www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/solutions/big_picture_solutions/climate-2030-blueprint.html
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