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Journalism by Peter
Fairley
Energy
Selections from more than 15 years of reporting on energy, charting lower carbon technologies -- and the entrenched interests that oppose them
HOT STUFF
The Alberta oil/tar sands' environmental notoriety took down the Keystone XL pipeline but my November 2011 feature for Technology Review shows how the industry could clean up its act -- including its outsized carbon emissions. That story prompted several radio appearances -- including a January interview for BBC/PRI coproduction The World on a second bitumen pipeline that's stirring controversy in Canada. Not to mention plenty of commentary, such as this saucily titled Forbes review. Unconventional gas is also on my radar, with a January piece on earthquakes induced by hydraulic fracturing and the U.K. firm that's moving beyond denial to prevent seismic shakes.
GREEN BUILDING
“Direct-Current
Wiring Gains Ground” > Spectrum < 2011
“Coming
of Age” > GreenSource
< 2011
“Frankfurt’s
Electronically Controlled Exteriors” > Spectrum < 2010
“The
design power of photovoltaics” > Architectural Record < 2004
SMARTER GRIDS
“Flywheels
Keep the Grid in Tune” > Spectrum
< 2011
“Why
Japan's Fragmented Grid Can't Cope” > Spectrum < 2011
“An
Easy Smart-Grid Upgrade Saves Power” > Spectrum < 2010
“An
Interstate Highway System for Energy” > Discover < 2009
“Breaking
Europe's Transmission Bottlenecks” > Spectrum < 2008
“Closing the Circuit” > Spectrum < 2008
“Power
Transmission Without Power Electronics” > Spectrum < 2007
“TransÉnergie: Playing Power Games” > Technology
Review < 2005
[radio] “The Unruly Power Grid” > Spectrum < 2004
“Managing
Energy” > NPR’s Talk of the Nation < 2002
"A
Smarter Power Grid" > Technology Review < 2001
RENEWABLE ENERGY
“Peace
River a wind-power success story” > CBC News < 2011
[radio] “Earthquakes
Hinder Green Energy Plans” > Spectrum
< 2011
“Smarts
for Solar Arrays” > Spectrum
< 2010
“Plastic
Solar Cells Roll Into Unlit Villages” > Spectrum < 2009
“Sniffing
Out Geothermal Energy Resources” > Earthzine < 2009
“Europe
Replaces Old Wind Farms” > Spectrum
< 2009
“Turning
Turkey Guts Into Oil” > Discover
< 2008
“China
Doubles Wind Watts” > Spectrum
< 2008
“Solar-Cell
Squabble” > Spectrum <
2008
“Solar-Cell Rollout” > Technology Review < 2004
“BP
Ditches Thin Film Photovoltaics” > Spectrum
< 2003
NUCLEAR and COAL
“A Call for Safer Handling of Nuclear Waste” > Tech Review < 2011
“The Quest to
Sequester” > Technology Review
< 2010
“Power from
Coal Without the Digging” > Technology
Review < 2009
“King
Coal Eats Its Vegetables” > Spectrum
< 2009
“Does
Fusion Have a Future?” > Spectrum
< 2008
“Syn City”
> Spectrum
< 2007
“Nuclear
Wasteland” > Spectrum <
2007
“China’s
Coal Future” > Technology Review
< 2007
“Carbon
Dioxide for Sale” > Technology
Review < 2005
SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION
“Next
Generation Biofuels” > Nature
< 2011
“Reva EV Lets You Overdraw Your Battery” > Spectrum < 2010
“Deflating
the Air Car” > Spectrum <
2009
“Fuel-saving
Software Looks at the Road Ahead” > Spectrum < 2009
“Two-wheelers
battle for gold in Beijing” > MSN
Green < 2008
“China’s
Cyclists Take Charge” > Spectrum
< 2005
“Hybrids’
Rising Sun” > Technology Review
< 2004
"Time
to Hit the Gas" > Sunday Times of London < 2001
"On
a road to nowhere" > Canadian Business < 2000
"Future
Car: Materials to Make It Happen" > Chemical Week <
1999
POLICY
“Japan’s
Post-Fukushima Power Struggle” > Spectrum
< 2011
“How Technology Failed
in the Gulf” > Technology Review
< 2010
“China Cleans Up”
> Technology Review < 2010
“Power
Potential and Pitfalls on the Congo” > Earthzine < 2010
“Carbon
Trading on the Cheap” > Technology
Review < 2009
“Germany’s
Green Energy Gap” > Spectrum
< 2009
“Does
Daylight Saving Time Save Energy?” > MSN Green < 2007
“The
Greening of GE” > Spectrum
< 2005
“Lighting
Up the Andes” > Spectrum < 2004
“Digging
a Carbon Hole for Canada” > AlbertaViews,
< 2003
PLUS breaking energy coverage at TechReview.com
(also
published in Chinese / Italiano / Español / and Deutsch)
Exploiting China’s
Coal While It’s Still Underground : Biofuels Take Off
: Bug Creates Butanol
Directly from Cellulose : Hotter Solar Energy : Fukushima's Spreading
Impact : Where Solar Power Meets
the Oil Field : Making Electric
Vehicles Pay Off : Natural Gas to
Chemicals : The
Great Vanishing Oil Spill : Europe's Renewables
Unfazed by Recession : How to Prevent Deepwater
Spills : Another
Chance to Stop the Gulf Leak : How Technology Failed in
the Gulf: Offshore
Wind Expensive but Politically Popular : Chinese Wind Power Heads
Offshore : Wave
Energy Scales Off Scotland : Turning Gas Flares
into Fuel : China's
High-Speed-Rail Revolution : Power From Coal Without
Digging It Up : Low-Carbon
Fuel Rules : Using
CO2 to Extract Geothermal Energy : Stealth-Mode Wind
Turbines : Testing
Cheap Wind Power : Cleaning
Up on Dirty Coal : China’s
Potent Wind Potential : Less-is-more Wind
Turbines : Hope
for FutureGen : Inside
Toyota's R&D Strategy : Cutting Coal Use with
Sunshine : Toyota
to Deliver Plug-In Hybrids : China Closes the
Cleaner-Coal Gap : Taking
Pulp to the Pump : Realizing
Lithium-Battery Potential : Europe Backs Supergrids
: Renault Bets on
Electric Vehicles : Does Car-Mounted Solar
Make Sense? : Garbage
In, Megawatts Out : Wind Power Moves into
Deep Waters : Scheduling
Wind Power : A
Power Grid Smartens Up : Solar without the
Panels : The New
CAFE Standards : Prospecting
for Power : Cleaner
Nuclear Power? : Gadgets
to Spur Energy Conservation : Fixing the Power Grid
: Storing Solar Power
: Thin Film’s
Time in the Sun : Record
Efficiency for Plastic Solar Cells : Ultra-efficient
Photovoltaics : Tidal
Turbines Help Light Up Manhattan : Zero Tolerance for
Coal-Fired Power : Offshore
Wind Safe for Shorebirds : Cheaper Natural Gas
from Coal : Hybrid Power
Swap : Cleaning Up
Combustion? : A
Sharper Focus for Photovoltaics : Automotive
AC Makers are Sweating : New
Nukes in Europe : Tapping
Rocks for Power
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