Energy Issues Reading List

Objectives

This list contains links to reports, articles, and videos on current energy issues with an emphasis on energy technology, especially renewable energy

Fossil fuels

Phasing out

Fossil fuel subsidies (Read parts I, IV, and V) (PDF)

Nuclear energy

Nuclear waste (be sure to read not only the infographic but also the description below it)

Series on Nuclear Power: Part one Part two Part three Part four (Note that this series focuses on the US, but much of the discussion applies elsewhere)

Renewable energy (general)

Global Status Report 2015 (PDF)

Solar energy

Salt battery

BBC video on salt storage

Wind energy

Cost

Bird strikes (read Chapter 13) (PDF)

Biomass

First generation vs. Second generation

Burning of forests for biomass

Hydropower

Effect of large dams on Mekong

Building better dams