Here’s an article from SmartGridNews that raises an interesting and important question about the siting of renewable energy projects. Siemens is asserting that the large European governments are in the process of wasting 45 billion Euros by not properly thinking…
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Is Europe Wasting a Fortune with the Poor Siting of Clean Energy Projects?
Tagged with: Europe Wasting Money on Clean Energy, impact on natural systems, Nature Conservancy, opportunity costs in renewable energy, Poor Siting of Clean Energy Projects, Siemens asserting European governments wasting 45 billion Euros, siting of renewable energy projects, SmartGridNews
Posted in Renewables - Business
Posted in Renewables - Business
Alaska’s Rich in Renewable Resources — and Has Great Reasons To Want To Use Them
I mentioned earlier that I’m on my way to Portland, OR for the day, and I happen to be flying on Alaska Airlines. I just leafed through the in-flight magazine, expecting to see plenty of ads for arctic cruises and…
From Guest Blogger Aedan: NREL Guide to Developing Renewable Energy Projects
Many potentially profitable renewable energy projects are never developed because of the difficulty in quantifying the project risks. The problem is that the projects are dependent on local wind rates, sunshine or rainfall levels, plus the local geography, as well as…
Electric Power Utilities Face Tough Times
I don’t claim to know about what the utilities are really talking about behind closed doors. Reading between the lines, I would have to think the level of stress is starting to build, as numerous industry trends seem to militate…
Tagged with: distributed generation, electric power utilities, from individual rate-payers; utilities blamed for outages, large customers leaving utilities, power from cleaner sources, solar energy, utilities ecologically insensitive, utilities price-gouging, utilities take public relations hit, Wind Energy
Posted in Renewables - Business
Posted in Renewables - Business
Electricity Rate-payers in Austin, TX Take Progressive Stance on Renewable Energy
Here’s an article that lays out three choices available to electricity rate-payers: deregulation (“customer choice”), municipal aggregation (“city choice”), and municipal utilities (“city ownership”), and goes on to discuss the merits of each. In the last case, a municipality’s purchasing…
Tagged with: Alden Meyer, Austin Climate Protection Program, Austin Energy, Austin TX, carbon reduction strategy development, city choice, city ownership, customer choice, distributed generation, electricity rate-payers, enenergy deregulation, ExxonMobil, integrated distributed generation innovation, municipal aggregation, municipal utilities, progressive stance on renewable energy, smart grid deployment, Union of Concerned Scientists
Posted in Renewables - Business
Posted in Renewables - Business
Denmark’s “Community” Approach to Renewable Energy
Longtime 2GreenEnergy supporter Aedan Kernan commented on my piece bemoaning the U.S. government’s failing to respond to the will of the people, and clinging onto a de facto energy policy that is rooted in fossil fuels. Aedan lives in the…
Tagged with: 100% renewable energy, 50% of Denmark’s electricity, Aalborg University Local, Aedan Kernan, community ownership of energy, de facto energy policy, distributed generation, energy policy fossil fuels, generation closer to the load, large centralized utility monopolies, Wind Energy
Posted in Renewables - Business
Posted in Renewables - Business
“Green” Bonds Gaining Momentum with Investors
The main obstacle facing cleantech generally is that it tends to be more expensive than what it’s replacing, but here’s an example of the opposite case. 2GreenEnergy associate Lindsay Oliver sent me this article on “green” bonds that are gaining…
Tagged with: 2GreenEnergy Associates, Citigroup, cleantech, green bonds, J. P. Morgan, Lindsay Oliver, Morgan Stanley, renewable energy projects
Posted in Renewables - Business
Posted in Renewables - Business
Wal-mart Embracing Renewables, Shunning Power Utilities
I try to check out the Smart Grid News every day, as I feel that improvements here are the true enablers of the things that will ultimately win the day in terms of clean energy. Here’s an article on what…
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