The UK government is moving, some would say stumbling, towards its legal obligation to have 15% of the UK’s energy produced by renewables by 2020. Every year more sources of renewable energy come on stream, but there are setbacks on…
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From Guest Blogger Cass: An Overview of UK Renewable Energy
Tagged with: energy efficiency, Renewable Energy, solar energy, Wind Energy
Posted in Renewables - Science
Posted in Renewables - Science
Smart Grid Is Revolutionizing Energy Generation, Transmission, Distribution, and Consumption
As I’ve written a few times in the recent past, I believe that we have the proverbial cart before the horse when it comes to smart grid. We tend to think of this concept as “futuristic,” like flying cars, when, in fact,…
Tagged with: bi-directional inverters, Cisco, clean energy, demand-side, dispatch and optimize generation, Energy conservation, energy consumption, energy distribution, energy efficiency, energy generation, energy storage, energy transmission, Google, Pike Research, plug-in electric vehicles, Renewable Energy, renewables, smart grid, virtual power plants
Posted in Renewables - Business
Posted in Renewables - Business
From Guest Blogger R. Hoyal: Renewable Energy Advances In The Tourism Industry
Tourism is an important part of the economy; it creates jobs and brings in outside money to a community. The problem is that by its very nature, tourism can be harsh on the environment as lots of energy and resources…
Tagged with: alternative energy, biofuels, clean energy, concentrated solar power, electric vehicle, Electric Vehicles, energy efficiency, energy policy, energy storage, environment, green energy, photovoltaics, Renewable Energy, solar energy, solar panel, solar panels, solar power, Wind Energy, wind power, wind turbines
Posted in Sustainability
Posted in Sustainability
Those Who "Follow the Money" See That the World’s Industrial Giants Are Embracing Renewables
There are those who think that renewable energy is overhyped, won’t scale, is doomed if federal incentives get whacked, etc. Just don’t tell Siemens. One of the world’s 50 largest companies, Siemens shows no signs of curtailing its commitment to wind;…
Tagged with: ABB, General Electric, Honeywell, Johnson Controls, Renewable Energy, Schneider Electric, Siemens, Wind Energy
Posted in Wind Energy
Posted in Wind Energy
There Is "No Free Lunch” in Renewable Energy, But It's a Cheap Date Considering the Alternatives
Here’s a good discussion of what I call the “no free lunch” theory of renewable energy: everything we do, whether it’s solar, wind, hydrokinetics, etc., comes with a non-negligible ecological cost. The issue, obviously, is objectively identifying all costs –…
Solar Power Is One Step Closer To Grid Parity
We hear a lot about grid parity, don’t we? That’s the point at which the cost of energy generated by solar, wind, and other renewables is the same as that generated from conventional sources. The author of this article on…
Tagged with: clean energy, concentrator triple-junction compound solar cell, Dr. Peter Lilienthal, grid parity, lens-based system to focus sunlight directly onto the cells, Renewable Energy, renewables, Sharp Electronics’ new 43.5%-efficient solar cell, solar energy, solar power one step closer to grid parity, Wind Energy
Posted in Renewables - Business
Posted in Renewables - Business
From Guest-Blogger Natasha Risinger: Support Your Favorite Alternative Energy Initiatives Through Electric Choice
For people who wish to live greener and be less financially dependent on society, the American market at least gives people the advantage of many options. A person living in many areas can choose who provides their electricity. If there…
Tagged with: alternative energy, clean energy, green energy, Renewable Energy
Posted in Renewables - Business
Posted in Renewables - Business
More On the Regulation of Electrical Power Utilities
In my first conversation with Bridge Energy Group’s Director of Regulatory Strategy and Compliance David O’Brien, which took place by phone a few weeks ago, I became instantly aware that I was speaking with a true energy pragmatist. I could…
Tagged with: big energy, Bridge Energy Group, coal-fired power plants, David O’Brien, energy distribution, energy generation, energy pragmatist, energy storage, energy transmission, modern and efficient energy network, peak power consumption, regulation of electrical power utilities, Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy - Following the Money, smart grid
Posted in Renewables - Business
Posted in Renewables - Business
Rethinking the Regulation of the Power Utilities Will Require Fairness, Honesty
On my recent piece on the regulation of our power utilities, frequent commenter Glenn Doty writes: Part of the issue here is there are multiple entities that have some regulatory influence over the grid: FERC, NERC, NRC, DOE, State governments,…
Tagged with: clean energy, deregulation, DoE, energy constituencies, energy distribution, energy generation, energy storage, energy transmission, FERC, Glenn Doty, ISO’s, NERC, NRC, regulation of our power utilities, Renewable Energy, renewables, RTO’s, smart grid, sustainability
Posted in Renewables - Business
Posted in Renewables - Business
An Investment in Solar May Be “Socially Responsible” – But That’s Only One Way To Look At It
When I was in Boston on Tuesday I recorded a webinar in the office of Esplanade Capital’s founder Shawn Kravetz, who provided almost a full hour of really sharp insight into the ever-changing world of investment in solar photovoltaics. In…
Tagged with: “We do business as business is done”, Bill Belichick, clean energy, Esplanade Capital, fossil fuels, PV industry, Renewable Energy, Shawn Kravetz, socially responsible investing, solar energy in Germany, solar industry, solar photovoltaics, SRI, subsidies for oil companies, subsidies inconsistent and unpredictable
Posted in Photovoltaics
Posted in Photovoltaics
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