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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

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Posted in Renewables - Business

Trip North to See Xzeres, Important Player In Small Wind

I’m on my way to Portland, OR this morning to do a marketing needs assessment for Xzeres, an important player in small wind (anything under 200 kilowatts).  This is a beleaguered industry if there ever were one; there have been

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Energy Policy and the Adoption of Renewables

Renewable Energy World does a good job at tracking the adoption of clean energy at all levels, including continental.  Here’s an article that explains why Europe is unlikely to achieve its goal of 20% penetration of renewables by 2020. While

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Posted in Renewables - Politics

Renewable Energy and a Clash of the Titans

Here’s an article that communicates the truth of the clean energy scene i.e., that fossil fuels have more than enough clout in this world to have survived the short-term threat to their existence, and will remain prominent in the global

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Posted in Renewables - Business

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

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Posted in Renewables - Business

Electric Transportation, Vehicle To Grid, and Wind Energy

There is so much general ignorance on the basic issues confronting renewable energy and electric transportation that it’s sometimes hard to know how to react to articles like this one on “vehicle to grid,” i.e., the concept that large number

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Posted in Electric Vehicles

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

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Posted in Renewables - Business

From Machine Design: New Device for Extracting Energy from Wind

Here’s a renewable energy idea that frequent commenter Tim Kingston sent me.  It doesn’t seem reasonable, but I thought I’d ask the physicists out there to comment.  It’s a device that emits tiny droplets of water from electrical conductors (copper

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Posted in Wind Energy

From Guest Blogger Tina Samuels: Wind Energy Isn’t All Hot Air

Confused about some of the facts on wind energy? Does it work as well as they say? There are tremendous benefits for having wind energy, and here are some of the top facts on the productivity of it. Number One

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Advanced Energy Storage Solutions Will Help Displace Coal-Fired Power Plants

In prepping for the upcoming webinar on ARES (Advanced Rail Energy Storage), I’m recommending that the company position itself more aggressively around the integration of renewables into the grid-mix and, in particular, the imperative to displace coal immediately. As I

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Posted in Energy Storage
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