Author: Craig Shields

Governments are throwing billions at smart-grid development. Industry giants from IT, transportation, and communications are jockeying to dominate what will be a complete transformation of electric utilities. The world is in the process of migrating from a one-way communication , …

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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jw9CPtvysTI&w=445&h=364] In this segment of the 2GreenEnergy Report, Plug-In America’s Paul Scott speaks with me on one of my favorite subjects: the Electric Vehicle Adoption Curve. Readers may have noticed that I’ve try to get at this subject “eight ways …

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I’d be remiss if I didn’t note with sadness the passing of John Wooden.  Coach Wooden will stand forever as a personification of strength of character and integrity, and his examples will never be forgotten. When I sat down to …

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“Fun and frivolity are usually the first casualties of a recession, and so are the vehicles that let the good times roll,” says Lawrence Ulrich of MSN Autos. “Buyers, all buyers, have become much more practical,” said Jeff Schuster, an …

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Like hydrogen as a fuel, liquid ammonia is a carrier of energy, as opposed to a source of energy.  When we create ammonia out of nitrogen and hydrogen, we add energy to form a compound that can later be broken …

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I figured that my posts on Renewable Energy World on liquid ammonia would eventually get some response. I had been wondered how it could be possible that so few people were working on projects in this area, as it really …

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Following up on yesterday’s post about how investors should be prepared for BP to file for bankruptcy, the company’s CEO this morning reportedly said it’s “hard to speculate” on future dividend policy. That’s tantamount to BP’s saying it will reduce …

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[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jlzlqPuzzU&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1] Here, Paul Scott from Plug-in America discusses the power utilities and electric transportation on a recent segment of the 2GreenEnergy Report. Full 30-minute show on electric transportation here.

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Many of my friends have asked my opinion on the likely impact of the Gulf oil spill on the trajectory for renewable energy. And although one might think that I’d be in a reasonably good position to answer a question …

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[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfO8R7XJe_E&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1] Paul Scott, co-founder of Plug-in America, speaks with 2GreenEnergy Report host Craig Shields about electric transportation and charging infrastructure. Full 30-minute show on electric transportation here.

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