It’s sad to see that run-of-river hydro hasn’t taken off, since it’s such an elegant way to extract the kinetic energy from moving water; such an approach has very little impact to aquatic life, and raises few other environmental concerns.
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Concept in Ocean Wave Energy
Here’s a video depicting one of variations on the theme of extracting energy from ocean waves. Though I’ve seen countless numbers, I haven’t studied each of the variants thoroughly, so it’s only a guess when I say that this seems …
Carbon Emissions and Our Energy Mix: A Problem That Will Take of Itself
Here’s an article that explains how the European Union has agreed on what the author refers to as “ambitious” renewable energy targets (30%) for 2030. Though this is obviously good news, I join those who believe that such targets are …
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The Cost of Utility Scale Solar and Batteries Coming Into Parity with Natural Gas Peaker Plants
In the wake of a recent and fairly significant blackout in Southern Australia, grid operators made two immediate investments, both focused on meeting future peak electricity demands: an 250 MW open-cycle natural gas plant and a 100-megawatt/129-megawatt-hour battery from Tesla, …
Renewable Energy Products that Cause Embarrassment To the Industry
One of the challenges facing solar and wind energy is capacity factor, i.e. the ratio of the total energy generated by a device to the total energy that it’s potentially capable of generating (multiplied by 100, to make a percentage). …
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Wave Energy Extraction Device
Here’s a note from clean energy entrepreneur Tom Woodbridge, President of Aqua-Magnetics, a company that’s developing a linear generator that directly converts the motion of wind chop and ocean swells into electric power.
Westinghouse Bankruptcy Shakes The Nuclear World – Forbes
My old friend from high school, Bruce Wilson, now a practitioner of LEED certified building construction, sent me this piece on the Westinghouse bankruptcy and what it means to the nuclear industry. I respond: I have to think the author is …
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Waste To Energy
Here’s a discussion on Quora.com that speaks to waste-to-energy (WTE) plants, and why they are not ubiquitous. In addition to the NIMBY principle, which is severe, the real gating factor here is the presence or absence of regulations as to …
Talking Points for Craig Shields’ Interview with the Wall Street Business Network
One of my colleagues is trying to put together an interview for me with the Wall Street Business Network, and asked me to develop some “talking points” to provide an example of how this might unfold. I just knocked out …
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Examining the Validity of Different Energy Resources
My friend Cameron Atwood and I were talking about energy policy the other night, and I promised to get back to him about the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) and the energy return on investment (EROI) associated with each of …
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