A reader on Quora.com asks: When electricity is generated at a plant, is it stored and then distributed to the citizens? Can electricity be stored at such a large scale? How efficient is the storage process? A wonderful and comprehensive …
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Notes From the Ultimate Renewable Energy Do-It-Yourselfer
My friend and frequent guest blogger Brian McGowan writes: Sorry I haven’t written any posts lately. I am in the middle of several projects around the house now, one of which is a low voltage disconnect and dump load controller …
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Covering the Subject of Synthetic Fuels for "The Hedge Connection"
Here’s another monthly installment that I write for The Hedge Connection, where, in this case, I present a short introduction to the subject of synthetic fuels as a viable method of energy storage. I begin with a reminder to Hedge …
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Capturing Carbon in Useful Products
A very bright reader “BreathOnTheWind” (love the name!) comments on my post on carbon sequestration: Somewhere deep in the core of my being I feel that the answer for carbon must be to find a use for it. If carbon …
Carbon Sequestration
A smart and considerate reader sent me this earlier: Craig – First off, please let me know if I am sending you too many emails. I’ve been following news on carbon sequestration, including a recent article about a proof of …
Graphs Show Falling Pricing for Solar PV, Wind
Peter Buck sent me another article just now, accompanied by a few words: Here’s another article (which I coincidentally also found yesterday). This one includes graphs that seem to show that onshore wind prices aren’t falling very much but are …
An Investment in Either Wind Energy or Solar Energy Will Produce More Energy Than an Investment in Oil–But What Are the Implications?
Here’s an article that begins: French investment bank Kepler Chevreux has produced a fascinating analysis that has dramatic implications for the global oil industry. It estimates that $100 billion invested in either wind energy or solar energy – and deployed …
U.S. Navy Making Fuels from Seawater?
I can’t be the only one who keeps coming across a press release suggesting that the U.S. Navy is successfully making fuel out of seawater. Here is a conversation I had with a friend in which I explain why this …
In Gay-bashing or Clean Energy, Let Stupidity Run Its Course
A friend sent me this piece on a new Kansas law that enables its citizens to deny service to gay people if such service runs counter to “sincerely held religious beliefs.” He writes: “My perspective on this travesty: “Separation of church …
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Integrating More Solar and Wind Will Eventually Require Large-Scale Energy Storage Solutions
Guest blogger Cameron Atwood sent me this graph showing the increase in the use of solar and wind energy from 2005 to 2012. Impressive stuff. Here in the U.S., our grid-mix is currently comprised of more than 4% wind and …
