Readers may have noticed the pro-nuclear comments of Frank Eggers. Responding to my request for guest bloggers, Frank wrote: I’m not sure that there’d be much point in my blogging on this site. The only information this site about nuclear …
Tag: alternative energy
Renewable Energy and the Job Market
I spent a bit of time on the website of the Bureau of Labor Statistics in preparation for today’s post, looking at some numbers surrounding employment in the US. Here are a few approximate numbers that I feel are relevant: …
Clean Energy in Algiers and Tripoli
As part of my travels to New York City and Bermuda last week I had the pleasure of meeting clean energy stock legend Bill Paul. There were so many interesting facets to that meeting that I won’t even try to …
Tagged with: Algiers, alternative energy, Bill Paul, clean energy, green energy, Renewable Energy, solar energy, solar panel, solar power, Solar Thermal, Tripoli
Renewables and Electric Transportation on Bermuda
I just got off the plane from Bermuda, and thought I’d write a quick post before bed. What a reminder this trip was of the reason I got into this subject in the first place: the fascinating confluence of science, …
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Ammonia as Fuel
During my interview with Matt Simmons on “peak oil” for my book on renewables, I asked about suggestions for averting the imminent disaster he sees associated with maintain the status quo in energy generation and consumption. The response: Large wind …
Renewable Energy and Morality
In the talk Dr. David Mills gave recently in on solar thermal, he closed by telling his audience that renewable energy was “a moral issue,” meaning, of course, that we as a species have a series of related ethical obligations …
Tagged with: alternative energy, clean energy, David Mills, green energy, Matt Simmons, morality, Renewable Energy, Socrates, solar energy, solar panel, solar power
"Core Competence" and the Clean Energy Business
Each week, many people write into us at 2GreenEnergy from all around the globe wanting some sort of assistance with renewable energy ideas. Normally, “assistance” means “funding.” It’s certainly true that we are connected with a small team of carefully …
Solar Thermal Pioneer – Dr. David Mills
Dr. David Mills, founder and chief scientist of solar thermal leader Ausra, was generous enough with his time to help me with the chapter on concentrated solar power in my upcoming book on renewables. I happened to be watching this …
Renewable Energy Project Consulting
2GREENENERGY: MAKING CLEAN POWER WORK Large renewable energy project? Need help with permitting? PPAs? Grid tie? 2GreenEnergy associates have decades of experience in advising clients on utility-scale wind and solar (PV, solar thermal, and hybrid) projects. Whether the program you’re …
Cancer Rates and Fossil Fuels
Chip Aadlund writes: CO2 is a problem and a huge one, but it doesn’t compare with chemical pollution. From 1973 to 1999 childhood cancers increased 26 percent. Acute childhood lymphcytic cancer is up 61 percent, brain cancer up 50 percent …
