My fourth book, Bullish on Renewable Energy, is now up on Amazon. As the subtitle suggests, I present: • Fourteen reasons that I believe renewable energy is rapidly becoming the deal of the century, • The way in which the …
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Cheap Solar Causing Fossil Fuel Infrastructure to Collapse
One of the 14 reasons that I’m “bullish on renewable energy” (the title of my new book) is covered in a chapter called “cheap solar.” How cheap? Had you asked me a year ago, I would have guessed $0.10 – …
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Why Lower Oil Prices Aren’t Bad for Clean Energy
Here’s an article in Forbes that makes the same point that I do in chapter eight of my new book: Bullish on Renewable Energy, i.e., volatility has a cost. The cost of energy from fossil fuels depends on the cost …
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Solar Energy Becoming Fabulously Inexpensive
The picture here may imply that pretty girls are necessary to sell solar PV, but journalist Bill Moyers vehemently disagrees. On a recent episode of his popular show on PBS, Moyers presented evidence that the solar industry is booming—and for …
Another Round of Thanks to Jigar Shah, Renewable Energy Super-Entrepreneur
Again, I need to thank Jigar Shah, founder of SunEdison, author of Creating Climate Wealth, and former CEO of Carbon War Room, the global organization founded by Richard Branson and Virgin United. Not only did he grant me a really good …
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The Sixth Extinction and the Development of Cleantech
I had a good talk with my mother earlier today in which we discussed Elizabeth Kolbert’s The Sixth Extinction, a book that examines each of the five periods of geologic history when mass extinctions (large and rapid loss of plants …
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What Happens When Everybody and His Dog Goes to Renewable Energy?
Here’s an article on the ever-accelerating progress that solar PV is making, as costs continue to plummet. It certainly makes one wonder about the so-called “utility death spiral,” in which traditional power companies become unable to function, by virtue of …
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Materials Science Breakthrough at MIT Will Greatly Improve Efficiencies of All Thermal Power Plants
Here’s a video made by a PhD student at MIT that illustrates how rapidly energy-related technology is evolving, and how this will effect a migration to renewables far faster than most people believe to be possible.
Investment Bank UBS: Fossil-Fuel-Based Power Plants To Become Obsolete
Here’s a report that’s music to my ears; it begins: Investment bank UBS just released a report claiming centralized fossil-fuel power plants could soon be obsolete. The precipitating factors? Solar power, energy storage and electric vehicles. Looks like I’m not …
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Bullish on Renewable Energy – Thanks for the Help!
I’m thrilled that long-time 2GreenEnergy supporter Gary Tulie has agreed to help me on my new book project (Bullish on Renewable Energy – Eleven Reasons Why Clean Energy Investors Can’t Lose). Not only does Gary’s background render him supremely well …
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