[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY4p4x34Br4] In this segment of the 2GreenEnergy Video Report, I cover concentrated solar power (CSP), aka solar thermal. It appears that one of our clients has made a real breakthrough in lowering costs and improving efficiencies.
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Earth Day Lunch with Belen Gallego, Director of CSP Today
I’m in New York City for a few days, and I’ve scheduled my lunch today with Belen Gallego, the Director of CSP Today (Concentrated Solar Power, aka solar thermal). When I interviewed Belen for my “Clean Energy Radio” show a …
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Environmental Law Institute Reports on Subsidies for Energy Companies
During a slow period at the Electric Drive Transportation Association conference this afternoon, I walked a couple of miles across town to interview spokespeople for the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) – Senior Attorneys Jay Pendergrass and Lisa Goldman. We talked …
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Hot News from Washington DC: EVs are Good
I just had a meeting with Jeff Siegel of GreenChipStocks at the Electric Drive Transportation Association conference. When we were finished talking business, we compared notes on the event. While it’s good to see all this happening, my personal belief …
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[The Vector] Consumer Attitudes Revealed in Latest Solar Survey
San Jose State University and SolarTech conducted a study recently in Silicon Valley to understand consumer attitudes toward solar energy and solar power for home use. Silicon Valley (Santa Clara County) is considered a bell-weather county in a state that …
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[The Vector] Large Rise in Green Investment
The World Economic Forum says worldwide investment in green energy rose 30% in 2010. Investment reached $234 billion in 2010, up from $186 billion a year earlier. The WEF states that higher oil prices would most likely increase demand for …
Cold Fusion — Hoax or Legitimate Science?
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BNLOIQeH68]Here, 2GreenEnergy Report host George Alger interviews me on cold fusion. While I’m as skeptical as the next guy, I see no reason to throw the concept out the window, and dismiss it as impossible.
Synthetic Fuels — Cutting-Edge Ideas on Energy Storage
Here’s a short follow-up to my piece on synthetic fuels the other day, in which I mentioned that I would be driving up to San Jose for another “Craig Shields…At Your Service” session. I spent the day with Dr. David …
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[The Vector] Clean Energy Trends 2011 Report – Continued
(Continued from an earlier post…) U.S. Venture Capital U.S. Venture Capital investments increased in 2010, too, from $3.5 billion in 2009 to $5.1 billion in 2010 (a 45.7% increase). The number did fall short of the record-breaking $6.1 billion invested …
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Clean Air Act Under Attack in the US Senate
To the surprise of no one, The Clean Air Act is under siege in the Senate. Fortunately, four amendments attacking our clean air each failed to get the required 60 votes to pass in yesterday’s sessions. But I was a …
