More on my coversation with John Hugo on solar thermal, who writes: Craig: I agree, could not have said it better re: nukes. Re: the capital intensity of solar thermal, I don’t have a cost estimate on the power block …
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Solar Thermal Leader Ausra — Sold!
I’m sure many readers are aware of the incredible development in solar thermal / CSP (concentrated solar power). French energy giant Areva, which has a large nuclear portfolio, bought Ausra, and says it will use the acquisition to become “the …
Cleaner Coal – Continued – From Guest Blogger Anil
More comments from Anil on “clean coal” companies …. Arch Coal The company is the second largest coal dealer in the US. Arch performed well in the third quarter than in the second quarter because of increased demand for metallurgical …
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Cleaner Coal – from Guest Blogger Anil
The economy of the world is growing quickly – especially in highly populated developing nations majorly India and China. With the growth in these economies, the expansion of industries and manufacturing units would be an obvious course of action. It …
Big Energy and Big Conspiracy
My friend Cameron Atwood and I frequently discuss the underlying causes by which certain technologies are brought to market, where others never see the light of day. Here’s a small piece of a recent chat for anyone interested. Cameron Atwood: …
Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles
I happen to be looking through an issue of Car and Driver yesterday and noticed their discussion of the EPA’s struggle to measure and report MPG ratings for plug-in hybrids. Apparently, there are people who fail to realize that this …
Renewables at the Personal Vs. Utility Scale
My blog at Renewable Energy World continues to garner some interesting discussion. In particular, we have an ongoing conversation about clean energy solutions at the individual (e.g., house rooftop) vs. the macro (utility) level. As readers know, I favor aggressively …
More Bad News from the US Supreme Court
Earlier this week I wrote a post expressing my disgust over the US Supreme Court’s announcement that it had found major provisions of campaign finance reform to be unconstitutional. This paved the way for corporate and union money to mute …
Divergent Ideas at 2GreenEnergy
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 …
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: …
