When I wrote Renewable Energy–Facts and Fantasies in 2010, solar thermal (aka concentrated solar power or CSP) was a big deal, largely because of the way it readily lent itself to solving the intermittency issue via energy storage as heat, …
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In All Things, There Comes a Time When the Winner Wins and the Loser Loses
Those of us who subscribe to Dictionary.com’s “Word of the Day” know that some words seem to call out to us to make them part of our working vocabularies, while others are of passing interest, at best. Today, for instance, …
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Might Solar Thermal Energy Succeed After All?
When we kicked off 2GreenEnergy in the summer of 2009, I (wrongly) predicted that solar thermal, aka concentrated solar power (CSP) would soon come to dominate the field of renewable energy, largely because of the way it lends itself to …
Renewable Energy’s Progress: Good News
Here are several pieces of good news from all around the world, heralding breakthroughs in the use of renewable energy. It’s so good to see that this is happening. The king of Morocco sounds like a heck of a good …
Breakthrough in Solar Energy? Nope.
A reader wants to raise many millions of dollars to develop the technology described in this presentation, claiming that it’s a breakthrough in generating energy from the sun without using PV or CSP. I respond: Sorry, but this makes no …
Solar Energy in the Sahara Desert
From my feed on Quora.com, where I’ve volunteered to answer questions about renewable energy, a reader asks: Why don’t/can’t we put solar panels in the Sahara Desert as a source of electricity? This is a strong ideal generally, since the …
Can Solar Thermal Compete in the Pantheon of Renewable Energy “Flavors?”
I took a nice hike with a friend last weekend, during which we had lots of time to talk about the important issues of the day; we’re out there long enough that there is no reason to rush from one …
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Wind Energy and Concentrated Solar Power (CSP)
A reader asks for my viewpoint on wind energy and concentrated solar power (CSP). She writes: Hello! I have been doing a lot of research on CSP and wind power. I want to know your opinion on which is better …
2GreenEnergy Interns Researching and Writing on Renewables, Energy Efficiency, Etc.
I really enjoy working with our interns here at 2GreenEnergy, in my capacity as, I suppose we could say “coach.” My role is to direct them into researching areas that I think will be a good fit for the individual’s …
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From 2GreenEnergy Intern Olivier Goavec: The Long-Term Prospect for Powering the Entire Continent of Europe with Huge CSP Arrays in Northern Africa
With its strong economic position in the world and its industrialization, Europe is an important energy consumer. This brings about the need for constant research to ensure that the future of electricity demand for the Continents is based on renewables. …
