A reader notes: In 20 years or so, literally 1% of the land will be covered by PV. I respond: Even if we powered the whole world with solar, we wouldn’t need 1% of the Earth’s landmass to do it …
Perhaps Sustainability Starts with Energy, But It Certainly Doesn't End There Read More »
Regarding my post: The Path to Clean Energy, a university professor in Arizona notes: Craig, I agree with everything, save one thing: why can’t we lead a worldwide effort to spaced-based solar, with huge energy fields in China and India to …
A reader notes: Renewable power generation technology faces three inherent problems: transmission, storage, and intermittent generating dynamics. Large scale economically viable storage solves the problems of all three to a major extent. We can but live in hope, and encourage all those …
What the Migration to Renewable Energy Looks Like Read More »
We occasionally encounter people who are steadfast in their belief that, because solar and wind are variable resources, renewable energy cannot power the world. But these folks miss some important points: No one with any education in the subject is …
Check out the progress that my client “Efficient Drivetrains” is making. A few months ago, I sent a couple of eager investors their way, both anxious to fund their “C” round, and I believe a deal is in the offing. …
Efficient Drivetrains Is Starting to Take the Electric Transportation World By Storm Read More »
Some colleagues asked me to listen to and evaluate an investor presentation given by the CEO of Lightning Hybrids yesterday. I wrote back: Well, I hope I wasn’t too obnoxious with him, but: I’m not a fan of regenerative braking …
Lightning Hybrids – I’m Neither a Daydreamer Nor a Believer Read More »
Frequent commenter Glenn Doty, one of the brightest and best-informed people I’ve ever met, writes this in response to my piece on the Obama Administration’s cancelling all offshore drilling leases in our Arctic Ocean for the next two years and …
A reader on Quora.com asks: When electricity is generated at a plant, is it stored and then distributed to the citizens? Can electricity be stored at such a large scale? How efficient is the storage process? A wonderful and comprehensive …
My friend I mentioned earlier writes: I had the plant construction cost at $600 million per square mile. I figured a few hundred billion more for infrastructure improvements like HVDC grid upgrades and storage. It seems the nationwide CSP solution is …
Feasibility of Widespread Concentrated Solar Power Read More »
Ice hockey immortal Wayne Gretzky said, “I don’t skate to the puck; I skate to where the puck is going to be.” Let’s see if we can’t apply that outside the confines of the rink. Where’s electric transportation going to …
Trends in Electric Transportation Sure Do Look Appetizing Read More »
