The session I just caught here at the Renewable Energy Finance Forum included a good discussion on the elephant in the room, the low cost of natural gas. It’s low, but wind competes effectively, if the owner of the gas …
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Advanced Rail Energy Storage
About a year ago, I was lucky enough to be invited to a meeting of the executive team of ARES, Advanced Rail Energy Storage, a company with a unique concept that competes against pumped hydro. I hope you’ll check out …
Coming Soon from Toshiba: Consumer Energy Storage Device
A friend just sent me a note on this compact, consumer-oriented energy storage device from Toshiba. I’m wondering if it’s a hoax. It delivers 3 kW of stored electricity for 12 hours? If it’s using lithium ion and combines the …
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Tagged with: batteries, energy storage, energy storage device, lithium-ion, off-peak power rates, Toshiba
Biofuels — The World Energy Scene Put Into Perspective
Here’s an article on biofuels, the first part of which everyone should read, as it frames the world energy situation very nicely. Yes, we face a situation in which our planet’s energy demand will double in the next 40 years, …
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Energy Policy – Hitting the Broad Side of the Barn
I’ve been thinking about my up-coming meeting with Dr. Raj Pachauri, who, among other things, serves as the chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Pondering this in advance of the meeting, I wonder what I would do, …
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22 Clean Energy Business Plans for Your Consideration
The list of clean energy business plans I support has reached 22 items in length – an all-time record. Each of these, in my estimation, represents a real breakthrough that clearly has the potential to make a huge impact on …
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Tagged with: clean energy, clean energy business plans, concentrated solar power, CSP, electric transportation, Electric Vehicles, energy storage, gasification, Gulf Stream, microwind, Mozambique Current, ocean thermal, off-peak energy, OTEC, pyrolysis, Renewable Energy, renewable energy business plans, Solar Thermal, synthetic fuels, utility-scale energy storage, waste-to-energy, world energy scene, zinc-air batteries
Electric Transportation and Solar Energy
A reader asked that I comment on this fairly euphoric piece, suggesting that the world economy can and will be revived with the aggressive adoption of electric transportation and photovoltaics. Here are a few bits and pieces of my reaction. …
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Energy Storage Provides Many Benefits, But … It's Complicated
I always look forward to the Storage Week show each June, as the whole enterprise of energy storage is so important and so multi-varied. Over 95% of the world’s installed energy storage is pumped hydro, but there are a dozen …
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Energy Storage Show Rich in Great Contacts for Clean Energy
I’m up in San Jose for the 5th Annual “Storage Week,” a show I eagerly anticipate each year. Not only do I like to keep up on the technologies that are important to integrating renewables into the grid mix, but …
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Hot Energy Storage Event — the 5th Annual "Storage Week" in San Jose
After a quick cup of strong coffee, I’m off to the energy storage show, the 5th Annual “Storage Week” in San Jose. It’s only a bit over three hours from here, and it’s really worthwhile. I’ll post something from the show …
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