If your house is on fire, do you a) call 911, b) get everyone out safely, or c) find a flammable liquid and douse the fire liberally near the base of the flames? If you chose c), you have what it …
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Plotting a Course Towards Sustainable Energy Means Bringing Many Disparate Technologies Together
In response to my bearish post the other day on vehicle-to-grid, Gary Tulie writes this terse note: A project was recently launched in the UK to install 1000 vehicle to grid capable chargers. There is no doubt that a clean …
Why Vehicle-To-Grid Isn’t Happening
When I became VP Marketing for EVWorld.com in 2008 I was frantically going to conferences on electric transportation all over the country and I noticed one thing that really hasn’t changed more than a hair’s breadth in the intervening decade: …
Uneven Supply and Demand for Electricity Causes Negative Prices
Germany is known around the world for its bold investments in renewable energy ($200 billion since the mid-1990s), but the creation of such vast supply causes wrinkles in the economics of power, namely, negative prices on occasions.
Adding Energy Storage To Solar and Wind
It goes without saying that integrating storage to wind and solar energy adds value. Not only does it provide dispatchable power from sources that would have otherwise been intermittent, but it also allows the owner to sell “ancillary services” such …
What Credentials Are Required To Lead the U.S. Department of Energy?
We tend to think that the Secretary of Energy has a hard job. And it used to be exactly that, which is why the past two leaders of the U.S. Department of Energy, Dr. Ernest Moniz and Dr. Steven Chu, …
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High-Level Discussion of Energy Storage
As our civilization attempts to integrate more solar and wind into its grid-mix, the subject of energy storage becomes increasingly important. This article in GreenTechMedia offers a cursory look at the three technologies that are competing with batteries: pumped hydro, compressed …
Nuclear Energy and Renewables Need To Cooperate. Isn’t That Obvious?
As noted yesterday, some of these pro-nuke people have a very dim view of renewables; some of the more extreme among them accuse the entire renewable energy enterprise of being a corrupt/criminal attempt to suck down government subsidies, while knowing …
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Solar, Wind, and the Future of Human Civilization
Frequent commenter MarcoPolo writes: The solar and wind industries are both heavily dependent of government and consumer subsidies. When those subsidies are modified or withdrawn the industries suffer massive constrictions. Solar and wind employment is a little like a gold …
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An Additional Two Gigawatts of Wind Energy in Oklahoma…But It Gets Even Better
From this article: GE Renewable Energy and Invenergy just announced that Oklahoma will soon be home to the largest wind farm in the U.S., the Wind Catcher project, which will have a capacity of 2,000 MW.
