It’s about time for me to re-offer a free service that I’ve been delivering happily for the last seven years: business plan evaluation. Suppose you have an idea for a cleantech business—anything in renewable energy, electric transportation, smart-grid, energy storage, sustainable …
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A Historical Look at Lighting Efficiency
Until the last quarter of the nineteenth Century, the use of electrical power had only a very few functions within American industry and commerce. However, with Thomas Edison’s invention of the first electric light bulb featuring a long-lasting filament in …
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New Concept in Energy Storage
A huge percentage of the power grid was built solely to address peak loads, and is used less than 100 hours per year. This is one of the many reasons that energy storage in any of its forms is so …
More on the Path To Clean Energy
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 …
From Guest Blogger Jayde Ferguson: Farming and Generators–Four Uses for Generators and How to Choose the Best
Running a farm can be hard work. From working and living in very remote locations to smaller locations just at the cusp of the city, farm life comes with its own set of unique challenges – ones that require innovative …
Renewable Energy: Reasons To Be Bullish
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 …
From 2GreenEnergy Intern Fabio Porcu – An Introduction to Batteries
In my last post, I covered the various types of energy storage. Now it’s time to analyze in detail the possibilities that the batteries offer in this field. We will discuss the various types of batteries, and note the characteristics …
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2GreenEnergy Interns Writes Posts on Batteries
Our intern, Fabio Porcu asks: I’m writing about batteries but it’s a very large topic. Do you prefer that I write about the physics behind it, or about the different technologies used today? I think this should be broken down …
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From Guest Blogger Joel Smith: Increase Your Home’s Energy Efficiency
Have you considered an energy audit on your home lately? You might be wondering if it is worth the trouble of having someone come out to audit your home. What does it do? Why is it necessary? What will they …
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New Role for Decommissioned Coal Plants
In the context of grid management, we hear a great deal about “ancillary services,” which normally means adding a bit of power to the electricity grid, specifically generated so as to manage seemingly small but extremely important issues like unwanted …
