As shown here, the past 18 years haven’t been kind to investors in U.S. industry icon General Electric–but exactly what went wrong? The common wisdom is that the enterprise was simply so diverse and far-flung that it had become unmanageable.
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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: …
Germany Looks to Phase Out Coal. But Does It Matter?
I copied the title above from this article in GreenTechMedia as a preamble to a few remarks. Some people may say that anything Germany does is a “drop in the bucket” of the world’s overall coal consumption, and thus it’s …
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How Much Do Solar and Wind Require Natural Gas Backup?
As I’m mentioned, I’m a part of a pro-nuke online community that has a strange antipathy toward renewables. One might think that proponents of one low-carbon energy solution would respect those of another, but not in this case. They offer …
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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 …
Renewable Energy: How Much Storage Will It Take To Get There?
It’s both important and fun to look down the road and see where the migration to renewable energy is taking us. What will it take to get to 80% penetration of wind and solar? How much storage is necessary? What …
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Excellence in CleanTech Journalism
2GreenEnergy got off the ground in 2009, just as Stephen Lacey was assuming the exalted post of editor of Renewable Energy World, a huge website with which we’ve had a great deal of extremely positive and productive interaction over the …
GreenTechMedia’s “The Energy Gang” – Discussing the Future of the Electrical Utilities
Here’s a post in response to this week’s podcast from GreenTechMedia called “The Energy Gang,” which features a couple of people I’ve come to know fairly well through the years. One is the show’s brilliant young host Stephen Lacey, formerly …
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GreenTechMedia’s Michael Kanellos — Celebrating Gevo’s IPO
When I was in San Francisco last week I dropped by to see GreenTechMedia’s Michael Kanellos, one of my favorite personalities in cleantech. Michael always seems to have a reason to smile, even when the rest of the world (me …
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