Back in 2010, I interviewed a gentleman at NREL (the National Renewable Energy Laboratories) as part of my first book, Renewable Energy–Facts and Fantasies. A ran into him a few years later at the Intersolar show in San Francisco and …
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American Global Competitiveness Requires Investment in Cleantech
The pic of the peas here inspires both laughter and terror. Yes, it could be part of the endless “you had one job” series, and that’s always good for a smile. More seriously, it’s a reminder of what needs to …
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New Solar Cells Boast Markedly Higher Efficiency
When I ran into a colleague from the National Renewable Energy Lab at Intersolar (huge solar convention) a few years ago, he told me that one of his top priorities was the development of perovskite as a substrate for high …
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Trade Shows as a Component of Clean Energy Marketing
Sun Effect is an Israel-based start-up with a proprietary robotics solution to clean PV panels, as shown in the video linked above. They contacted me just now in the hopes of raising investment capital to enable a comprehensive, international marketing …
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Data Is Playing a Big Role in Driving Clean Energy
As we’ve often discussed here, information and communications technology (ICT) is one of the main drivers of the rapid migration to renewable energy. There are hundreds of different reasons for this, but here’s one that you’ll find the moment you …
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Portable Solar
I just got off the phone with a manager of construction projects who has used a portable array of solar panels and a small wind turbine with battery storage to power his sites before grid electricity can be brought in, …
Intersolar Show Boasts a Decent Amount of Exuberance
I feel like a giddy child gushing the way I do about how cool the Intersolar show was. But here’s an example I hope you’ll enjoy, a brass band wailing on the steps of the Moscone Center—at breakfast time. What …
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A Rare Bit of Whimsy at Intersolar
At least 99% everything one sees at the huge renewable energy trade shows like Intersolar is product and service offerings intended to be completely serious and practical, i.e., a more cost-effective approach to solving a certain problem that has ever existed before. The …
Saying Hi to Renewable Energy World
I had a cute little encounter yesterday at the Intersolar show in San Francisco that I thought I’d relate. I dropped by the Pennwell booth, the huge B2B publishing concern that owns Renewable Energy World, and introduced myself to the …
Greetings from the 2016 Intersolar Show
I’m in one of my (and everybody’s) favorite cities, San Francisco, for the Intersolar show. It’s hard to overstate how robust and impressive this event has become over the years, as human civilization continues to recognize the value of powering …
