Here’s an article that suggests that concentrated solar power (aka solar thermal) may be on its way to greatness in Africa, and discusses the path by which CSP can achieve that stature. In terms of renewables generally, the author points …
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Bringing Concentrated Solar Power to Africa
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Large CSP Plant Opens in Abu Dhabi
Here’s a short video that presents a shiny new CSP (concentrated solar power, aka solar thermal) plant in Abu Dhabi. This 100 MW installation cost $600 million, not exactly cheap. But CSP is a relatively new concept that hasn’t had …
Apple Looks For New Renewable Energy Procurement Methods
According to this article by Renewable Energy World’s Meg Cichon, Apple is replacing a great deal of the energy it consumes with renewables. That’s hardly shocking; the company’s entire brand is built around living harmoniously with its customers. What surprised …
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Developing a Reseller Strategy for WindStream, Leader in MicroWind
Anyone who’s ever used a reseller channel (dealers, retailers, VARs, distributors, mass merchandisers, etc.) knows that this whole approach to marketing and sales is the ultimate “double-edged sword.” The most obvious benefits include an enormous and more-or-less instant expansion of …
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Low-hanging Fruit in Greenhouse Gas Reduction: Energy Efficiency
As we frequently discuss, the real low-hanging fruit when it comes to greenhouse gas reduction lies more in energy efficiency than it does in renewables. Efficiency invokes largely proven and inexpensive technologies, and holds the promise of putting many millions …
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COP-18 Meetings in Qatar on Global Climate Change
I just participated in a real-time webinar, a live broadcast from the COP-18 meetings in Doha, Qatar. Here are my notes: • In the past few years, over 30,000 peer-reviewed papers have been published on global climate change, only 24 …
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Renewable Energy Technology Improving Performance, Reducing Costs
Here’s some good news in the photovoltaics world: the first about a new record in solar efficiency and the second about a super-absorbent solar cell. I’m reminded of a conversation I have frequently with clean energy nay-sayers. As renewable energy …
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The American Council on Renewable Energy Key To Establishing the Industry
Concerning Poland’s 24 billion euro investment in the energy sector, the country’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk told reporters: “These investments have a strategic dimension; today, energy is the key to politics.” What a candid remark – one you’d hardly hear …
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Japan: Sprinting Directly Towards Renewables, Smart-Grid
When the Japanese began to contemplate the consequences of Fukushima, it became instantly clear that renewable energy would play an important role in their future. And, as outlined in this article, Japan is running hard in this direction, simultaneously replacing …
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U.S. Department of Energy's Spending on Renewables
Here’s a long and quite scholarly article a reader sent me from the Heritage Foundation, an ultra-conservative think-tank whose principal spokesperson appears to be Rush Limbaugh. (I’m not sure that’s a good choice if they wish to be taken seriously …
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