I’m headed up to San Francisco to the Intersolar show tomorrow morning for a couple of days of meetings, and, of course, checking out the show itself. I just realized that I’m entering my fourth decade of attending trade shows now. …
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Replacing Fossil Fuels — by Guest Blogger Frank Eggers
Introduction Although this paper has been written primarily to deal with energy concerns in the United States of America, much of the information will be useful for other countries also. Regardless of whether we are concerned about global warming, we …
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Tough Realities – An Apt Description of the Migration to Renewable Energy
I friend of mine noticed that the concept of “Tough Realities” (as in the title of my report: Tough Realities for Renewable Energy Businesses) resonates with people. I agree. That’s the reason that I’ve subtitled my book (“Renewable Energy — …
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About Wally Rippel, Contributor to "Renewable Energy Facts and Fantasies"
The chapter of the book Renewable Energy — Facts and Fantasies entitled “Cold Fusion” is a transcript of the interview with Wally Rippel on this subject. Quote: “Imagine a liquid fuel which stores ten million times as much energy …
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US Policy on Clean Energy – The Road Not Taken?
A friend from the UK asked for my take on a new Swiss movie on Jimmy Carter’s efforts to reduce the United States’ dependence on oil at the end of the 1970s. He points out, “I am sure it will …
Unique Approach to Renewables Contracting – Global NES
I had a chance conversation with Nick Roberts, VP Sales of GlobalNES recently – a company in renewables that boasts an interesting angle. GlobalNES offers to arrange financing for, engineer, and install a range of commercial-sized clean energy systems – …
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Concentrated Solar Power in the Sahara Desert
Part of the reason that Bill Paul is so bullish on Northern Africa as a financial center for rrenewable energy is obvious: the Sahara Desert. Especially ripe for concentrated solar power, the desert is the solution to Europe’s thirst for …
Ammonia Fuel Network — Great Presentation on Energy Storage and Transmission
The Ammonia Fuel Network’s Executive Direct John Holbrook was good enough to send me a few DVD’s in which Bill Leighty made presentations on the numbers that surround ammonia a fuel. I was struck by a number of things. First, …
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Liquid Ammonia as Fuel — Summary
Like hydrogen as a fuel, liquid ammonia is a carrier of energy, as opposed to a source of energy. When we create ammonia out of nitrogen and hydrogen, we add energy to form a compound that can later be broken …
Gallium Arsenide in Photovoltaics
For anyone who may be interested, here’s a link to an article Shannon Combs wrote on an apparent breakthrough at the University of Illinois in the use of gallium arsenide in photovoltaics.
