More on my coversation with John Hugo on solar thermal, who writes: Craig: I agree, could not have said it better re: nukes. Re: the capital intensity of solar thermal, I don’t have a cost estimate on the power block …
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Cleaner Coal – from Guest Blogger Anil
The economy of the world is growing quickly – especially in highly populated developing nations majorly India and China. With the growth in these economies, the expansion of industries and manufacturing units would be an obvious course of action. It …
Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles
I happen to be looking through an issue of Car and Driver yesterday and noticed their discussion of the EPA’s struggle to measure and report MPG ratings for plug-in hybrids. Apparently, there are people who fail to realize that this …
More Bad News from the US Supreme Court
Earlier this week I wrote a post expressing my disgust over the US Supreme Court’s announcement that it had found major provisions of campaign finance reform to be unconstitutional. This paved the way for corporate and union money to mute …
Divergent Ideas at 2GreenEnergy
Readers may have noticed the pro-nuclear comments of Frank Eggers. Responding to my request for guest bloggers, Frank wrote: I’m not sure that there’d be much point in my blogging on this site. The only information this site about nuclear …
Renewable Energy and the Job Market
I spent a bit of time on the website of the Bureau of Labor Statistics in preparation for today’s post, looking at some numbers surrounding employment in the US. Here are a few approximate numbers that I feel are relevant: …
Renewables and Electric Transportation on Bermuda
I just got off the plane from Bermuda, and thought I’d write a quick post before bed. What a reminder this trip was of the reason I got into this subject in the first place: the fascinating confluence of science, …
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Ammonia as Fuel
During my interview with Matt Simmons on “peak oil” for my book on renewables, I asked about suggestions for averting the imminent disaster he sees associated with maintain the status quo in energy generation and consumption. The response: Large wind …
"Core Competence" and the Clean Energy Business
Each week, many people write into us at 2GreenEnergy from all around the globe wanting some sort of assistance with renewable energy ideas. Normally, “assistance” means “funding.” It’s certainly true that we are connected with a small team of carefully …
Renewable Energy Project Consulting
2GREENENERGY: MAKING CLEAN POWER WORK Large renewable energy project? Need help with permitting? PPAs? Grid tie? 2GreenEnergy associates have decades of experience in advising clients on utility-scale wind and solar (PV, solar thermal, and hybrid) projects. Whether the program you’re …
