Here’s an article suggesting that electric transportation saves lives insofar as its environmental benefits reduce global warming, and heat causes more deaths each year. Sadly, this is an oversimplification. As long as coal is our lowest-cost base-load energy source, EVs …
Electric Transportation and Coal-Fired Power Plants Read More »
I mentioned earlier that I’m on my way to Portland, OR for the day, and I happen to be flying on Alaska Airlines. I just leafed through the in-flight magazine, expecting to see plenty of ads for arctic cruises and …
Alaska's Rich in Renewable Resources — and Has Great Reasons To Want To Use Them Read More »
I’m on my way to Portland, OR this morning to do a marketing needs assessment for Xzeres, an important player in small wind (anything under 200 kilowatts). This is a beleaguered industry if there ever were one; there have been …
Trip North to See Xzeres, Important Player In Small Wind Read More »
Renewable Energy World does a good job at tracking the adoption of clean energy at all levels, including continental. Here’s an article that explains why Europe is unlikely to achieve its goal of 20% penetration of renewables by 2020. While …
Here’s an article that communicates the truth of the clean energy scene i.e., that fossil fuels have more than enough clout in this world to have survived the short-term threat to their existence, and will remain prominent in the global …
I don’t claim to know about what the utilities are really talking about behind closed doors. Reading between the lines, I would have to think the level of stress is starting to build, as numerous industry trends seem to militate …
There is so much general ignorance on the basic issues confronting renewable energy and electric transportation that it’s sometimes hard to know how to react to articles like this one on “vehicle to grid,” i.e., the concept that large number …
Electric Transportation, Vehicle To Grid, and Wind Energy Read More »
Longtime 2GreenEnergy supporter Aedan Kernan commented on my piece bemoaning the U.S. government’s failing to respond to the will of the people, and clinging onto a de facto energy policy that is rooted in fossil fuels. Aedan lives in the …
Denmark's "Community" Approach to Renewable Energy Read More »
Here’s a renewable energy idea that frequent commenter Tim Kingston sent me. It doesn’t seem reasonable, but I thought I’d ask the physicists out there to comment. It’s a device that emits tiny droplets of water from electrical conductors (copper …
From Machine Design: New Device for Extracting Energy from Wind Read More »
Confused about some of the facts on wind energy? Does it work as well as they say? There are tremendous benefits for having wind energy, and here are some of the top facts on the productivity of it. Number One …
From Guest Blogger Tina Samuels: Wind Energy Isn't All Hot Air Read More »
