I often find myself in the awkward position of having to explain to an inventor or entrepreneur that I think their business plan lacks merit. I’m never mean or condescending, and I try to be as gentle as possible. Having …
Shocking Admission: I Often Tell White Lies About CleanTech Business Concepts Read More »
From an email I just got, sent with the pic you see at the left: one of the billionaire Koch Brothers admitted on television last night that they want something in return for the millions they’re spending to elect Republicans …
NaS batteries are not new, but the application in industrial scale has taken place only recently, in the 1990s, by the Japanese. How do they work? Essentially they consist of two basic materials: the anode is made of liquid sodium …
From 2GreenEnergy Intern Fabio Porcu: Sodium Sulfur (NaS) Batteries Read More »
I just received this: Ten days ago, Ben Carson went on national television and said that legal abortion is like slavery. He compared young girls who had been raped to slaveholders. And the NBC/Wall Street Journal poll released just yesterday …
I had an experience yesterday at the Renewable Energy Finance Forum in San Francisco that I thought I’d share. Right before lunch, I took the opportunity to pose a question to the panel on the stage, prefaced with this announcement: …
Kenyan reader Gladys Mogo writes: Quick question Craig. How much of biomass briquettes, if any, is used by manufacturing industries in the US? We have successfully introduced our biomass briquettes in the local market and the uptake is good. Biomass briquettes are …
I wrote a piece on a much-loved baby in my circle of friends the other day, whose photo, I have to admit, has totally captivated me. Check it out for yourself. Isn’t it as if she knows something that you and …
The good people at Environmental Action, environmental-action.org, sent me this: Breaking: Yesterday the New York Attorney General announced an investigation into whether Exxon lied about climate change. Today, President Obama officially blocked the Keystone XL oil pipeline. Tonight MSNBC’s Rachel …
Lithium-ion batteries were first marketed by Sony in 1991 and their development continues to accelerate today. In their conventional structure, they employ carbon in the negative electrode, while the positive is a lithium compound, such as LiCoO2. Lithium ions are …
From 2GreenEnergy Intern Fabio Porcu: Lithium-ion Batteries Read More »
Needless to say, this is fantastic news, primarily from the perspective that Mr. Steyer notes below. I.e., it’s an announcement that my country does, in fact, have an energy policy, one that contemplates the welfare of the world’s people and …
