The electric power industry is becoming more active in the development of green innovations in both the residential and commercial sectors that lessen its carbon footprint. Some well-known and widely used innovations include energy efficient appliance and equipment, the wider use of wind power and similar steps. Oftentimes in partnership with other entities, the electric power industry has supported other more unique and creative green innovations in an effort to better protect the environment.
Author: craigshields
Heating, Cooling and Lighting — Sustainable Design Methods for Architects
I’m here at the Intersolar show with Auburn University professor emeritus Norbert Lechner who has just given me an unbelievable talk on heliodons, i.e., instructional devices used to teach people about the path of the Sun overhead during the different …
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Intersolar
Several times over the past few days I was pleasantly surprised when callers asked me if I was going to the Intersolar show in San Francisco. Man, how it’s grown over the years. I opt to drive, rather than fly; …
May I Ask a Favor of You Re: the CleanTech Industry, Please?
I was hoping that I could ask you a favor. As the editor of 2GreenEnergy, I’m constantly looking for new business models and strategies, and, like anyone, I focus on areas that seem to be good fits for my capabilities. …
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Renewable Energy: Deal of the Century, Perhaps the Best Thing Since Sliced Bread
86 years ago today the first loaf of sliced bread was sold. Yet, according to the Writer’s Almanac, even this marvel, which famously took the world by storm, had a rough start in terms of consumer acceptance. Perhaps we’re seeing …
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Sustainability — Is Society Making Progress?
I believe that the world population is gradually making progress in the direction of peace and sustainability. Huge volumes of resources are coming from literally millions of different sources to address our most pressing problems. There are now more than …
Solar Energy – Letting It Shine
I know that at least a few hundred readers (I wish it were more) have checked out 2GreenEnergy’s recent video series in which I interviewed author John Perlin on camera regarding his incredible book: Let It Shine – The 6000 Year …
Thanks to Isaac Newton
Yesterday was the anniversary of the date on which Isaac Newton published The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy in 1687, his paper that laid out a set of discoveries that rank among the most important in the history of humankind: the …
Talking Renewable Energy at the Intersolar Show
I’m happy to announce that I’ve been able to schedule a number of important meetings during my trip to the Intersolar show in San Francisco this week. Having said that, I have plenty of time slots remaining, if anyone wants …
Cleantech Investors Often View Our Projects Coolly – Until a Sense of Urgency Sets In
I’m happy to report that the waste-to-energy project I’m trying to engineer that will bring electrification to rural schools in Panama now looks fairly close to fruition, now that I have—not one or two—but four separate cleantech investment entities interested and, …
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