I’m delighted to note that the 392MW Ivanpah Solar Electricity Generating System begins commercial operation today. Solar thermal, aka concentrated solar power or CSP, has terrific potential to dominate the world of renewable energy if we can drive the costs …
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Obama’s Decision on the Keystone XL Pipeline
Bill McKibben’s and my position on the Obama administration’s approach to energy policy and climate change are identical. In a sentence: Obama can’t have it both ways; he can’t simultaneously be proud of the fact that we now extract and …
From Guest Blogger Paula Sheamus: Organic And Eco-Friendly Fashion
Nowadays more and more people and institutions become really concerned about the environmental issues the humanity faces up every day. A lot of organizations were established in order to make people understand the importance of preserving the natural beauty and …
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From Guest Blogger Jordan: Hydrogen Cars to Hit the Road This Spring
Although electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles have been considered the only plausible alternatives to conventional cars for a long time, and practically all of the world’s biggest car makers have been investing heavily in these technologies, and governments around the …
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From Guest Blogger Laya Cusano: How to Choose Eco-friendly Furniture
There are many ways to go green. In fact, as consumers, we are at the most strategic position. What we consume and demand from manufacturers – today and for the coming years could affect how our planet will hold out …
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Grossly Misleading Claims in “Green” Products — Office Depot: What Are You Thinking?
Here’s an Office Depot product that shows quite clearly how misguided it’s possible to be with respect to sustainability. We’ve all seen hundreds of ostensibly “green” products sold with fraudulent claims, but in my book this one takes the prize. …
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Utilities Should Examine the Social Benefits of Energy Storage
I sat through a 75-minute-long session at Infocast’s “Storage Week” show yesterday, on the subject of the economics of energy storage. Three presenters took us through how they develop their models using fantastically complicated spreadsheets. For example, if we deploy …
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How to Prevent Progress in the Generation, Transmission, and Distribution of Electricity
If you’re in the electrical utility business, getting the PUC’s approval to pass a cost you’ve incurred along to rate-payers is obviously a big deal; your goal is not to spend a nickel that you can’t recoup. But, where the …
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Perhaps a bit off-topic, but….. Hands off the Internet!
I thought I’d publish this letter that my dear friend Ray Korns sent to a bazillion government officials, expressing his outrage as to what’s happening here in the U.S. with respect to NSA spying and the manipulation of the Internet. …
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From Guest Blogger Jona: Will Technology Yield The Golden Age of Environmental Science?
Everyone is towards being the leader on everything. Talk about globalization, every country wants to take the lead and become the leading country. Because of this, workforce and industrialization are set on fire with no reasons to hold back, and …
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