Readers will note the new “ESPAÑOL” tab on our navigation here. I believe this is the best way to offer the Spanish translations of many of the pages that 2GreenEnergy supporter Alejandro Manrique is cranking out. Muy bien, Alejandro. Gracias. …
Author: craigshields
Exploring Europe’s Cutting-Edge Developments in Renewable Energy
Over the last few months, I’ve been speaking with Olivier Goavec, a bright young French engineering student. He’s currently living in Alkmaar, just south of Amsterdam in The Netherlands, which I mention only so I can link to photography that …
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Tagged with: French-American Electric Vehicle Technology Forum a few years ago, Germany’s levels of feed-in tariffs provide proper incentive. Europeans’ and Americans’ perception of the climate change, public/private partnerships France electric transportation, variable renewable sources stabilizing grids
Integrating More Solar and Wind Will Eventually Require Large-Scale Energy Storage Solutions
Guest blogger Cameron Atwood sent me this graph showing the increase in the use of solar and wind energy from 2005 to 2012. Impressive stuff. Here in the U.S., our grid-mix is currently comprised of more than 4% wind and …
Solar Wind Energy Tower — Sorry, This Can’t Be Feasible
Frequent commenter Brian McGowan comments on my post on the Solar Wind Energy Tower (pictured top) , “I don’t know how feasible it is but I can tell you I have a Popular Science magazine from the early ’70s somewhere …
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A Seahawks Victory In Today’s (U.S. Football) Super Bowl May Be Good for the Renewable Energy Cause
That sounds a bit enigmatic, doesn’t it? Here’s my thinking. Paul Allen (co-founder of Microsoft, net worth about $25 billion) owns the Seahawks. If they win, he’ll be happy – and even a bit richer, as the value of his …
The Sierra Club’s Petition on Solar Energy
I’ve signed a heck of a lot of petitions circulated by The Sierra Club over the years, but strangely, I’m ambivalent about this one on solar energy. They point out, “As part of a nationwide attack on solar, California utilities …
Photographing Nature – Perhaps a Subtle Plea for a Sustainable Way of Life
If you have a few extra minutes today and wish to invest them wisely, I urge you to check out Yiming Hu’s amazing collection of photographic works of nature. Hu writes: “To me, landscape photography is not merely a documentary …
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Bill Maher, Jim Inhofe, Big Oil, and Corruption
Apparently, comedian Bill Maher (pictured here) plans to use his talents and stature as a celebrity to identify and remove “the worst member of Congress.” Though there are dozens of excellent candidates, I suppose I would nominate Jim Inhofe, (R, …
2GreenEnergy – Spanish Version
Working from his office in Argentina, 2GreenEnergy supporter Alejandro Manrique has been helping us tell our story to the Spanish-speaking people of the world for many years. Not too long ago, he wrote this article on my second book: “Is …
Real-time Wind Resources
Here’s a fun little tool – a real-time wind chart for the continental U.S. To me, it validates a couple of ideas that I hear often: • When the wind isn’t blowing at point A, the chances are much more …
