Looks like the Obama Administration wasn’t kidding about an “all-of-the-above strategy,” i.e., the deployment of every available source of energy; the U.S. DoE announced the implementation of small modular reactors (SMRs). For me to see value here, in addition to being …
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Electric Transportation: Short-Term Challenges, Long-Term Promise
I wrote a piece yesterday about the struggles of Project Better Place, the attempt to sell large populations of car drivers on the concept of adopting electric vehicles, and paying a certain price per mile driven, using leased batteries that, …
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From Guest Blogger Tara Gould: Solar Champions UK – Business, Community, Industry Pioneers
According to the DECC (Department for Energy and Climate Change) the UK is committed to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2050. This emissions target, outlined in the Climate Change Act 2008, is legally binding. But judging from …
Thanks To Renewable Energy Advocates
Thanksgiving is by far my favorite holiday of the year. It’s pretty much non-commercial, and it celebrates some of the basic virtues we find in all of us, e.g., the capacity for kindness and appreciation, while providing an opportunity to …
Electric Vehicle Battery-Swap Concept “Project Better Place” Running Into Trouble
I was never a fan of the electric vehicle battery-swap concept “Project Better Place” for countries like the United States, with a sprawling landmass of 3.5 million square miles — in the “Lower 48” alone. But I’m surprised (and saddened, …
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Tagged with: battery swapping, Better Place in Israel, electric vehicle EVs, Israel, Project Better Place
Advocates for Fracking Say Farewell to the Shale Resources and Society Institute
Those following the controversy around fracking may be interested in this piece, detailing a key decision at SUNY Buffalo. Until yesterday, the Shale Resources and Society Institute (SRSI) was a part of the university, though many people made accusations to …
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Japan: Sprinting Directly Towards Renewables, Smart-Grid
When the Japanese began to contemplate the consequences of Fukushima, it became instantly clear that renewable energy would play an important role in their future. And, as outlined in this article, Japan is running hard in this direction, simultaneously replacing …
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Tagged with: clean energy, electric meters, Fukushima, Japan, Renewable Energy, renewables, smart grid, smart-grid electronics
U.S. Department of Energy's Spending on Renewables
Here’s a long and quite scholarly article a reader sent me from the Heritage Foundation, an ultra-conservative think-tank whose principal spokesperson appears to be Rush Limbaugh. (I’m not sure that’s a good choice if they wish to be taken seriously …
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Cleantech Business Presentations
Are you in the process of raising capital from investors? Cutting key deals with flagship customers? Forging relationships with strategic partners? Now let me ask you this: how clear and compelling is your presentation? How well can you make a …
Planning To Avert Catastrophic Climate Change
Reader David Stout sent me this excellent article on the intelligent rebuilding of the New Jersey and New York seaboards after Hurricane Sandy. It contains a great number of terrific points about applying common sense in re-establishing housing, commercial buildings, …
