I just got off a Skype session with Teddy Bamford, a hip and super-bright student at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Teddy wanted my opinion on investing in clean energy, based on his belief that the Obama administration …
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The election season in the U.S. heightens our awareness of government, and saddens us that our leaders cannot or will not act according to the will of the people they serve. The vast majority of Americans favor a progressive energy …
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It’s the birthday of theologian Martin Luther who, when he became disillusioned with the bureaucracy and corruption of the Catholic Church, wrote up his attack and published the famous 95 Theses. Luther’s ideas led to the Protestant Reformation, arguably the biggest single transformation …
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In our discussion of energy storage, frequent commenter Gary Tulie writes from the UK: You forget the added value of storage where an uninterrupted power supply is needed anyway! How about installing energy storage at hospitals, data centres, military facilities …
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Here’s a very solid and accessible article on population growth and sustainability from the World Future Society, though I’m not sure it provides any “new news.” Yes, we’re consuming resources at an unsustainable rate, and that rate will only …
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A reader sends this and writes: When, not if, a wind turbine’s torque causes O ring and seal lubrication problems, the turbines catch on fire. Each of the large wind turbines have 500 gallons of petroleum lubricant trying to keep …
Even though Germany has recently cut their national feed-in tariff scheme between 20-30 percent from April this year, the solar industry has flourished in the first nine months of 2012. The nation`s utilities say the capacity of solar power has …
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In today’s discussion on energy storage, senior energy analyst Glenn Doty writes: As far as who should pay for storage, that’s easy… the storage facility should pay for itself by the value that it adds to the grid. If it …
Frequent commenter Garth writes: Remember ANY successful business that runs a supply line for their product must have storage or they face shortages and customer loss – energy is no different and storage is the answer. I just can’t explain …
It goes without saying that the renewable energy industry here in the U.S. drew a collective sigh of relief when President Obama was re-elected on Tuesday. For reasons I’ve mentioned dozens of times, I remain extremely dubious that we’ll see any real …
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