Regarding my recent piece The Caribbean: Making Renewables Happen, a childhood friend with whom I’ve recently reconnected Candace Sneberger (of international travel fame) writes: When will be get the USVI (U.S. Virgin Islands) on board with renewable energy? So glad to hear about the successes; keep up the good work, Craig! (more…)
From The Wall Street Journal: Exxon Mobil Corp. and New York’s attorney general are headed for a showdown this week over accusations the company deceived investors, a rare trial over how the oil industry accounts for the impact of climate change. The trial, which begins Tuesday in state court in Manhattan, is the culmination of a sprawling four year investigation. (more…)
My colleague Bill Moore of EV World and EVisioneer2020 writes from his home in Omaha, Nebraska, “(Here’s the) wind power contribution to the Southwest Power Pool this morning.” (See below.) (more…)
2GreenEnergy super-supporter Gary Tulie writes from his home in Buckinghamshire, England (pictured):
Hi Craig, This could be one more technology on the path to powering the world mostly using wind and solar. Whilst this is the biggest energy storage system of its type in Europe, there are a number of larger pumped storage systems in the UK and elsewhere in Europe. (more…)
It wasn’t that long ago that I made my presentations to my business clients with an overhead projector and transparencies. I was thrilled when Powerpoint came along, though I never aspired to become a “power user,” and asked my assistant to make my stuff look pretty.
Video graphics that make the numbers come alive is the hot thing today in this space, and for good reason. Check out this presentation of total solar PV installations by country, with time as the independent variable. Wow.
From “The Independent”: India has cancelled plans to build nearly 14 gigawatts of coal-fired power stations – about the same as the total amount in the UK – with the price for solar electricity “free falling” to levels once considered impossible. (more…)
From GreenTech Media:
New York’s utility regulator approved construction of a 316-megawatt battery storage plant that would replace fossil-fueled capacity in New York City. (more…)
Beam Furr, one of my best friends in college, is now Commissioner of Broward County, Florida. At left is something he published recently.
Unassailable logic, written in a firm but even-tempered tone. Good going, Beam. Wish we could relive those halcyon days at DKE. (Larger version below.) (more…)
Here’s an interesting statement from Walter Shaub, an American attorney specializing in government ethics who, from January 9, 2013 to July 19, 2017, was the director of the United States Office of Government Ethics. (more…)
A friend sent me this pic just now, captioned by: “Puppeteers in Syria. When everything else fails, love survives.”
As long as war remains our go-to tactic for settling international disputes, we’re causing the mass suffering of millions of innocent children. And now, of course, we’ve taken all this misery and amplified it, by betraying our allies and helping despotic governments expand their control in the Middle East.
