Concentrated Solar Power Boasts Constantly Improving Levelized Cost of Energy
Not to say “I told you so,” but for several years I’ve been predicting a steep decline in the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) coming from concentrated solar power (CSP). Now, that prediction is quite definitely coming true.
According to the article linked above, “When the SunShot program was planned in 2010, CSP was 21 cents a kilowatt hour without subsidies. Now, SunShot Initiative CSP Director Dr. Pitchumani tells CSP Today, they are getting reports of prices of as low as 13 cents a kilowatt hour.” (more…)
Here’s an article by my colleague Emma Websdale, writing for the new website 
Recently, I had reason to check out what some of the suppliers of industrial HVAC products in the UK are up to, for example, Heaters Wholesale – England’s largest independent distributor of heating products. I was impressed that the controllers they use maximize fuel savings through what they call “self-learning optimization”; the device varies the heating start-up time to ensure that the building comes up to the required temperature precisely at the beginning of every programmed “on” period. 
The work I’m doing for Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation has had numerous fortunate consequences, among them working with a brilliant and compassionate young writer, Emma Websdale (pictured here). Not a bad name for someone who writes content for websites and e-newsletters, is it?
I note that the 
Colin Brown comments on my recent piece 
Yesterday, I had the good fortune to speak with Brian Nordwall, the proprietor of 
I have a bunch of meetings in and around Los Angeles next Thursday. While I’m in town, I think I’ll try to stop by the 
I just got off a Skype chat with a talented young engineering student who lives near Paris and wishes to perform an internship in which he will conduct research as the basis for articles on a range of clean energy issues. I just compiled a list of potential topics that I had thought I’d email him, but then realized it might make a decent blog post. He can choose those that interest him most, and add others if he would like.
Here’s 
