Can anyone look at this graphic and conclude that the U.S. is going the right way in terms of economic leadership? Fortunately, the subject matter here is cars – admittedly an important component of world industry now, but (I predict) …
World Economic Powers U.S. and China Are Trading Places Read More »
I just got back from a great day at the University of California at Santa Barbara, host of the 14th annual Clean Business Investment Summit. “CBIS” is an enterprise, not unlike our own here at 2GreenEnergy, which is an attempt …
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Apparently, the power needs of Turkmenistan are going through the roof, and GE will be building facilities to use their “aeroderivative” natural gas turbines to supply this need. This leaves the reader wondering: were any renewable resources at least considered? …
Here’s a report that predicts that a certain market, in this case, the market for Flexible AC Transmission Systems will grow to $1,386.01 million in 2018. That’s about $1.4 billion – predicted to the nearest $10,000? This is a mistake …
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Obviously, renewable energy has a whole host of nay-sayers who make a variety of points, including: • It’s expensive. (This is true, though it’s becoming less so each day – and it depends on how one does the accounting. Some of …
A bit off topic perhaps, but I know that a ton of readers here have their own blogs, and thus have to deal with spam. My spam filter, Akismet, which used to be excellent, btw, has for some reason gone …
As an author, I’m always happy to receive good reviews of my books. Having said that, I’m not too sure what to make of this review of “Is Renewable Really Doable?” (2012), as it’s in Spanish. I’m reminded of the …
Though summer might be rounding out its last few weeks of insufferable heat, it’s still a perfect time to examine how energy consumption stacks up in the hottest months of the year. Check out this infographic to see how the …
There are a number of reasons that I wanted to share this video on Boulder, Colorado and its citizens’ attempts to internalize (“municipalize” as they say) the generation of its electrical energy. First, it’s the style of video whose quality …
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I have to admit that tension really is brewing between the power utilities and the solar industry – at least the part of it that promotes distributed (e.g., rooftop) generation (DG). Yet it’s hard for me to understand all this …
