I don’t claim to know about what the utilities are really talking about behind closed doors. Reading between the lines, I would have to think the level of stress is starting to build, as numerous industry trends seem to militate …
Category: Renewables – Business
Electric Power Utilities Face Tough Times
Tagged with: distributed generation, electric power utilities, from individual rate-payers; utilities blamed for outages, large customers leaving utilities, power from cleaner sources, solar energy, utilities ecologically insensitive, utilities price-gouging, utilities take public relations hit, Wind Energy
Electricity Rate-payers in Austin, TX Take Progressive Stance on Renewable Energy
Here’s an article that lays out three choices available to electricity rate-payers: deregulation (“customer choice”), municipal aggregation (“city choice”), and municipal utilities (“city ownership”), and goes on to discuss the merits of each. In the last case, a municipality’s purchasing …
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Tagged with: Alden Meyer, Austin Climate Protection Program, Austin Energy, Austin TX, carbon reduction strategy development, city choice, city ownership, customer choice, distributed generation, electricity rate-payers, enenergy deregulation, ExxonMobil, integrated distributed generation innovation, municipal aggregation, municipal utilities, progressive stance on renewable energy, smart grid deployment, Union of Concerned Scientists
Denmark's "Community" Approach to Renewable Energy
Longtime 2GreenEnergy supporter Aedan Kernan commented on my piece bemoaning the U.S. government’s failing to respond to the will of the people, and clinging onto a de facto energy policy that is rooted in fossil fuels. Aedan lives in the …
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"Green" Bonds Gaining Momentum with Investors
The main obstacle facing cleantech generally is that it tends to be more expensive than what it’s replacing, but here’s an example of the opposite case. 2GreenEnergy associate Lindsay Oliver sent me this article on “green” bonds that are gaining …
Wal-mart Embracing Renewables, Shunning Power Utilities
I try to check out the Smart Grid News every day, as I feel that improvements here are the true enablers of the things that will ultimately win the day in terms of clean energy. Here’s an article on what …
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2GreenEnergy — New Version
In a few days we’ll have a new version of the 2GreenEnergy website live, written to take advantage of some new features of WordPress. There will be only a few visible changes, one of which is the full use of …
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Wanted: A Level Playing Field for Efficiency Solutions and Renewable Energy
I’ve agreed that each of my posts appear on CleanTechies.com, as it simply represents an expanded audience. Here’s my recent piece on Germany’s PV subsidies, with a couple of sharp comments from Cleantechies’ readers. To Edward Kerr, who wrote: It’s …
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Tagged with: $711 billion annual military budget, access to oil, CleanTechies.com, coal-fired power plants, corruptive influence of money in the political scene, energy efficiency solutions, fossil fuels, fossil fuels hard-dollar subsidies, fossil fuels soft-dollars in forbearances, Germany’s PV subsidies, renewables
Creating Climate Wealth
I probably won’t attend this “Creating Climate Wealth” workshop due to the commitment of resources it would require, but it sure would be interesting. I very much admire The Carbon War Room and its concept of using market capitalism and wealth …
Job Creation in Renewable Energy
Based on its title, I have to say that my initial impression of the article linked below wasn’t too favorable. Calling something “The Truth About Solar Energy,” or “The Truth About ….(anything)” is a bit off-putting. Yes, I’d rather have …
Exploring the Legal Aspects of Renewable Energy
I had lunch yesterday with a young attorney (more details on him soon) who will be researching and writing on the legal aspects of renewable energy for our readers at 2GreenEnergy. I view this as a fantastic opportunity, since there …
Tagged with: adoption of clean energy, build out of our electrical grid, eminent domain law, Environmental Law Institute, fossil fuels, high-voltage DC power transmission, legal aspects of renewable energy, level playing field for renewable energy, Master Limited Partnerships, MLPs, Natural Resources Defense Council, NRDC, oil and gas exploration, phasing out fossil fuels, renewable energy carbon taxes, renewable energy credits, renewable energy incentives, renewable energy subsidies, standardizing the process of permitting installing and grid-tying solar PV, U.S. Supreme Court’s “Citizens United” ruling, using litigation to protect our natural environment
