Are the falling prices of natural gas “wiping out” coal and nuclear? That’s what David Crane, President and CEO of Fortune-300 sized NRG Energy told the audience at a Wall Street Journal conference recently. As if that didn’t astonish event attendees, …
NRG Energy CEO: Consumers of “Green” Power Soon Won’t Need a Grid Connection Read More »
A reader in India writes about my upcoming trip to the Storage Week conference: Nice to know you are participating in the storage conference in Austin, Texas. I would be happy to hear from you about your experience there in due …
I just had a conversation with a college engineering student looking to do an internship at 2GreenEnergy. I sure hope this works out, as it’s a terrific “win-win-win,” as I like to call it: a) 2GreenEnergy gets more high-quality content, …
These articles on India’s “generation-based incentive” and the “production tax credit” here in the U.S. call to mind a sad fact: government incentives that are designed to produce more wind energy are deeply flawed. First, turning these incentives on and …
Artificial Economic Supports for Wind Energy Are Inherently Flawed Read More »
When we look at the people whose life’s work revolves around improving conditions for humankind, we observe that most of these individuals are not wealthy. Not only are their endeavors not focused on profit, but in many cases, their efforts …
Elon Musk Takes On Sustainable Transportation and Energy Read More »
In certain parts of the U.S., and I presume the rest of the world as well, electric utility customers are beginning to express their concerns about the modes by which their providers generate the power they will sell. Apparently, most …
Electric Utilities Are Under Pressure from Customers to Clean Up the Grid-Mix Read More »
As I’ve written a few times in the recent past, I believe that we have the proverbial cart before the horse when it comes to smart grid. We tend to think of this concept as “futuristic,” like flying cars, when, in fact, …
I love to meet smart people for breakfast while my mind is sharp and so many hours remain in the day to think through the implications of the discussion. I just got back from coffee with an eco-journalist who left …
Concepts in Alternative Energy — A Breakfast-time Conversation Read More »
Here’s a good discussion of what I call the “no free lunch” theory of renewable energy: everything we do, whether it’s solar, wind, hydrokinetics, etc., comes with a non-negligible ecological cost. The issue, obviously, is objectively identifying all costs – …
About a year ago, I had lunch with the top two people from Forester Media, whose publications include Distributed Energy, and during our conversation I expressed my interest in co-promoting one another’s content. For my money, anyone who’s concerned with …
Distributed Generation Could Eventually Dominate the Energy Landscape Read More »
