Here’s an article that communicates the truth of the clean energy scene i.e., that fossil fuels have more than enough clout in this world to have survived the short-term threat to their existence, and will remain prominent in the global …
Category: Renewables – Business
Renewable Energy and a Clash of the Titans
Tagged with: carbon trading schemes, clean energy, energy storage, environment heat up, fossil fuel energy artificially cheap, global climate change, global energy picture, level playing field for renewable energy, Master Limited Partnerships, MLPs, put a price on carbon, renewable energy credits, smart grid, solar and wind cost tools to raise capital, solar energy, solar wind ROI disappointed investors, subsidies to oil industry, Wind Energy
Is There a Revenue-Neutral Carbon Tax In Our Future?
Here’s an article on various proposed “carbon taxes” that I offer to stimulate conversation. It really has some nasty holes in it, which I’ll point out in advance: • The tables are useless, as they represent the grossest of double-counting. They …
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Electric Power Utilities Face Tough Times
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 …
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 …
Tagged with: 2GreenEnergy -- New Version
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 …
