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 …
Category: Renewables – Business
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
NRG Energy CEO: Consumers of “Green” Power Soon Won’t Need a Grid Connection
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, …
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Renewable Energy Developments in India
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 …
Engineering-related Internship at 2GreenEnergy
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, …
Tagged with: advanced battery chemistries, advanced rail, biofuels, biomass, energy storage, flavors of renewable energy, geothermal energy, Hydrokinetics, internship at 2GreenEnergy, national laboratories, NREL, ocean current energy, OTEC, photovoltaics, pumped hydro, re-positioning as “energy companies”, run-of-river hydro, Solar Thermal, Tidal Energy, Wind Energy, world’s largest oil companies
Artificial Economic Supports for Wind Energy Are Inherently Flawed
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 …
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Tagged with: Adam Smith's invisible hand, artificial supports, base-load energy, biomass, capital formation wind industry, coal-fired power plants, dispatchable energy, generation-based incentive, geothermal, government incentive for wind energy, Hydrokinetics, nuclear energy, nuclear reactors, peak energy, production tax credit, solar energy, Wind Energy
Elon Musk Takes On Sustainable Transportation and Energy
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 …
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Electric Utilities Are Under Pressure from Customers to Clean Up the Grid-Mix
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 …
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Smart Grid Is Revolutionizing Energy Generation, Transmission, Distribution, and Consumption
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, …
Tagged with: bi-directional inverters, Cisco, clean energy, demand-side, dispatch and optimize generation, Energy conservation, energy consumption, energy distribution, energy efficiency, energy generation, energy storage, energy transmission, Google, Pike Research, plug-in electric vehicles, Renewable Energy, renewables, smart grid, virtual power plants
Concepts in Alternative Energy — A Breakfast-time Conversation
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 …
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