Category: Renewables – Business

The United States is the midst of peak moving season, in which millions of Americans across the country pack up their things and relocate for myriad reasons.

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To simplify a rather complicated structure, the electricity marketplace here in the United States is controlled by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) which oversees a number of Regional and Independent System Operators (ISOs).  I thought it would be worth a …

Good and Bad News in the U.S. Electricity Markets Read More »

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I’ve mentioned my client TerraPro Solutions in several earlier posts, but I’m not sure I ever published the flowchart I created for them.  

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Apparently Greece is lagging behind the rest of Europe in its broad effort to phase out coal and lignite in favor of renewable energy and natural gas. 

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When people ask me why I haven’t written a book on renewable energy in the last few years, I explain that my thinking on the subject really hasn’t changed very much recently.

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Every few days we get a new report of another country or state/province within a country that’s passed a law that sets an ambitious target date for going carbon neutral. Here, it’s Hawaii, and the year is 2045. 

NPR reports: President Trump has ordered Energy Secretary Rick Perry to take immediate steps to help financially troubled coal and nuclear power plants, which are in trouble because across much of the country they’re having trouble competing with cheaper forms of electricity …

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In the U.S., new capacity for electrical power generation will consist almost exclusively of solar, wind, and natural gas this year, according to the Energy Information Administration.  And actually, if the new gas plants don’t come online this December as …

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Just when you thought good news had gone the way of the horse and buggy, another country has banned coal, oil, and natural gas.  In this case, it’s that eco-tourism haven in Central America, Costa Rica.

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It’s safe to say that literally all 2GreenEnergy visitors who read the comments section of our blog have come across professional gadfly MarcoPolo.  If you get a chance, check out his response to my recent post on meat made from …

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