Here are a couple of stories that illustrate one simple truth about the migration to renewables: it’s happening. In the UK, more electricity energy was generated over the last six months by solar than by coal. At the same time, …
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The Way of the World: More Solar, Less Coal
Tagged with: arsenic, getting coal out of the grid-mix, heavy metals, migration to renewables, more electricity energy was generated over the last six months by solar than by coal, More Solar Less Coal, number one environmental priority, oxides of nitrogen and sulfur, radioactive isotopes, Scotland banned coal
Speaking at the International Trade Forum
I’ve been asked to speak at a conference next month in Connecticut, and I thought readers may be interested in my outline for the talk: Why cleantech is destined to become the defining industry of the 21st Century Tech in …
Tagged with: but both are occurring simultaneously Carrot/stick: Incentives to lower emissions, but will all arenas within cleantech achieve success? Hell no. Technology innovation, carbon tax The footprint associated with producing red meat Population growth OK, certainly not Washington. Either one will make this happen in a big way, cleantech destined to become the defining industry of the 21st Century, Climate Change, economics and politics (the “tough realities”) all conspire to make this very interesting. So where is this going? I can’t predict the future, electric transportation coming into the mainstream, factors driving the growth of Cleantech, human health issues, internalizing the externalities of fossil fuel consumption. This is being driven by grassroots, loss of biodiversity, ocean acidification
Here’s a Prediction of the Future: It Will Remain Unpredictable
Frequent commenter MarcoPolo writes: If you want to accept a doctrine based on faith, that’s okay by me. However, it precludes any objective or realistic analysis. No one can accurately predict the future. First, no one’s suggesting that taking things …
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Is Germany’s Energiewende (Energy Transition) Really a Disaster?
Here’s a conversation I’m having on the subject of Germany’s Energiewende that I thought I’d share: I have to admit that I’m suspicious of the “haters” of the Energiewende, if only because I happen to know people who live in Germany, …
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American Farmers Increase Yield of Megawatt Hours
Here’s an article on the 1500 US farmers who have begun to rake in cash for the production of renewable energy. Is the migration to renewable energy a good thing? Here are 1500 people who will answer in the affirmative. …
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Renewables Are Becoming More Affordable Every Day—And That’s Important
Here’s an article written for a nontechnical audience that simply explains why wind and solar are growing at the astounding rate we see today. Not to give anything away, but the answer is declining costs, due to bigger and better …
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Korean Giant LG Shooting Video at Solar Power International
Here’s a quick note to report that I did two on-camera interviews at the Solar Power International show today—both within the span of less than 30 minutes. The second of the two, which I did for the Korean titan LG, …
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Costa Rica: No Fossil Fuels for 76 Consecutive Days
Here’s another article that reminds us of a funny dichotomy: there are those that don’t think renewable energy can scale to provide most if not all of a country’s needs, and there are those who are making it happen, …
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From Guest Blogger Fritz Maffry: The Dominance of the Technology Sector
Tech has really taken over…. World’s 5 largest by value: Apple $583B, Alphabet $545B, Microsoft $449B, Facebook $376B, Amazon $371B. Tech is going through a toughening and prioritizing process right now.
Lots of Comments on 2GreenEnergy
We’re closing in on 15,000 comments here on 2GreenEnergy, an average of about six per day since the inception of the site in 2009, but that average isn’t reflective of the last six months, during which we’ve had a bumper …
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