Category: Renewables – Science

A reader notes: Renewable power generation technology faces three inherent problems: transmission, storage, and intermittent generating dynamics. Large scale economically viable storage solves the problems of all three to a major extent. We can but live in hope, and encourage all those …

What the Migration to Renewable Energy Looks Like Read More »

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As an example of a strange communication between a reader and me, Mark writes: Hello Craig:  You may recall we had some discussions earlier this year regarding an emerging new technology which we believed was going to revolutionize the way …

Hard To Put Too Much Credence into Certain New Clean Energy Ideas Read More »

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Have you ever seen a presentation that was so powerful and compelling that you felt a strange impulse to memorize it verbatim? That’s exactly what just happened to me. Here’s a Ted Talk on the history of the universe (“Big …

13.7 Billion Years—Reduced to 18 Minutes Read More »

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From my Quora.com feed, in which I’ve volunteered to answer questions related to science, a young reader asks: Can we trap light and use it as an energy source? Ovis writes: Almost all sources of energy on Earth is in …

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We live in a world in which more and more people need electricity to light their homes, and the demand always seems to be greater than the supply.  Several billion people on the planet need lighting and electricity but do …

From 2GreenEnergy Intern Fabio Porcu: “SALt” Technology Read More »

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Though it’s hardly a new idea, I’d like to take a moment and point out how incredibly unlikely it is that we’re having this “conversation” right now.  We’re all aware that we live on a “Goldilocks” planet, i.e., one that’s …

We’re Luckier Than We Think Read More »

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A reader wants to raise many millions of dollars to develop the technology described in this presentation, claiming that it’s a breakthrough in generating energy from the sun without using PV or CSP. I respond: Sorry, but this makes no …

Breakthrough in Solar Energy?  Nope. Read More »

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What will our energy future look like? What guidelines should be given to the production and distribution of energy tomorrow? These questions are the source of numerous heated debates in society and politics. The task of an energy company is …

From 2GreenEnergy Intern Fabio Porcu: Energy Diversification Around the World Read More »

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A reader notes:   We had a new advanced technology of the Biomass treatment for pro-Ethanor; according to reactor fine-milling of attrition autogenaous with criated a mechano-chemical reaction and use of the ions solution by bactericide catalytic TiO2-Complex Ag base. Holy smokes. I …

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When you encounter stupidity, greed, cold-heartedness and cruelty, don’t you sometimes feel embarrassment for the entire human race? I sure do. Here’s something, however, that gives me the precise opposite reaction; in fact, I defy anyone to watch this and …

Sometimes We Can Be Proud To Be Human Beings Read More »

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