A gentleman from Columbia writes: I was referred to you by Mr Gustavo Rojas from AFD Colombia….CENTRAL ELECTRICA will be the first utility-scale power plant implementing the groundbreaking ECS-SOLAR technology (solar with mechanical induction). With a total of 19.9-megawatts of …
Category: Renewables – Science
More Skepticism Re: Theoretically Impossible Energy-Related Inventions
On the phone just now, I learned that these folks are trying to get a patent for what they claim to be a unique catalyst that electrolyzes steam, the heat for which uses only 12% of the hydrogen they produce, powering …
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Will Our Culture Reconnect with Science? It’s Certainly Not a Sure Bet
Earlier today I wrote a post called “Prediction: Our Culture Will Eventually Reconnect with Science.” Just now, however, I came across this new bill working its way through the U.S. Congress that would prohibit scientists with subject matter expertise from …
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Sequestering Carbon Dioxide–Essential to Mitigating Climate Change
I just received an email that began: I have a hunch that carbon can be removed from the atmosphere by biology. But the devil is in the details and it is really hard work to figure out what a given …
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Skeptical Re: Clean Energy Concept
From someone who found me online just now: We propose our “Vapor Drive” Generator with these features: Patented Novel design of 25-50KW Generator- FEATURES: No Fossil fuel, No Emissions, Quiet -Operating expense $20/Month, Size of a 20Cu Ft Refrigerator designed …
Replacing Every Watt of Earth’s Power Consumption with Renewable Energy
Frequent commenter Peter Buck asks, “Craig – when you say the sun supplies 6000 times what we use, does that mean “if the entire surface of the world were covered with solar cells”? If so, I despair. If not, exactly …
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2GreenEnergy Intern Pursues Interest in Integrating Renewable Energy Into the Grid
I thought I’d publish this conversation I’m having with one of our 2GreenEnergy interns, as it gives me an opportunity to remind readers about Homer Energy. It all began when I first published the intern’s article on energy trends in …
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According to Science Daily, the Costs of Solar and Wind Continue to Plummet, and Renewable Energy Is Rapidly Replacing Fossil Fuels
Peter Buck writes: I found this article interesting–along the lines you propose in “Bullish” (on Renewable Energy) i.e., that solar and wind power will be the cheapest forms of energy in the future. Thanks very much, Peter. Yes, this really …
Analyzing Claims Regarding "Breakthroughs in Physics"
At the rate of approximately one per month, I receive emails from people who claim to represent breakthroughs in physics that are called “over unity” or “perpetual motion,” where the purported efficiency of the process is greater than 100%, meaning …
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What Does It Mean To Say That We Have an “Inalienable Right To Energy?”
A reader comments: I think the future of energy has two main components, one being the obvious move away from fossil fuels, and the advent of new technology in production. Energy generation has two models, one is proven and the …
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