Alternative energy is big. It’s an important field of study and it’s a great way to help us lower our carbon footprint. Why, exactly, is this important? Currently, we are starting to run out of a lot of our natural …
From Guest Blogger Jake Fisher: 5 Biggest Breakthroughs in Alternative Energy Read More »
Jillian Seymour, a 2GreenEnergy supporter and college student living in Lyon, France called me the other day, as I had agreed to an interview in which I would provide my advice on careers in renewable energy. In the course of …
Discussing the Value of a Career in Renewable Energy with Jillian Seymour Read More »
I’m writing this post from my annual visit to the University of California at Santa Barbara’s Energy Efficiency Summit. As I mentioned, the focus this year is on materials science, and this raises some interesting questions; for instance, if renewable energy …
Does the Earth’s Crust Contain Enough Stuff to Enable Renewable Energy Dominance? Read More »
I’m spending the day at the University of California at Santa Barbara’s annual Energy Efficiency Summit. This year, the focus is on materials science – an area of interest for me, though not necessarily one of expertise. Having said that, …
Steven Chu Speaks at the Energy Efficiency Summit Read More »
I try to attend the annual University of California at Santa Barbara Summit on Energy Efficiency, now in its 4th year. This year’s meeting will focus on “Materials for a Sustainable Energy Future.” I plan to “join the Institute for Energy …
Here’s something I thought readers would enjoy: a video about energy and transportation concepts of the future. A friend sent me this a minute ago and asked for my comment, which is as follows: there is nothing theoretically impossible about …
Anyone who discounts what Bill Gates says on any issue has some explaining to do. Recall that, when he ran Microsoft, Gates would famously make himself available to talk with employees who wished to present their ideas, but was aggressively …
Bill Gates on the Importance of Energy to the Developing World Read More »
I’ve been thinking about my upcoming talk at the monthly meeting of the Santa Barbara Savvy Investors, and I’ve decided to make this multi-varied, taking on a great number of different issues associated with our civilization’s use of energy. At …
CleanTech Investors To Get an Earful on Energy and Sustainability Read More »
Given that solar and wind are intermittent, our usual notion of these most common forms of renewable energy is that they create grid instability – perhaps even blackouts – stemming from unpredictable clouds covering the sun or changing patterns in …
Does a High Penetration of Solar and Wind Energy Cause — Or Prevent — Grid Instability? Read More »
I’m always amused when I see articles on subjects within the energy space that show that the author hasn’t the foggiest idea what he’s talking about. I’m reminded of my 6th grade course in meteorology, when one of my bottom-of-the-barrel classmates …
