A full 40% of 2GreenEnergy readers live outside the U.S., and thus it’s possible that some aren’t aware that our mid-term elections here are tomorrow. Normally, mid-terms are something of a snooze, but (I hope) that’s anything but the case …
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Earlier this week, a three-person team from the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), including its president, its director of Center for Science and Democracy, and its director of their Clean Vehicles Program were, after waiting for over four months, finally granted …
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Question: What two things did the EPA call for elimination of earlier today?
Speaking about climate change mitigation and other efforts to achieve some level of environmental responsibility, senior energy analyst Glenn Doty writes, “I would guess that the election of Trump set the world back ~6 years, assuming we get rid of …
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Last week, I knocked out the marketing section of an extremely comprehensive business plan for a company in the bio jet-fuel space, and what a terrific experience it was. I’m really not a biochemistry guy, so I needed a bit …
Writing Marketing Pieces for Tech Companies: A Fabulous Opportunity To Learn Read More »
Of the many ways to invalidate a scientific claim, by far the best and fastest is to show that it violates the laws of physics. Here’s a concept for offshore wind turbines that claims to be three times more efficient …
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When we see the name “Tesla” in the world today, we normally think of the car, rather than the man for which it’s named. Here’s a short but interesting biography of Nicola Tesla, the Serbian-born electrical engineering genius.
Here’s an article that examines the consequences, both intended and unintended, that would result from switching from fossil fuels to renewable energy, i.e., how a mass deployment of renewable technology might affect the surrounding climate.
From the American Energy Society: “Capacity” – perhaps the most misused term in energy. On average, wind farms have a capacity factor of about 34%; meaning they work about a third of the time.
As I’ve lamented over the years, very few of the ideas that come through my inbox are workable. Most contemplate accomplishing a task, say, generating electricity, in a way that clearly couldn’t be cost-effective. Approximately once a month, however, I …
