From today’s Wall Street Journal: At 6-foot-2 and 240 pounds, Steven Kemp had to move his size 14 shoes to avoid tripping toddlers at his pediatrician’s office in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. “It’s kind of awkward, but we’re good friends,” says …
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[The Vector] PV Inverter Demand Booming – For Now
Demand for PV inverters continues to boom, according to a report from IMS Research. IMS calculates that 8.3 GW of inverters – worth $2.8 billion – were shipped during 2009. That is a 35% increase in GW terms and 17.9% …
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[The Vector] Solar Thermal – Getting Competitive
Spain is world leader in utility-scale solar power generation with a capacity of more than 430 MW, following commissioning of their latest plant in the North West of the country. The United States’ utility scale solar generation is a little …
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[The Vector] Lithium – Squalls Before the Promised Land
It’s hardly news that the lithium ion battery industry is poised for huge growth. Lithium ion batteries account for about 20 percent of $50 billion battery sales worldwide and they are expected to play a major part in electrical and …
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Getting Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Off the Ground
I always try to keep my fingers on the pulse of concentrating solar power as the clean energy technology that will get us through the next century. Right this minute, 10,836MW of CSP are under development, but only 423MW in …
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[The Vector] Renewable Energy News From Around the Country
Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Consortium Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and 10 U.S. States recently announced the creation of the Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Consortium, dedicated to promoting the development of wind energy on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). Salazar said, …
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A Federal Renewable Portfolio Standard — Is It Fair?
I had lunch last week with a senior engineer at SMUD (Sacramento Municipal Utility District), whose responsibility is managing the delivery of electricity while minimizing damage to air quality. “It’s terrible,” he told me over our salads. “I thought it …
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About Paul Thomsen, Contributor to “Renewable Energy Facts and Fantasies” – Geothermal
Paul Thomsen, spokesperson for Ormat Technologies, provided the book’s chapter on geothermal, discussing his company’s power plants that are a field-proven, mature commercial product operating worldwide. The first geothermal project was about 1905 in Italy. A farmer drilled a well, …
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About David Mills, Contributor to “Renewable Energy Facts and Fantasies” – Solar Thermal
Dr. Mills, known worldwide for pioneering Compact Linear Fresnel Reflector (CLFR) technology and for his work over the past 30 years in non-imaging optics, solar thermal energy, and PV systems, contributed to the book’s chapter on solar thermal. This chapter …
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About Bruce Allen, Contributor to “Renewable Energy Facts and Fantasies” – Solar Photovoltaics
Bruce Allen is supremely well-qualified to have contibuted to the book’s chapter on photovoltaics. His recent book Reaching the Solar Tipping Point describes the key technologies and applications that are enabling solar energy to become a primary cost-effective energy source. …
