Here’s an article on the use of natural gas mated with concentrated solar power (CSP). The central issue facing CSP is achieving temperatures high enough to minimize thermodynamic heat losses, and, for most configurations, that means coupling the troughs and …
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Natural Gas – The Elephant in the Room
The session I just caught here at the Renewable Energy Finance Forum included a good discussion on the elephant in the room, the low cost of natural gas. It’s low, but wind competes effectively, if the owner of the gas …
Notes on Electric Transportation
I just got off the phone with a friend of a friend, who heads up the electric vehicle strategy at one of the largest utilities in the U.S. Here are some of the ideas we covered: • Especially in the …
The Abundance of Natural Gas Is a Double-Edged Sword
The newfound abundance of natural gas carries with it a few main issues, some good, some bad, which I abbreviate as follows: 1) Good news: It holds the potential to lessen the cost and environmental impact of our energy consumption …
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From Guest Blogger Jess Greenberg: Alternative Energy — Bringing Solutions to Residential Power Problems
Everyone knows that there is a limited supply of fossil fuel left on Earth and this may pose a big problem in the future. This issue is not only a major concern for the big corporations and businesses, but is …
From Guest Blogger Zac Aldridge: The Oxymoron of Our Independent Energy Future and Hydraulic Fracturing
There’s a bitter irony that strikes us all in our quest for total energy independence and a sustainable, clean energy future. Few will argue that natural gas is our ticket to the freedom of domestic energy production. It’s clean, cheaper …
How Clean Is Nuclear Power?
True to form, Glenn Doty writes a thorough and quite helpful comment on my piece about measuring the increase in the use of renewable energy. He closes with two ideas on which I would like to comment in return: 1) …
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Is Renewable Energy Growing Stronger? It Depends on How You Look At It
EVWorld has a wonderfully encouraging article on renewables that begins: Pop quiz time. The fastest growing energy sector in terms of percentage of growth in the United States between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2011 was: A) natural gas, B) …
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Energy Videos for Newcomers
I’ve been preparing to make a few videos for newcomers to the subject of clean energy that answer basic questions on renewable energy, fossil fuels, nuclear energy, and the energy-related challenges we face. I’ll be recording a series of short …
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A Few Sobering Truths About Energy Consumption in the US
Here’s a piece from Kentucky-based consulting engineer and frequent commenter John Robbins, who provides some sobering remarks on the truth behind our current push for renewables. Last week, I was one of 3 teaching a professional seminar about Passivhaus. In …
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