I’m headed up to the deserts of California tomorrow to check out an important event in renewable energy history. To be specific, I’ll be on the outskirts of Tehachapi, a small town noted in song, to see a demo of …
Advanced Rail Energy Storage – Demo and Barbecue Read More »
I thought I’d post an unusual conversation I had earlier today with Paul DiRenzo of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania regarding his concept for a 300 MW pumped storage project. Paul: Our small family group remains convinced that planned coal surface mining …
Unique Energy Storage Project Combines Anthracite Coal, Pumped Hydro Read More »
I just had a conversation with a college engineering student looking to do an internship at 2GreenEnergy. I sure hope this works out, as it’s a terrific “win-win-win,” as I like to call it: a) 2GreenEnergy gets more high-quality content, …
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 …
About a year ago, I was lucky enough to be invited to a meeting of the executive team of ARES, Advanced Rail Energy Storage, a company with a unique concept that competes against pumped hydro. I hope you’ll check out …
I always look forward to the Storage Week show each June, as the whole enterprise of energy storage is so important and so multi-varied. Over 95% of the world’s installed energy storage is pumped hydro, but there are a dozen …
Energy Storage Provides Many Benefits, But … It's Complicated Read More »
Here is a magnificent piece on energy storage: a perfect blend of the basic science and economics. It’s a very readable explanation of how and why storage will be required to integrate significant amounts of renewables on the grid. Today, …
Energy Storage, Pumped Hydro, and Synthetic Fuels Read More »
Frequent commenter Frank Eggers is right as rain with his comments on my recent solar thermal piece in which he writes: Superior (technology) would not solve the problem resulting from the fact that the sun is not always shining. …. …
Energy Storage Vital To Attaining High Penetration for Renewables Read More »
I spent a few happy hours at the Santa Barbara Summit on Energy Efficiency over the last couple of days. Most (though not all) of the presentations were really good, and totally relevant to the audience. I was really pleasantly …
Interesting Presentations at the Summit on Energy Efficiency Read More »
