I’m always delighted when I come across supporters of the idea that I’ve referred to as the “level playing field” for renewable energy. That is, I’m not asking for a subsidy for solar, wind, geothermal, etc. Rather, I’m asking that …
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Have a Great Solution in a Huge Market? Consider Making It Too Cheap to Steal
As I’ve noted previously, the eminent venture capitalist Vinod Khosla advises “Since one fails often, address markets that make it worthwhile when one does succeed.” This, of course, is solid advice. But unfortunately, not everyone is a position to swing for the …
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Today’s Crackpot May Be Tomorrow’s Nobel Prize Winner
Guest blogger Geoff Nicholson writes: I just noticed something very curious…. Airplanes fly more when exposed to direct sunlight, hence, confirming you thesis that solar energy is the way to go. Check out this video of airplane traffic over a …
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Breakthroughs in Materials Science Critical to Quest for Renewables
On the things I find so fascinating about the migration to renewables is that it represents the confluence of so many different scientific and technological disciplines – especially in the quest to drive down costs. To take an obvious example, …
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Molten Salt Energy Storage
Peter Buzzard comments on my post “Molten Salt Energy Storage” as follows: “That was an interesting article. I didn’t know a combined cycle could be made to be that efficient… What about simply heating water with molten salt in a …
Renewables and Natural Ecosystems
Yesterday’s guest blogger wrote: The idea of collecting solar energy from the upper surfaces of already constructed buildings seems like the least intrusive and most efficient method to utilized light, in my opinion. It doesn’t shade the natural ecosystem and …
An Engineer Comments on "Renewable Energy and Basic Physics"
My friend Geoffrey Nicholson comments my post “Renewable Energy and Basic Physics”: Craig, I couldn’t agree more. Other than geothermal energy, all the other sources of energy available to us originally came from solar energy and with a rather lossy …
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Renewable Energy and Basic Physics
My old friend Peter Buzzard commented on my post “Molten Salt Energy Storage“: “Craig, do you know if a Stirling engine would be more efficient than making steam for a turbine?” To which I reply: I don’t know know much …
Molten Salt Energy Storage
In response to my recent piece on solar thermal and molten salt, a reader admonishes: You assume that “molten” salt is universally available over the entire power grid? Get real! Apparently, I’m not describing this as clearly as I thought …
The Wilderness Society and Renewables
Recently, I spoke with Ben Beach, Senior Editor at the Wilderness Society. I reached out to Ben because I wanted to see how the organization was dealing with issue that public land (I presume some of it “wilderness”) is a …
