Those looking for ways to measure the progress the U.S. is making in renewable energy compared with the rest of the world may be interested in this infographic, comparing the installed amount of solar energy per capita by country. Btw, …
Tag: Renewable Energy
Renewable Energy Policy Uncertainty Stalls A Fossil Fuel-Free Future, Experts Say
Here in the U.S., late-night comedians like Jay Leno make fun of idiotic headlines, like these, all of which actually appeared in our newspapers: • Winter Forecast – It Will Be Cold • Nearly Half Of U.S. Voters Unsure if Obama Is …
Renewable Energy Policy Uncertainty Stalls A Fossil Fuel-Free Future, Experts Say Read More »
Migration to Renewable Energy May Be Akin to Swimming Upstream, But It's Worth the Struggle
We’ve had some lively discussions here recently on the validity of environmentalists’ divesting in fossil fuel companies. Personally, I remain sold that there is merit in the concept, and that a reduction in demand for oil companies’ stock, which brings down …
Take a COOL Guess – the Fun Quiz on Clean Energy. Today’s Topic: Growth in Renewable Energy
Question: In the United States in 2012, what percentage of the power that came on to the grid was renewable? Answer: Can be found at http://2greenenergy.com/cool-guess-answers/8732 . Relevance: Renewable energy has a long way to go if it is to …
News From the Renewable Energy Policy Forum
As I was leaving the Renewable Energy Policy Forum on Capitol Hill yesterday, ready for a brisk walk a few blocks north to Union Station, I ran into a fellow who caught my eye and said, “Not a lot of …
We Won't Have a Sane Energy Policy Next Week, But That Doesn't Mean We Should Stop Demanding One
Here’s one of dozens of articles that purports to advise U.S. President Obama on energy, essentially encouraging the development of fossil fuels as well as renewables. To me, this makes sense if your sole concern is economic growth and you …
Telling the OTEC Story
One of the highlights of my trip back east this week will be a visit to my client OTECorporation, a company with a huge head-start in ocean thermal energy conversion. “OTEC,” as it’s normally abbreviated, is one of the renewable …
Tagged with: clean energy, dependence on fossil fuels, electrical energy, environmental sustainability, food shortages, global climate change, global warming, mechanical energy, national security, ocean acidification, ocean thermal energy conversion, OTEC, OTECorporation, Renewable Energy, renewable energy technologies, solar energy, successive evaporation and condensation of a working fluid, sustainability, water shortages
Why Is Clean Energy So Politically Divisive in the US?
Frequent commenter Gary Tulie from the UK joins me in musing why the subject of clean energy is so politically divisive in the U.S. He offers the following: I think it must only be in America that there is such …
Why Is Clean Energy So Politically Divisive in the US? Read More »
Solar Thermal Takes Step Back in Spain
I don’t track every political decision around the world with respect to renewables, but here’s an event that I guess I should have seen coming: the reduction in beneficial feed-in tariffs for concentrated solar power (CSP, aka solar thermal) coming …
How Healthy Is Our Electrical Grid? It Depends on How You Measure It
I knew the power outage at yesterday’s Super Bowl would not go unnoticed. Sure enough, a reader, Johannes Schmied, comments: Super Bowl XLVII is history – it was a thrilling game worth watching. Yet what will stay best in my …
How Healthy Is Our Electrical Grid? It Depends on How You Measure It Read More »
