In this short video, MIT Professor of Energy Dan Nocera makes several interesting points about bringing electric power to the third world using solar energy and fuel cells. His analysis of how much energy will be required by the year …
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Bringing Electric Power to the Third World
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Electric Transportation Conference in Los Angeles — Craig Shields to Speak on the EV Adoption Curve
I’m speaking at an Electric Transportation conference in Los Angeles in a few weeks, in which I’ve been asked to take on the issue of the EV adoption curve – a subject near and dear to my heart. Here’s Boston …
[The Vector] Solving the World’s Energy Problem, with a Little Water?
Dan Nocera at MIT is amazing, in my opinion. I have written about him before: Dr. Nocera is a chemist and Dreyfus Professor of Energy at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) also runs the SunCatalytix company. He has been working …
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Terrific Energy Storage Show: Storage Week 2011
My wife points out that perhaps I need to write a few more happy pieces, to counterbalance the tone I often set with my cynical remarks about hypocrisy, corruption and impending disaster. OK, check this out: Next week, it looks …
Do Synthetic Fuels Hold Promise in the Energy Picture of Tomorrow?
A reader asks: Craig, did you see that the Air Force has begun using a synthetic oil that is algal based from Solazyme in a military helicopter? Could this be the beginning of the synthetic oil era? Personally, I’m unconvinced …
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Windfuels – Breakthrough in Synthetic Fuels Using Off-peak Wind
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocBBrYYYYqg] Here’s our May 2011 webinar, in which I interview David Doty, Ph.D. Doty’s creation, Windfuels, is a recent breakthrough in synthetic fuels using off-peak wind power that holds huge promise for clean, carbon-neutral energy. I ask some tough …
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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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[The Vector] Nuclear Madness (Continued)
…continued from an earlier article … What is the history of support for nuclear energy, and why? Professor Parenti reminds us that the a great wave of interest hit after the Arab Oil embargo of 1973, with its subsequent fear …
[The Vector] Nuclear Madness
While many in the world are rejecting, stalling or abandoning nuclear power, what about the U.S.? Why should the U.S. consider abandoning nuclear? What are a number of experts saying about the nuclear industry in the U.S., and its future? …
NREL’s New Portal Summarizes Opportunities for Collaboration in Cleantech
I wish I had a dollar for every time a cleantech inventor or would-be entrepreneur has asked me about the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL), and how to engage with them to develop and commercialize technology. Up until recently, I …
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