“We’ve run into the same political gridlock and inertia that’s held us back for decades. That has to change,” said President Obama in his speech on March 30th, 2011. He seems to have finally turned his attention to energy, but …
Tag: Renewable Energy
[The Vector] Energy Policy and Obama
Tagged with: alternative energy, clean energy, green energy, Renewable Energy, Wind Energy, wind power, wind turbines
[The Vector] Clean Energy News from Around the Country: Green Hospitals
The national hospital community gathered in Phoenix in early April 2011 for the most influential conference on sustainable health care, “CleanMed.” Hospital administrators, clinicians, businesses and organizations servicing the health care community, such as green builders, were in attendance. The …
[The Vector] Clean Energy News from Around the Country: Green Hospitals Read More »
New Jersey Power Poles to be Outfitted with Solar Panels
In a phone conversation with my mother just now, we talked about this article in today’s New York Times: a pending project whereby 200,000+ power poles in New Jersey will be outfitted with solar panels. Apparently, residents are dismayed about the …
New Jersey Power Poles to be Outfitted with Solar Panels Read More »
Concentrated Solar Power – A Bit of Intrigue at the Santa Barbara Summit on Energy Efficiency
I had a wonderful chance encounter the other day with Melinda Keller, a professor of engineering at California Polytechnic at the Santa Barbara Summit on Energy Efficiency. It seems that she specializes in CSP (concentrated solar power) – and is …
Concentrated Solar Power (CSP): Lowering Costs and Improving Efficiencies
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY4p4x34Br4] In this segment of the 2GreenEnergy Video Report, I cover concentrated solar power (CSP), aka solar thermal. It appears that one of our clients has made a real breakthrough in lowering costs and improving efficiencies.
Earth Day Lunch with Belen Gallego, Director of CSP Today
I’m in New York City for a few days, and I’ve scheduled my lunch today with Belen Gallego, the Director of CSP Today (Concentrated Solar Power, aka solar thermal). When I interviewed Belen for my “Clean Energy Radio” show a …
Earth Day Lunch with Belen Gallego, Director of CSP Today Read More »
Environmental Law Institute Reports on Subsidies for Energy Companies
During a slow period at the Electric Drive Transportation Association conference this afternoon, I walked a couple of miles across town to interview spokespeople for the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) – Senior Attorneys Jay Pendergrass and Lisa Goldman. We talked …
Environmental Law Institute Reports on Subsidies for Energy Companies Read More »
Hot News from Washington DC: EVs are Good
I just had a meeting with Jeff Siegel of GreenChipStocks at the Electric Drive Transportation Association conference. When we were finished talking business, we compared notes on the event. While it’s good to see all this happening, my personal belief …
Tagged with: alternative energy, clean energy, Craig Shields, EDTA, Electric Vehicles, EVs, Green Chip Stocks, Renewable Energy, Washington DC
[The Vector] Consumer Attitudes Revealed in Latest Solar Survey
San Jose State University and SolarTech conducted a study recently in Silicon Valley to understand consumer attitudes toward solar energy and solar power for home use. Silicon Valley (Santa Clara County) is considered a bell-weather county in a state that …
[The Vector] Consumer Attitudes Revealed in Latest Solar Survey Read More »
[The Vector] Large Rise in Green Investment
The World Economic Forum says worldwide investment in green energy rose 30% in 2010. Investment reached $234 billion in 2010, up from $186 billion a year earlier. The WEF states that higher oil prices would most likely increase demand for …
