Tag: Renewable Energy

Introduction Although this paper has been written primarily to deal with energy concerns in the United States of America, much of the information will be useful for other countries also. Regardless of whether we are concerned about global warming, we …

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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BKRBsDSmBA&w=445&h=364] Lance Miller, president of DieselTek, speaks with on how start-ups form in clean diesel — or anywhere, for that matter. Lance corroborates my own belief that great partnerships are built on core, innate trust and affinity than on a …

How Are Great Start-ups Built? Core Trust and Affinity? Or Cold, Rational Assessment? – Part Five in a Series Read More »

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The book’s chapter “Renewable Energy – Another Viewpoint on Picking Stocks” is the transcipt on my interview with Jeff Siegel. Jeff is the co-founder and managing editor of Green Chip Stocks, an independent investment research service focusing primarily on renewable …

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Is cold fusion legitimate science, or a hoax? Wally Rippel believes the former. When we electrolyze heavy water, i.e., water made of deuterium and oxygen, in the presence of a palladium electrode, we wind up with more energy that we …

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I friend of mine noticed that the concept of “Tough Realities” (as in the title of my report: Tough Realities for Renewable Energy Businesses) resonates with people. I agree. That’s the reason that I’ve subtitled my book (“Renewable Energy — …

Tough Realities – An Apt Description of the Migration to Renewable Energy Read More »

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  The chapter of the book Renewable Energy — Facts and Fantasies entitled “Cold Fusion” is a transcript of the interview with Wally Rippel on this subject. Quote: “Imagine a liquid fuel which stores ten million times as much energy …

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Echelon’s Steve Ngyuen, the fellow I interviewed for my book’s chapter on intelligent building management, spent a few minutes describing “light harvesting” to me — the idea of making use of the sun’s light the way buildings are designed, thus …

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A friend from the UK asked for my take on a new Swiss movie on Jimmy Carter’s efforts to reduce the United States’ dependence on oil at the end of the 1970s. He points out, “I am sure it will …

US Policy on Clean Energy – The Road Not Taken? Read More »

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I had a chance conversation with Nick Roberts, VP Sales of GlobalNES recently – a company in renewables that boasts an interesting angle. GlobalNES offers to arrange financing for, engineer, and install a range of commercial-sized clean energy systems – …

Unique Approach to Renewables Contracting – Global NES Read More »

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Part of the reason that Bill Paul is so bullish on Northern Africa as a financial center for rrenewable energy is obvious: the Sahara Desert. Especially ripe for concentrated solar power, the desert is the solution to Europe’s thirst for …

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