I’m back on the East Coast for a few days. When I come here I normally stay with my parents (they’re in their mid-late 80s) at their home in Philadelphia — which happens to be an apartment in a very …
Tag: Renewable Energy
Hybrid of Public/Private Financing for Renewables
I wrote not too long ago about the huge, long-term role that the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), as part of the Department of Energy, plays in supporting the development of clean energy technologies. Their work with solar energy leader …
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Hypocrisy and Renewable Energy
Reader Kate apparently thinks I’m hypocritical. She writes: Living in Santa Ynez must be really tough, getting around and all with those Bently’s and top-shelf jags/mercs and 6-digit priced horses. Pontificate on in the valley of the ultra rich. How …
Is Wind Energy the Real Answer? – Guest Blogger Anil
In recent times, there has been a lot of attention being given to usage of green and clean energy. The governments of different nations are bent upon adoption of green and less polluting energy options. The International Energy Agency (IEA), …
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Paradigm Shift in Driving and the Electric Vehicle Adoption Curve
Yesterday, I wrote a post featuring a video on our driving habits and how they’re likely to change, given our newfound spirit of environmental stewardship. It seems that more and more of us every day are ceasing to define ourselves …
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Integrating Variable Renewable Resources
Guest blogger Garth Barker writes: … wind developers are finding it harder to finance projects due to curtailment potential of that variable renewable. I just completed the last interview for my book on renewables with Dr. Peter Lilienthal, CEO of …
Financing Large Renewables Projects
I was on a conference call this morning with people in Los Angeles, New York, Dublin, London, and Istanbul, trying to raise money for a large run-of-river hydrokinetics project in Turkey. I’d have to go back a long way to …
Tidal Energy – By Guest Blogger Anil
Water covers about 70 percent of our planet, majorly composed of the oceans with endless waves and perpetual tides. Water is a source that lays the foundation for many forms of renewable energies like Hydro energy, Ocean energy, Tidal energy …
Renewable Energy from the Great Lakes
Tagged with: alternative energy, clean energy, Great Lakes, green energy, Jacob Silver, Renewable Energy, Wind Energy, wind power, wind turbines
Energy Storage Regulation Needed – Guest Blogger Garth
It’s fast becoming apparent that large clean energy storage is needed for variable renewable energy integration into the grid, not only to stabilize that resource but to avoid inevitable curtailment due to transmission constraints. The resulting VERS (variable energy resources) …
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