Over the years, I have helped well over 100 students, from 4th grade to graduate school, with their papers on renewable energy or sustainability more generally. I enjoy the living heck out of, and I’ve gotten some of the most …
Tag: waste-to-energy
Are Great Energy Technologies Being Suppressed?
We’ve all been told that this was so, and we’ve all had the notion that it might be true. Forty or fifty years ago we had claims of the auto carburetor that gave drivers 400 MPG (but the car companies …
Driving Participation in Waste-To-Energy
A reader, part of the labor union IBEW 1933 utility workers in Southwest Florida, asks my opinion on a waste-to-energy matter: I represent Glades Electric Coop (18000 meters and old style poor coop) and LCEC (200500 meters and more modern …
From Guest Blogger Heather Roberts: Waste to Energy Renewable Solutions
There is an ever-growing increase of waste materials being generated by human activity and habitation, which have commonly known hazardous effects on the local environment and human health — and they need to be addressed in a way that allows …
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Waste To Energy
Here’s a good article on waste to energy with an accompanying video that was created by my colleague at Renewable Energy World, Jennifer Runyon. Quite appropriately, Jennifer emphasizes that this project, which happens to feature methane digestion as a technology …
Waste-To-Energy Project in Central America
I mentioned a few months ago that I’m making real progress towards putting together a fairly large (nine-figure) waste-to-energy deal in a developing but extremely stable and business-friendly country in Central America. My trip back East enabled me to have …
Clean Energy "Solutions" Need To Be Economically Competitive
Senior energy analyst Glenn Doty (see Doty Windfuels) and I have been discussing the economic merits of novel approaches to hydrokinetics. Re: my statement that I believed my clean energy business opportunity CycloOcean will provide a reasonable return on investment, …
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Global Cleantech Venture Investment Dips 33% to $6.45 Billion
Yesterday I spent an hour taking in a terrific webinar from the Cleantech Group, conducted by what I’m sure must have been one of its most senior consultants, Sheeraz Haji, who ably walked us through some of the 2012 numbers …
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Some Clean Energy Business Plans Are "Non-Starters"
I’m constantly reminding readers that I’m willing to review their business plans for free, and, if I like them, do what I can to help them raise the investment capital they need. Historically, however, most of these concepts have been …
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22 Clean Energy Business Plans for Your Consideration
The list of clean energy business plans I support has reached 22 items in length – an all-time record. Each of these, in my estimation, represents a real breakthrough that clearly has the potential to make a huge impact on …
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