Editor’s Note: This is a truly excellent interview with a true leader. George Shultz, as you’ll catch from the interview below, is an energy security, clean energy, climate change, and distributed energy leader. He also walks the walk. Check this post out if you don’t read anything else this week. … [continued]
Marco Krapels, one of the tremendous speakers in this video, is actually the person who shared this video below with me — huge thanks to Marco. The video covers some of the most important research on clean, renewable energy; energy, in general; electric vehicles; and climate change (a bit). … [continued]
Global smart meter shipments fell 15 percent in the first quarter of 2012, reports Pike Research. […]
Here’s something I’d love to attend if I could — looks interesting and useful. Here’s a description from the folks organizing it: GridWeek 2012 will tackle the challenge of deriving value from complexity — gathering utility, policy, regulatory, and consumer experts to approach the topic head-on. Providing a mix … [continued]
The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority announced last week the unveiling of what they are terming as a “ground-breaking recycled energy and optimization project.” The pilot project captures the braking energy of its trains on the Market-Frankford Line and integrates the captured energy into the regional electric grid. This is a unique … [continued]
So, if you haven’t seen the news, NREL released a report last week showing that we could power 80% the US with already commercially available clean, renewable energy technology by 2050. Now, before getting into the key findings from the report, I think it’s useful to put this into … [continued]
If you haven’t heard yet, there’s a “rule” that precludes distributed renewable energy projects from supplying more than 15% of the power to most “distribution circuits” (part of the low-voltage electric grid that brings power into homes and businesses). With the rapidly falling cost of solar power, many places … [continued]
A recent report has shown that remote microgrids are likely to play a crucial role in the surging appetite for power as the developing world requires more and more energy with the expected increases in population and raise in living standards among the chronically poor. The demand for energy … [continued]
Confounding pessimistic expectations for Rio+20, Ban-ki Moon announced encouraging news regarding the UN’s “Sustainable Energy for All” program. The UN Secretary reiterated his assertion that “sustainable energy is the golden thread that weaves together the economy, the environment and equity.”
As the UN Rio+20 conference on sustainable development opened, the US international development bank announced it is investing in renewable energy and energy infrastructure funds focused on financing projects across Latin America, Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. […]
