How The US Lost The Floating Wind Turbine Race
The US shut itself out of the floating offshore wind turbine industry when President Trump abruptly suspended the federal offshore lease area program.
US Department of Energy (DOE)
New Zinc Battery Delivers 3–12 Hours Of Utility-Scale Energy Storage
The US startup Eos Energy Enterprises is scaling up production of its nonflammable, “Z3” zinc battery for long duration, utility scale energy storage.
Corning Blows A Huge Solar Energy Raspberry At “American Energy Dominance”
The US solar energy manufacturing profile keeps growing, now with the leading US materials firm Corning lending its firepower to the solar startups Suniva and Heliene.
Here’s Your American Energy Dominance, Perovskite Solar Panel Edition
Trump or no Trump, investors have bet $50 million on the perovskite solar panel of the future, aimed at accelerating decarbonization and pushing fossil energy out of the global economy.
A Quantum-Enabled Space Economy: What Is That?
Quantum computing has to do with subatomic particles being used to perform calculations much faster than conventional computers, to put it very simply. If the quantum activities are conducted in space, along with other computing and research activities, such unique endeavors may turn out to have rather high yields, although … [continued]
Perpetual Hydrogen Money Loser FuelCell Energy, Like Ballard, Pivoted From Batteries
How can a company never make a profit for over 50 years and still be around? How can it still find investors? FuelCell Energy is that company, and its continuing existence, like that of other perpetual money losing hydrogen fuel cell firms Ballard Power and Plug Power, is deeply perplexing. … [continued]
Plug Power Has Lost $3.12 Billion Since 2010, Never Turned A Profit, Stock Collapsing
This is the year that the hydrogen bubble pops, especially for transportation, but increasingly for all hydrogen for energy plays. One of the firms on my hydrogen death watch is Plug Power, which has managed to lose $3.12 billion of other people’s money since 2010, about $200 million a year … [continued]
There Is Optimism For Distributed Wind Energy In United States
Recently the long term leader of the USA’s Distributed Wind Energy Association, Mike Bergey of Bergey Windpower and a long term acquaintance, reached out to ask me to keynote the annual conference in Washington. Putting together my material led me to consider the strategic drives and how they would be … [continued]
Big Oil Must Deliver The Goods Under Landmark Climate Litigation Ruling
Climate litigation activity is heating up in the US, including a new lawsuit against coal and oil companies that has just moved closer to the discovery stage.
Unleashing American Renewable Energy Dominance
Renewable energy is the real driver of American “energy dominance,” and the Business Council for Sustainable Energy has the receipts.
