Reflections on Decentralised Energy Systems
Does local energy security mean building decentralised off-the-grid energy systems?
Electricity
Other energy – June 13
German minister: Nukes are Pandora’s box / Gazprom eyes $2B investment in Bolivia / Estimates of Ontario’s electricity reserves ‘miscalculated’ / The dirty truth about green fuel / BP’s Browne predicts oil price fall /
Mexico stands at a crossroads on energy
Other Energy – Jun 8
Airline association predicts $3bn loss for global industry /
Debate Over Wind Power Creates Environmental Rift /
Survey: Americans Leery Of New Refineries, Nuclear Plants /
For freedom from Big Oil, California looks to Denmark /
Campaign to ‘Kick the Oil Habit’
A warm bath of energy — ocean thermal energy conversion
The Earth has an enormous natural solar collector – the tropical oceans. Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) is a technology that can extract useful work from solar energy stored in the sea. It may be one of our best hopes for the environmentally clean, sustainable solutions we need to solve our global energy and environmental problems.
Solutions & sustainability – Jun 7
Peak Moment TV: Community Responses to a Changing Energy Future /
Relocalization – Our Only Solution to Peak Oil /
Mass Natural (on Wal-Mart organics) /
The Grass-Fed Revolution /
Chinese take to solar-powered water heaters /
Australian science body: Solar thermal will soon match coal
Solutions & sustainability – Jun 2
Watching ‘The Power of Community’ with family /
Energy’s ‘three Rs’: a primer /
Build community, invest for post-collapse, get your blog read /
Solar power – seriously souped up /
Green building goes big
Other Energy – June 1
Silicon supply could limit solar energy boom /
The nuclear wisdom of young Blair /
China bets big on coal-to-oil projects /
Oil shortages hit Iraq with onset of summer heat
Solutions & sustainability – May 31
Post Carbon Relocalization Network Meeting (great list of projects) /
Brian Goodwin on redesigning universities and the monetary system for Peak Oil /
Norway: Wood-to-Diesel Project /
Urban Wind Farms – coming to a town near you /
AfterCulture – future anthropology
Other energy – May 31
Quest for energy alternatives heats up / Fill ‘er up with corn and politics / Solving our carbon addiction without choking growth
Other energy – May 27
Military focuses on energy / BBC survey: your electricity choices revealed /
Drilling in troubled waters (hurricanes) / Enough coal on hand to keep US cool? / A new reliance on coal could sap green cred from the ethanol industry
Nova Scotia’s energy future: addiction vs. security
To many people, Canada is awash in energy, blindly shipping its “excess” to the United States. This is a misleading image in that almost all of Canada’s easternmost provinces rely on imported oil products. Nova Scotia is a case in point.
Solutions & sustainability – May 20
It’s easier being green at the local level /
Global food supply near the breaking point /
Lure of the urban veggie garden /
Last chance to save LA’s South Central Farm / Smart meters
