Renewables – March 30
Energy activists snipe at rivals
Tom Whipple on wind power
Hydro’s uphill battle
The hydrogen economy – energy and economic black hole
Electricity
Secure energy? Civil nuclear power, security & global warming
UK Government overestimates benefits of nuclear power and underestimates risks of nuclear proliferation and terrorism, says new report.
Al Gore and the wedges game
Whether they realize it or not, policymakers are deeply engaged in the “wedges” game – imagining how to replace energy technologies that produce greenhouse emissions with less-harmful alternatives. But we have to play the wedges game fair.
Renewables – Mar 24
Tidal power experts discuss technological advancements, roadblocks
A Wave Of Support For Tidal Energy
Singapore to invest in clean energy industry
Electricity rationing tightens in Ghana
Solar: Payback analysis and Internal Rate of Return
One way to sidestep the gloomy verdicts of payback analysis is to do what most companies do when contemplating a long-term investment like solar energy — calculate the internal rate of return (IRR) on the invested capital.
Warmer, warmer
I don’t think I can be the only person who finds in myself a strong degree of psychological resistance to the whole subject of climate change. I just don’t want to think about it. Part of the problem is one of scale. Global warming is as a subject so much more important than almost anything else that it is difficult to frame or discuss. [Excerpts]
Renewables – March 17
Abu Dhabi: Turning to the sun in the land of oil
Green energy enthusiasts also bet on fossil fuels
Can renewable energies be turned to a source of advantage by developing countries?
Renewables – Mar 15
Shell & BP plunge into the wind business
Start-Up Fervor Shifts to Energy in Silicon Valley
Towards Renewables in the UAE
Suburban Solar Retrofit
White House Seeks to Cut Geothermal Research Funds
The DESERTEC concept
Got a plan? TREC do, it involves concentrated solar power and high voltage DC transmission, and they want your help to get it into public view.
Renewables – Mar 8
What’s So Bad About Big?
PG&E sees power in North Coast waves
Analysis: Nile Basin energy future
Green energy deals ‘mislead customers’
Why the free market fails consumers in sustainable energy innovation
The free market will ignore solutions that can’t turn a profit. The corollary is that the free market will ignore any solution that cannot be controlled, either through property interests (enforceable intellectual property, monopoly licenses, etc.) or because economies of scale demand centralized operation. This means that free market innovation is structurally incompatible with a huge portion of the universe of possible energy solutions.
Renewables – Feb 28
WSJ: The new math of alternative energy
Australia: Researcher wants renewable energy probe
Wind drought causing farm water woes
