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The Future of Oil & Gas: Exploring New Innovation in Old-Fashioned Energy Webcast Recap

February 6, 2012 by Sheila Oliva
with 323 views

In case you missed it, last week The Energy Collective hosted a webcast on the topic of oil and gas and what the future held for these fossil fuels. As recent research has shown, despite the unprecedented levels of growth and attention wind, solar and biofuels receive as energy sources, the globe’s hunger for energy will guarantee that... [read more]

Audio Archive: The Future of Oil & Gas: Exploring New Innovation in Old-Fashioned Energy

February 3, 2012 by Henry Spethmann
with 228 views

While renewable energy sources such as wind, solar, and biofuels experience unprecedented levels of growth and attention, such projections seem to confirm that these fossil fuels will make up large parts of our energy mix for quite some time to come.With that in mind, it's important to ask: What significant innovations, if any, are... [read more]

Audio & Slides: "How to Save a Planet On a Budget" Part 1 - Carbon Markets

December 19, 2011 by Amelia Timbers
with 337 views

Welcome to the audio archive & slides for the first chunk of our green finance summit "How To Save The Planet on A Budget". This first session focuses on carbon: 1. Carbon: Pricing It, Taxing It + Trading It, Moderated by Gernot Wagner Featuring: Janet Peace, Lee Thiessen, Lucas Merrill Brown [read more]

Audio & Slides: "How to Save a Planet On a Budget" Part 2 - Making the Green Business Case

December 19, 2011 by Amelia Timbers
with 390 views

Welcome to the audio archive & slides for the first chunk of our green finance summit "How To Save The Planet on A Budget". This second hour looks as the real-life challenges with making green business profitable. [read more]

Archive: "How to Save a Planet On a Budget" Part 3 - Lessons For Cleantech

December 19, 2011 by Amelia Timbers
with 206 views

This third hour focuses on the venture capital environment for cleantech. Cleantech VC Environment, Moderated by Jesse Jenkins Featuring: Will Coleman, Scott Edward Anderson & Dan Shugar [read more]

Financing Key Bottleneck For Sustainable Energy Development

November 22, 2011 by Amelia Timbers
with 938 views

Money, money, money, money! Energy!That's not how the O Jays' song goes. But it may as well, and its my mental soundtrack whenever I engage in discussions of green finance. Financing and funding is a key holdup in renewable development, and indeed, in almost ever sustainability policy effort I can think of.What's frustrating is that it's... [read more]

Microgrids: Game Changing Solutions: An Audio Archive

October 6, 2011 by TheEnergyCollective Admin
with 432 views

Proponents of these technologies argue that they are capable of: Improving overall reliability on both sides of the grid/microgrid junctures Reducing operating costs Expediting introduction of these technologies into the distribution grid – the weakest part of the supply chain in the developed world. Offering cost effective and... [read more]

Audio Archive: Growing Wind Power

August 15, 2011 by Energy Collective
with 469 views

Can the growth of the wind industry substantially reduce our dependence on fossil fuels? And if so, how soon? What evolutions in technology, policy, and economics are necessary to drive that growth? What are the obstacles to a large increase in wind power? [read more]

Audio Archive: Fukushima and Nuclear Power

July 8, 2011 by Amelia Timbers
with 510 views

Listen to The Energy Collective's panelists as they seek answers to questions raised after Fukushima and discuss nuclear power's role in our energy future [read more]

Nukes: Can't Live With Them, Can't Live Without Them

June 28, 2011 by Marc Gunther
with 438 views

I hate to paraphrase a terrible sexist joke but when it comes to nuclear power, I sometimes feel like we can’t live with it and we can’t live without it. There are lots of reasons to worry about nuclear power. No. 1 may be cost. As I noted last week, a recent report from the Union of Concerned Scientists tallied up the costs of... [read more]

TODAY- 3pm EST- FREE WEBINAR: Post Fukushima Nuclear Policy

June 20, 2011 by Amelia Timbers
with 650 views

Live Webcast June 29, 3 PM ET / 12 PM PTFollowing the earthquake and tsunamis that tragically impacted Japan in March, the unfolding crisis at the Fukushima nuclear power plant has captured public attention for months. Energy experts are now questioning the long term impact of the Fukushima disaster on nuclear policy, international... [read more]

WEBINAR NOW: There's still time to catch the end…

June 10, 2011 by Amelia Timbers
with 723 views

Wind has emerged as one of the most workable renewable energy technologies to finance, deploy, and see make a difference -currently, a limited difference- in the grid. The global wind industry has seen explosive growth in the last year, though tough times might lie ahead - advocates worry that countries will snuff renewable funding to... [read more]

Audio Archive: Smarter Grid, Better Demand Response

May 9, 2011 by TheEnergyCollective Admin
with 697 views

Featuring:Patty Durand is the Executive Director for the Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative, a consumer focused non-profit aiming to promote the understanding and benefits of modernized electrical systems. Pattyhas previously conducted smart grid research at Georgia Institute of Technology, and served as the State Director for the... [read more]

Answers to Questions from the Audience of the Recent, "The eMobility Challenge" Webcast

April 6, 2011 by Luis Giron
with 176 views

Image: OcaNieba via Flickr

A couple of weeks ago, I participated in a webcast here at The Energy Collective and was most impressed by the level of questions we received from the participating audience. However, as these things usually go, because the questions were of such high quality, we spent a considerable amount of time answering... [read more]

Audio Archive: The eMobility Challenge

March 28, 2011 by TheEnergyCollective Admin
with 501 views

Featuring: Jim Greenberger is the Executive Director of NAATBatt, a trade association of companies in the advanced battery industry working to grow the market for advanced batteries in the United States, primarily in automotive and grid-connected energy storage applications. Prior to leading NAATBatt, Mr. Greenberger practiced law in... [read more]