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Unconventional Energy and Transportation Wisdom
Lisa Margonelli of the New America Foundation asked me to speak on a panel yesterday -- the entire thing was recorded and is available here -- along with Jed Kolko of the Public Policy Institute of California and Shin-Pei Tsay of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. The topic was "unconventional wisdom" and we were looking at... [read more]
Break Down Bureaucracy to Get Breakthrough Technologies
Washington policy wonks scoffed when the Obama Administration announced last year that the Department of Energy and Pentagon were going to collaborate in developing new clean energy technologies. They thought such a shot-gun marriage was impractical and impossible to even get off the ground. Instead, it is proving to be model for... [read more]
Pragmatic view of the Nuclear Renaissance from Dr. Moniz
Dan Rather interviewed Dr. Ernest Moniz as part of an in-depth look at nuclear energy, its future prospects in the United States and its current technological position. Dr. Moniz is a professor at MIT, was one of the co-chairs of the study group that produced MIT's recent report titled The Future of Natural Gas and serves on the Blue... [read more]
ARPA-E: The Little Program that Can
Imagine a program that turns a relatively small initial investment into billions of dollars of U.S. economic growth, thousands of new Americans jobs, and groundbreaking technologies that change the way we use energy in this country and around the world. It would be a darling of innovators, the private sector, and policymakers. Sounds... [read more]
The Ethanol Urban Myth
Last weekend I was having a very pleasant conversation with my neighbors when the subject turned to the oil spill and the need for alternative energy. One neighbor said, "The oil companies don't want us to use alternative energy so they've bought all of the best technologies." You've probably heard that old saw. It's one of several "... [read more]
The Jevons Paradox: Time to Send it The Way of the Dodo?
The Jevons Paradox has been the elephant in energy efficiency's room since energy efficiency was in diapers. It casts a gloomy shadow over the industry, raises doubts about the sanctity of our mission, and the fact that it exists at all is, frankly, kind of a drag. But here's the thing: energy efficiency is all grown up now, and Jevons... [read more]
Range Fuels’ Number One Critic
That title appears to be reserved for me, even though I did not set out to earn it. It all started with the first story I wrote on Range Fuels in which I pointed out that their progress does not remotely align with their early promises. Since that initial story was published I have been frequently contacted to provide a skeptical side... [read more]
President Obama Edges Toward Straight Talk on Climate & Energy
While President Obama’s rhetoric on energy and climate is still short on specifics, the message above is at least an improvement on his Oval Office Address last week. Agree? Disagree? Comment below. The Phoenix Sun | Solar Power & Environmental News from the American SouthwestLink to original post [read more]
Clean and Renewable Domestic Energy Sources – There’s An App for That
History is full of teachable moments to inspire us. I was intrigued by the history of the Southwest Power Pool (SPP), the Regional Transmission Organization (RTO) that was formally established in 2004 and “ensures reliable supplies of power, adequate transmission infrastructure, and competitive wholesale prices of electricity.” (... [read more]
USDA Releases Corn-Ethanol Industry Report Showing Improving Energy Efficiency
USDA's Chief Economist Joseph Glauber today announced the publication of a report by the Office of Energy Policy and New Uses that surveyed corn growers for the year 2005 and ethanol plants in 2008, which indicates the net energy gain from converting corn to ethanol is improving in efficiency. The survey asked ethanol producers to... [read more]
German Companies Join Forces to Build UK Offshore Wind Farm
German utility company Stadtwerke München (SWM) has bought a 30% stake in RWE Innogy’s Liverpool Bay wind farm Gwynt Y Mor. According to industry sources, the company has been looking for a finance partner to share the £2bn offshore wind investment required for well over a year. Wind turbine manufacturer Siemens has also bought a... [read more]
What the Oil Spill might mean for Echo Boomers and Energy Efficiency.
My generation (I’m 19) has been getting a lot of flack these days. We are resistant to entering the “real world”, hesitant to settle down, and spend way too much time on “the internets”. Are we simply unmotivated, or is there logic to our laziness? Where some see our so called “prolonged childhood” as nothing but a bad thing, I see... [read more]
Liberty Turbines
In his speech to the nation this week, President Obama referred to the huge level of resource that the United States was able to muster as it turned its industrial capacity to the production of military equipment during World War II. The one answer I will not settle for is the idea that this challenge is too big and too difficult to... [read more]
Why I voted Against the EPA on Climate Control
Last week, 41 Republican senators and six Democratic Senators voted to prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from unilaterally regulating carbon dioxide emissions on up to six million businesses around the country. I was among the 47 votes, because I believe Congress, not an administrative agency, should be writing the laws... [read more]
Obama Signals Need for New Energy Agenda
By Teryn Norris Cross-posted from Americans for Energy Leadership The biggest news from President Obama's Oval Office address is that cap and trade legislation is probably dead for the foreseeable future, and the administration is seeking new ideas. Instead of using last night's prime-time opportunity to push cap and trade in the form... [read more]
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