Earlier this year some big names like Chesapeake Energy, Devon Energy and EnerVest put their Utica shale assets up for sale, saying they were not meeting expectations, but this isn’t the whole […]
GE flow battery aims for 240-mile EV range… and beyond
GE’s flow battery combines with a fuel cell to push EV range up to the Department of Energy’s goal of 240 miles, and even farther. via Renew Economy http://reneweconomy.com.au/2013/ge-flow-battery-aims-240-mile-ev-range-beyond-12968?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ge-flow-battery-aims-240-mile-ev-range-beyond-12968
The Price Tag for Clean Coal
I wanted to get the low down on clean coal (KOL) to see how clean it really is, so I visited some friends at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The modern day descendent […]
Rural Communities Need Extra Support In Light Of Energy And Water Constraints
Around 20% of the US population lives in an area that is classified as ?rural.? The US Census Bureau defines an urban area as a territory with a population of at least 50,000, or […]
What The Oil Drum Meant
The popular peak oil blog The Oil Drum (TOD) began in early 2005. I joined as a contributor in mid 2005, later becoming an editor, and I left the site in early […]
The DOE May Be Inflating the Cost of Efficiency Standards Tenfold
When the federal government decides whether to set standards requiring the products we use in our homes and businesses to use energy more efficiently, it factors in estimates of how much the items’ […]
The Status of Europe’s Smart Grid Deployment Efforts
What’s the difference between smart grid deployments in the United States and those going on in Europe? And how much is being spent on smart grid in Europe, anyway? Anyone looking for […]
Bloom’s Fuel Cells: Just How Green Is a Bloom Box?
Lindsay Leveen has been writing about Bloom Energy’s fuel cell CO2 emissions for some time. Leveen is a chemical engineer, a technologist, an experienced consultant and the author of a book on […]
Is Shale Gas Excitement in Eastern Europe Unwarranted?
Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, as it is commonly known, is the method of extracting natural gas from shale rock. Despite environmental concerns over the process of pumping water and chemicals deep into […]
Where On Earth Do We Put Spent Nuclear Fuel?
If Nevada’s Harry Reid is right and Yucca Mountain is flattened, then what will happen to the nation’s 70,000-plus tons of nuclear waste? The Senate Majority Leader is adamant that such spent […]
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