ESA Renewables is taking solar guarantees one step further with the launch of their Solar Power Production Guarantee program, which promises specific monthly energy production for solar energy systems under an ESA […]
Efficiency Standards To Save Americans More Than $1 Trillion By 2035
Sadly, America’s wildly successful energy efficiency standards have fallen victim to politics in recent years. Despite being used over the decades as a way to encourage innovation, increase customer choice, and reduce […]
Ken Caldeira: Natural Gas Is ‘A Bridge To A World With High CO2 Levels’, Deployment Is To R&D As Elephant To Mouse
Earlier, I wrote about a paper co-authored by climatologist Ken Caldeira. A key point of the study is that we can’t slow projected warming with natural gas, you need “rapid and massive […]
Solar, Wind, and Biofuels Markets Rise 31 Percent to $246.1 Billion
Clean-energy markets continued to expand rapidly in 2011, even against a tough economic and political climate, increased industry consolidation, and downward pricing pressures on manufacturers. Combined global revenue for solar PV, wind […]
Idling Volt Was Easy for GM; Now Comes the Hard Decision
General Motors’ decision to stop making Chevy Volts for the time being was an easy one. February’s sales uptick was only a dead-cat bounce for its controversial near-EV, and GM still needs […]
Fraunhofer ISE Debuts Hydrogen Filling Station
Solar and water will power cars that fill up at Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems’ first solar hydrogen filling station. Using electricity generated from solar or wind power, hydrogen is produced […]
The Six Ways to Create Venture Capital Returns in Cleantech
In my last column, I rushed us through my take on 15 years of cleantech venture capital history. Because if we’re going to look at the path forward, we need to understand […]
Peak or Plateau Oil, Oil Prices and Economic Growth
There does seem to be a supply shortage in the oil markets at present. Well, of course, obviously there is, that’s why the price has risen. We’re all entirely out of $80 […]
What Will This Year’s Geothermal Industry Report Reveal?
For those who are counting, it’s March already, and Americans are struggling to make sense of the mood swings surrounding both the weather and the Republican primaries. The GEA’s U.S. Geothermal Power […]
Record U.S. ethanol exports in 2011 help offset Brazil’s production decline
U.S. ethanol exports in 2011 reached a record high partly due to Brazil’s need to import more ethanol after a poor harvest of sugarcane—the feedstock for most of Brazil’s ethanol—sharply decreased that […]
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