The spread of distributed generation, however, calls into question the nature of the electricity business. Rooftop solar panels, with accelerating price drops, no-payment installation options for households, and guaranteed prices lower on average than those of the incumbent utilities ...
Mahesh thanks, a balanced view, if we relate your arguments to the world of computing networks, IBM fundamental misjudged network development when it decided the way forward was to centralise all the computing power in the main frame & leave the user with a dumb terminal (the current ...
Wind power projects involve diverse risks for investors. Along with credit, technology and interconnection risks, production risk is a key component in project evaluation. Accurate wind resource and energy assessments are therefore critical when evaluating project feasibility and obta...
This is a guest post by Matthew Kuperus Heun (Calvin College) and Martin de Wit (Stellenbosch University & de Wit Sustainable Options) based on their recent paper in Energy Policy . The Oil Drum Editors' Preface The following analysis provides an interesting view on the relationship b...
For over a year now, Georgia Biomass, L.L.C., a wholly owned subsidiary of RWE Innogy, Inc., has overseen the production of 750,000 metric tons of wood pellets per year. After a 100-mile rail trip from its Waycross, Ga. plant to the port of Savannah, the pellets are received as cargo ...
No one needs Trotsky around these days to tell us that revolution, even energy revolutions, have to be international, or as we’d say today “global.” An Energiewende confined to a single nation-state alone, even an industrial giant like Germany, won’t add up to more than a pile of agri...
Andrea Mura is utilising an EFOY Comfort 210 direct methanol fuel cell from German-based SFC Energy to power equipment onboard his Open 50 sailboat, Vento di Sardegna , during the two-handed TwoStar 2012 race. The TwoStar Two Handed Transatlantic Race for sailboats from 27 to 60 ft (8...
I believe buses are a much better use for EV technology than cars, because buses are generally used much more intensively. Intensive use allows for quicker recovery of the capital invested in expensive batteries. Transit buses also have predictable routes, meaning that range anxiety i...
The H2 Logic hydrogen refuelling station in Lilleström is part of the Akershus Energypark, which will develop and test a wide range of hydrogen production and compression technologies. The company says that this station is the first in the world to be supplied by hydrogen produced fro...
Whitepaper: The vital role of ICT in smart cities 14 June 2012 See our latest whitepaper, courtesy of Scottish Development International, which discusses why cities around the world should be on the road to becoming smarter... As the existing Electric Grid moves toward clean energy, a...
Grand Rapids, MI (June 13, 2012) – The Right Place, Inc., in collaboration with The Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) and Byron Township, announced today the approval of $450,000 in Michigan Business Development Program incentives for Grand Rapids-based Altronics Energy...
Share | Latest News U.S. Solar Grew 85 Percent in First Quarter, SEIA Says June 13, 2012 Bloomberg Developers installed 85 percent more solar panels in the U.S. in the first quarter than a year earlier, led by strong growth in commercial projects and demand in New Jersey, according to...
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