One Hundred Thousand Trains
The SEIA Year-End results for 2010, released earlier this month show a 878MW of solar photovoltaic installations in the US. Each MW of installed capacity will generate about 1.6GWHr of… Read more »
Renewable
Pennies from Heaven
A photovoltaic (PV) solar cell the area of a dollar bill can generate about 50c per year of electricity with today’s technology and market. In a few years this will… Read more »
The ultimate saving machine?
If you buy a BMW 5 Series, you’re buying performance with comfort and a lot of style points. The engine is superbly engineered – for power and lifetime. My 525… Read more »
Is Global Warming worth the Hot Air?
In a recent op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, Ann Jolis uses a disingenuous feint to throw more doubt on global warming. Her question was “Is rising CO2 behind the… Read more »
Performance Monitoring is like Insurance
Photovoltaic (PV) power generation is experiencing rapid growth, reaching a total global capacity of ~30GW in 2010, a 30% increase over 2009. In the US, PV capacity in 2010 doubled… Read more »
The Unsung Hero of Solar Energy
By the end of 2010, solar hot water was set to pass wind on an installed power basis (~180GW). Growth in wind power is hampered by transmission and storage challenges…. Read more »
Will electric cars displace oil?
Over Christmas, I read Vacliv Smil’s Energy Myths and Realities. I was reluctant to buy a book published by the America Enterprise Institute (where former Vice President and Halliburton Chairman… Read more »
Monitoring Energy Usage in the Home and at Work
On Monday evening I had the pleasure of attending an discussion event on Home Energy Monitoring and Management hosted by Fountain Blue. I learned a bit about People Power (Sunil… Read more »
The Green New Deal
The Great Depression officially ended with World War II, which resulted in the deaths of 70 million people, the Holocaust, and the Atomic bomb. The current global economic crisis will… Read more »
