It’s clearly political silly season yet again, and we can all expect that the rhetoric will continue to be dog-gone bad. We can also tell, unfortunately, that federal clean energy policy will be a lightning rod for a lot of that mendacious rhetoric this year. So I don’t expect anything significantly good or bad to happen...
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The startup captures Philadelphia train braking energy, stores it in a Saft battery, and plays it into lucrative energy markets. JEFF ST. JOHN: APRIL 26, 2012 Electric-powered trains have been capturing the energy from regenerative braking for years now. But besides reducing power bills, they haven’t done much with the energy...
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The American Society of Civil Engineers finds that failing to spend on grid upgrades will end up costing U.S. homes and businesses nearly $200 billion by 2020. JEFF ST. JOHN: APRIL 26, 2012 Here’s another grim reminder that doing nothing fix the United States’ power grid will be a lot more expensive in the long run than...
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“There is a tremendous amount of capital that still is available. The question is, how do you get it?” HERMAN K. TRABISH: APRIL 25, 2012 Bank money remains available for utility scale solar photovoltaic (PV) and concentrating solar power (CSP) projects, bank officers from CITI and Deutsche Bank agree, but not all the banks...
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In a plot seemingly out of a James Bond movie, a startup that is backed by Google folks Larry Page and Eric Schmidt and X-Price creator Peter Diamandis plan to mine asteroids for valuable materials. But one of the really surprising things about that wild idea is that it could actually lead to valuable energy resources for the...
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“I believe that the only economic policy is one geared towards shared responsibility – centered around sustainability.” KATHERINE TWEED: APRIL 24, 2012 Earlier this month, Mirebaliais Hospital in Haiti starting installing 1,800 solar panels. The hospital, run by non-profit Partners in Health, will have the largest solar...
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The second greentech startup that had planned an IPO this month has now withdrawn its plans citing market conditions. On Monday afternoon Luca Technologies, a startup which uses biotech to produce natural gas via naturally occurring microbes in coal beds, announced that it intends to withdraw its IPO plans due to “adverse market...
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The smart grid for enterprises complements the utility smart grid, according to new report. PAUL BAIER: APRIL 20, 2012 This article is the first in a series of perspectives from Groom Energy that will explore the findings of GTM Research and Groom’s latest smart grid market report, The Enterprise Smart Grid and a Corporate...
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