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The vast majority of PV installed on rooftops is just that … installed on rooftops.  Developing in recent years have been Building Integrated PhotoVoltaics (BIPV) The objective being, the transition of solar PV, from being just a merely bolted on afterthought, into being an integral part of the building, dare we say part of every […]

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CSP — concentrated solar power — is producing electricity for supply to the grid in many places around the world.  There have been / are many efforts seeking to bring CSP into the retail marketplace.   (Such as SunCube.) Soliant Energy looks near to achieving this — not with using CSP to boil water to […]

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Wal-Mart announced today a huge solar system purchase, a “pilot project … toward its goal of being supplied by 100 percent renewable energy”. For many, Wal-Mart has been an odd poster child for Green business management. While it is hard to say that its business model is ‘sustainbilility focused’ (importing things from far away, disposible (non-durable) […]

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In The Economic Impact of Renewable Energy, Steven Lacey of Renewable Energy Access  examines the economic impact of New Hampshire’s moves toward a renewable portfolio standard (RPS).  An RPS creates a standard for a certain percentage of energy (electricity) to come from renewable sources. Lacey’s conclusion — based on work done by the University of […]

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Ohio’s wind energy potential actually exceeds the electricity demand of the entire state of Ohio Says Dennis Elliott of the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Laboratory (NREL) as reported in a Beacon Journal article. Ohio is proving the value of applying new research methods. Previously, Ohio was thought to have only marginal wind power conditions. […]

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Perpetually, when the subject of any form of power comes up, someone will pipe in “well, but X gets lots of subsidies … it wouldn’t make sense without subsidies”. Exxon-Mobil, for example, justifies its $0 (yes, ZERO DOLLARS) of investments in renewable power: Exxon does not believe renewables are commercially viable on a significant scale […]

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Reuters has taken a look at Big Oil’s investments in renewable power and, well, haven’t found much that is Big about them … especially not Exxon-Mobil.

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The sound-machine created controversy over Al Gore’s home energy use has brought focus to an issue that merits focus.  Are “Carbon Offsets” simply 21st century indulgences for assuaging the guilt of those living a life at odds with their belief structure (whether real or simply proclaimed) or do they have real meaning?

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  This morning, the Washington Post published an outrageous column by Robert J. Samuelson. In this travesty of a column, Samuelson argues the futility of trying to do anything re Global Climate Change other than new research.  Samuelson’s Global Warming’s Real Inconvenient Truth has factual errors, misleading statements and conclusions, and provides a counterproductive path […]

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