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- First Solar's Utility Contracts Pass Production Capacity
- Thin-film solar panel maker First Solar now has a second giant utility contract totaling 550 megawatts, a deal it announced today with the utility Southern California Edison. Together with the 550MW installation on California's Carrizo Plain that First Solar inherited when it bought Optisolar, the company now...
- Blog posts 2009-08-18
- Choices Coming Soon for Electric Car Shoppers
- The large group of people interested in trying out an electric vehicle has never had many choices. There were small cars that didn't go far or fast -- so called "neighborhood electric vehicles", or NEVs. Small companies, like Commuter Cars, put out a few expensive cars per year. More recently,...
- Blog posts 2009-08-04
- IEA Economist Warns of Oil Shortfalls
- It's not every day that an International Energy Agency economist can be heard publicly stirring the pot about peak oil and energy shortfalls in the near future. But old habits are sometimes put aside of new priorities; it appears that the agency is becoming more worried about the future. ...
- Blog posts 2009-08-03
- High Temperature Nuclear Reactors on the Way in South Africa and China
- While ideas get kicked around quite often for new types of nuclear reactors, development has rarely progressed to commercialization. It seems we just don't have enough invested in nuclear to see the process through. The "very high-temperature reactor" is one of these ideas -- a potentially more stable nuclear reactor...
- Blog posts 2009-07-31
- Energy Roundup: Speculators On Speculating, No Uranium Enrichment, Coda's Funding and More
- To curb, or not to curb -- Energy speculation has been getting plenty of attention, with legislators threatening to place hard limits on trades. Now the traders are finally mobilizing to fight back, or at least win some concessions. Goldman Sachs, for example, says that trading curbs will disrupt the...
- Blog posts 2009-07-30
- Hydrogen Funding Reversal Provides a Cautionary Tale
- Those wishing for immediate government support of all forms of green energy technology are forewarned: Once a technology is government-supported, it may be nearly impossible to get rid of, even if it proves not to be a great option. That's the case with hydrogen, for which Department of Energy secretary...
- Blog posts 2009-07-30
- Joule Biotechnologies Seeks to One-Up Algae
- This decade has seen the passing of scores, if not hundreds of startups claiming to have the fix for our petroleum dependence. So far, not a single one has proved competitive with gasoline or diesel fuel. So it's not unreasonable to be cautious of the latest, Joule Biotechnologies, a company...
- Blog posts 2009-07-28
- SunRun Gears Up For National Expansion With Funding
- Solar panel installation and servicing is a good business to be in right now, especially if you've got a head start. SunRun has that start in California, and is looking to secure it in other states with a new $18 million investment led by Accel Partners, a prominent venture firm....
- Blog posts 2009-07-28
- Roundup: First Solar in France, Cellulosic Ethanol Stimulus, Sudan's Oil and More
- First Solar to build plant in France -- Along with Electricite de France, the country's state-owned utility, thin-film solar manufacturer First Solar is planning to build a $128 million plant somewhere in France. The entire capacity of the new plant, which will be France's largest, has been contracted for the...
- Blog posts 2009-07-23
- Austin Energy Stumbles With Green Power Program
- A few years ago, Austin Energy's GreenChoice program in Austin, Texas was rated top in the country for delivering cheap renewable energy to Texan customers who signed up. Since then, prices have skyrocketed, and the utility is considering passing off the costs to its regular customers, a change that could...
- Blog posts 2009-07-20
- Researchers Say Planes, Not Cars, Are Best For Biofuels
- There's an interesting idea being batted around by a United Kingdom think tank called the Policy Exchange: that planes should use all the available supply of biofuels, and other alternatives should be used for cars. The reasoning in the study is pretty simple, at least as reported...
- Blog posts 2009-07-22
- Energy Roundup: More Cash For Clunkers, Equal Speculation, Spanish Solar and More
- Cash for clunkers motors on -- Senate Democrats came to an agreement for a $2 billion extension to the popular "cash for clunkers" program that has spurred American car sales late Wednesday, brokering a deal that includes some but not all changes suggested by Congress to increase the environmental impact....
- Blog posts 2009-08-06
- Four Principles of Apple's Successes (and Failures)
- Apple doesn't play by the same rules as most companies. That's a good thing — usually. Principle One: Don’t Follow Your Customers; Lead...
- Articles 2009-08-10
- Cap and Trade May Have to Wait Until Next Year
- With each passing day, cap and trade legislation in the United States looks more likely to become a bystander casualty of the political fight over healthcare reform. The country's voter base has become agitated, feeling that too much change is happening at once. Democrats whose offices are...
- Blog posts 2009-08-17
- Geoengineering: From Crackpot Theorizing to Excuse Du Jour
- Governments across the world have promised to reduce their emissions -- yet failed to actually do so. Majorities of their populations are opposed to spending much time or money combating climate change. Is it time to muster up more political will? Not if there's any alternative. And that alternative's name,...
- Blog posts 2009-08-14
- Blacklight Power Returns With More Lab Validation
- For readers who aren't familiar with Blacklight Power likely the majority, here's the executive summary: A company formed in 1991 right after the cold fusion claims of Fleischmann and Pons were torn apart claims that it can extract nearly limitless amounts of energy from water, by moving hydrogen atoms to...
- Blog posts 2009-08-13
- Energy Roundup: Invasive Biofuel Crops, Duelling Studies, Expanding Nuclear and More
- Biofuel crops double as invasive species -- Plants like giant reed, jatropha and miscanthus could become damaging invasive species just as kudzu has, according to the Invasive Species Advisory Committee. Scientists are examining dozens of plants for their ability to produce second-generation biofuels. [Source: ClimateWire / NYtimes] ...
- Blog posts 2009-08-13
- Solar Panel Inventories Begin Taking Their Toll
- Warnings that an over-supply of solar panels will hurt the solar industry, repeated by industry watchers for the past several months, have finally been fully realized with a massive $217 million second quarter loss for LDK Solar, one of the most prominent silicon wafer manufacturers. The loss was double what...
- Blog posts 2009-08-13
- Insanely Great Marketing
- Apple's obsession with its own image makes great products look even more glamorous. 1. A Clear Sense of the Customer Apple has positioned itself as the...
- Articles 2009-08-10
- FirstEnergy Agrees to Switch Coal Plant to Biomass
- In a first for the American power industry, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy called Ohio Edison has agreed to switch two coal-powered generators to biomass fuel, creating electricity by burning a mixture of wood, crop residues and other waste. The plan is the result of a Justice Department...
- Blog posts 2009-08-11
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