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- Evaluating Institutional On-site Clean Energy
img hspace="10" vspace="5" align="left" width="110" src="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com//assets/images/story/2012/1/31/8479-evaluating-institutional-on-site-clean-energy.jpg" / Earlier this month, I attended EUCIrsquo;s Utilizing Clean Power Development Conference in Philadelphia.nbsp; The conference attracted a variety of large institutions (hospitals, municipalities, universities, etc.), developers, and financers to discuss the opportunity and challenges surrounding deployment of on-site renewable energy. nbsp;Instit
- When We Struggle, We Learn
img hspace="10" vspace="5" align="left" width="110" src="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com//assets/images/story/2012/1/16/1332-when-we-struggle-we-learn.jpg" / If there was one key takeaway from the most recent RenewableEnergyWorld.com and Solar Power-gen webcast it was that the year ahead will be difficult for large-scale solar power development due to poor access to capital, an uncertain policy landscape, the pending trade case against China and module prices that are too low to support a healthy indust
- Tackling the Renewable Energy Transmission Tiger - Is There Hope? Is There Help?
img hspace="10" vspace="5" align="left" width="110" src="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com//assets/images/story/2012/1/6/1332-tackling-the-renewable-energy-transmission-tiger-is-there-hope-is-there-help.jpg" / Building transmission to accommodate utility-scale renewable energy generation in the U.S. is seen as essential by much of the renewable energy industry. But can it be justified? Doing so will necessarily involve constructing some of the longest stretches of wire ever undertaken in this country. Much of the best wind and solar resource is located quite distant from the load. Ultimately, thousands of miles of huge power lines will have to be built. It is not illogical to ask whether investment in such massive infrastructure "costs too much and provides too little." It is also not illogical to answer "no," not if the value proposition is laid out appropriately and a well crafted policy and regulatory approach can be established that effectively addresses the issues.
- Baby Steps in Climate Negotiations are Still Steps in the Right Direction
img hspace="10" vspace="5" align="left" width="110" src="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com//assets/images/story/2011/12/12/1332-baby-steps-in-climate-negotiations-are-still-steps-in-the-right-direction.jpg" / I wasnrsquo;t able to attend the [frustrating] climate change talks in Durban, South Africa this year, although I would have loved to. South Africa is an incredible place to visit. I say the talks are frustrating because they always seem to go the same way. The European nations and some smaller countries attend the meeting armed with serious data
- Renewable Energy Groups Seek 1603 Extension; Analysts Offer Hope for Life Aft...
img hspace="10" vspace="5" align="left" width="110" src="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com//assets/images/story/2011/12/2/1332-renewable-energy-groups-seek-1603-extension-analysts-offers-hope-for-life-after-the-grant.jpg" / This week more than 750 large companies, small businesses and organizations sent a letter to Congress calling for a one-year extension of the Department of Treasury's Section 1603 Program.
- Electric Vehicle and Lithium-ion Battery Investing For Imbeciles
img hspace="10" vspace="5" align="left" width="110" src="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com//assets/images/story/2011/10/31/1332-electric-vehicle-and-lithium-ion-battery-investing-for-imbeciles.jpg" / In their 1969 bestseller "The Peter Principle" Laurence Peter and Raymond Hull quoted a Latin-American student named Caesare Innocente who lamented, "Professor Peter, I'm afraid that what I want to know is not answered by all my studying. I don't know whether the world is run by smart men who are, how you Americans say, putting us on, or by imbeciles who really mean it." After watching the events of the last few weeks, I think most of my regular readers would agree that the imbeciles are clearly steering the ship.
- Excellence in Renewable Energy Awards: Nominate Now!
img hspace="10" vspace="5" align="left" width="110" src="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com//assets/images/story/2010/11/8/1332-nominate-now.jpg" / Get ready to celebrate the industry's achievements. At RenewableEnergyWorld.com, we are ready to accept nominations for the Excellence in Renewable Energy Awards. These awards recognize the best companies, people and projects in the North American renewable energy industry.
- Japan's Tipping Point
img hspace="10" vspace="5" align="left" width="110" src="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com//assets/images/story/2011/10/27/0-japan-s-tipping-point.jpg" / Most of you in the renewable energy world probably don't know me yet.nbsp; This is my first blog here, so let me introduce myself.nbsp; I write books for a living (a sort of living).nbsp; In 2010, I published a book on public health (Inside the Outbreaks), and as a follow-up, I concluded that the overarching threat to the world's public health t
- In Australia, Can Renewable Energy Get Over the Tea Party Blues?
img hspace="10" vspace="5" align="left" width="110" src="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com//assets/images/story/2011/10/26/0-can-australia-s-solar-and-wind-industries-get-over-the-tea-party-blues.jpg" / "It must be considered that there is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle, than to initiate a new order of things." Niccolograve; Machiavelli Australiarsquo;s government is trying to initiate a new era of clean energy and facing such powerful opposition that some renewables companies th
- Obama Cleantech Stimulus: Bad Policy, Bad Politics and Bad for Cleantech
img hspace="10" vspace="5" align="left" width="110" src="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com//assets/images/story/2011/10/26/10087-obama-cleantech-stimulus-bad-policy-bad-politics-and-bad-for-cleantech.jpg" / Thenbsp;Solyndra debaclenbsp;is no surprise to this cleantech venture capitalist. The inherent conflict between trying to get money out of the U.S. Treasury as quickly as possible to stimulate the economy and, at the same time, have government agencies that are ill-suited at making business decisions do just that was nothing other than a recipe f
- Electric Vehicle Envy
img hspace="10" vspace="5" align="left" width="110" src="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com//assets/images/story/2011/10/19/1332-electric-vehicle-envy.jpg" / Much of the buzz around electric vehicles has focused on automobiles, including the launch of production plug-in vehicles by Nissan and General Motors in December 2010. These vehicles are slated to be followed over the next 18 months by models from Ford, Mitsubishi, Toyota and Tesla, among others.
- Energy Entrepreneurs Flock to Renewables Bonanza
img hspace="10" vspace="5" align="left" width="110" src="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com//assets/images/story/2011/9/14/10672-energy-entrepreneurs-chase-renewables-bonanza.jpg" / We hear a lot about the job-building benefits of renewable energy when it draws manufacturers and developers to local communities. Less talked about are those who arrive well before the shovels, steel, factories and jobs. These are the green energy entrepreneurs ? the creative thinkers and risk takers responsible for the rise of clean energy ventures over the last decade.
- Wanted: Chinese Cleantech Capital and Connections
img hspace="10" vspace="5" align="left" width="110" src="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com//assets/images/story/2011/9/30/9527-wanted-chinese-cleantech-capital-and-connections.jpg" / With the emergence of China as the globersquo;s cleantech powerhouse (see Why China has already overtaken the U.S. in cleantech), itrsquo;s become fashionable for cleantech companiesnbsp;seeking large purchase orders to target China. Whatrsquo;s not been so popular is to go to China seeking investment capital. We and a handful of companies di