California’s ‘Renewable’ Energy Grid on Verge of Crisis California claims to be able to permanently replace fossil-fuel generated electricity with “intermittent” wind and solar generation, but the state’s electrical grid is on the verge of crisis as it may soon run out of the ability to import enough fossil-fuel electricity. According to Gail Tverberg, who … Continue reading California’s ‘Renewable’ Energy Grid on Verge of Crisis
Taking Advantage of California’s Renewable Energy Requires Getting Time-of-Use Rates Right The nation’s solar leader has a unique chance to empower customers with inexpensive clean electricity. n one day this summer, solar alone provided nearly a third of peak electricity demand in California, in what has become a routine record-setting performance. As air conditioning ramped … Continue reading Taking Advantage of California’s Renewable Energy Requires Getting Time-of-Use Rates Right
Microsoft commits to running data centers off 50% renewable energy by 2018 Microsoft announced it plans to power its data centers around the world using 50% renewable energy by 2018. The company also plans to boost its use of renewable power for its data centers to 60% by the early 2020s. Rob Bernard, Microsoft’s chief … Continue reading #Microsoft commits to running data centers off 50% renewable energy by 2018
Electricity industry sparks with disruptive change Electric power today is not your grandmother’s electricity. Although many electric utilities have been around 50 to 100 years and few utilities’ business models have changed much in that time, disruptive change is here — and accelerating. “We are sitting on the cusp of major transformation,” said Maryrose Sylvester, … Continue reading Electricity industry sparks with disruptive change
How Utility Came to See Energy Efficiency, Renewables As Better Deal Than Nuclear Power Pacific Gas & Electric, California’s biggest utility, made big news recently by proposing to shut down California’s last in-state nuclear power plant: the Diablo Canyon power plant. The even bigger splash is that PG&E is arguing that replacing Diablo’s output with … Continue reading How Utility Came to See Energy Efficiency, Renewables As Better Deal Than Nuclear Power
One Big Oil Company Sees a Bright Future in Renewable Energy Total is building out a number of renewable energy investments that could be the future of its energy portfolio. Tesla Motors (NASDAQ:TSLA) isn’t the only company looking at energy holistically with its proposed acquisition of SolarCity (NASDAQ:SCTY). BYD, the Chinese battery and EV company, … Continue reading One Big Oil Company Sees a Bright Future in Renewable Energy
“Holy Grail” of Renewable Energy Storage is Fast-Approaching In 2009, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) created its Advanced Research Projects-Energy (ARPA-E) division to fund energy storage projects conducted by scientists at Harvard, MIT, Stanford, and the Lawrence Livermore and Oak Ridge labs. The DOE now believes that some of the 75 battery system projects … Continue reading “Holy Grail” of Renewable Energy Storage is Fast-Approaching
Alaska-built powerhouses boost green energy in villages A Southwest Alaska village that installed 10 wind turbines in 2008 joined a wave of rural communities turning to renewable power to reduce sky-high energy costs. But there was a problem in Perryville. The federally funded wind turbines saved money, reducing the need for costly diesel fuel at … Continue reading #Alaska – built powerhouses boost green energy in villages
Renewable Energy Wars: Living Microbial Electricity Generators Vs. The Nukes The University of Michigan is poised to enter the exciting field of microbial waste management with an electrifying renewable energy twist. Researchers at the school have demonstrated that they can grow layers of electricity producing bacteria on films, deploying a scalable process that’s this close … Continue reading Renewable Energy Wars: Living Microbial Electricity Generators Vs. The Nukes
An Old Source of Renewable Energy Gets a New Look Shiny solar panels and towering wind turbines grab headlines, but the United States’ original source of renewable energy, hydropower, could make a comeback, according to a new report. The U.S. Department of Energy estimates that the nation could increase its hydroelectric capacity 50 percent by … Continue reading An Old Source of Renewable Energy Gets a New Look
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