Amber Plante for Zondits, June 30, 2015. Image credit: 44833 Concentrating solar thermal power (CSP) is often seen as the smaller, less affordable option to solar photovoltaic (PV) systems, due in part to the sudden affordability of the latter. However, experts are now hawking CSP as the next big power source because of its ability to […]
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5 Ways Electricity Generation Will Be Transformed by 2040
5 Seismic Shifts Shaking Up World’s Energy Use, According to Bloomberg’s NEO EcoWatch, June 25, 2015. Image credit: epSos .de Renewable energy is set to blow past fossil fuels in the next 25 years, attracting nearly two-thirds of the spending on new power plants, according to a new report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). With […]
Is the Digital Revolution Helping or Hurting Efforts to Reduce Greenhouse Gases?
Energy Efficiency in the Digital Age: A Win-Win Huffington Post, June 1, 2015. Image credit: FirmBee Three billion personal computers in use today consume more than 1% of energy production, and 30 million computer servers use an added 1.5% of global electricity generation. And it’s not just computers using all of this power. The explosion […]
The Power of Clean, Affordable, Renewable Wind Energy
The True Benefits of Wind Power James D. Marston for Newsweek, April 21, 2015. Image credit: HardyS Texas prides itself on being a national leader, whether it be in barbecue, football or wind energy. That’s why when someone misguidedly attacks one of our strengths—as Randy Simmons did in an opinion article republished by Newsweek last week—as […]
The DOE’s Top 10 Facts about Hydropower
Top 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Hydropower Department of Energy, April 18, 2013. Image credit: AzDude 10. Hydropower is one of the oldest power sources on the planet, generating power when flowing water spins a wheel or turbine. It was used by farmers as far back as ancient Greece for mechanical tasks like grinding […]
IKEA Endeavors to Convert Biogas into Electricity
IKEA to Install Bloom Energy Fuel Cell System at Emeryville Store Financial Channel, March 27, 2015 Consistent with the IKEA focus on emerging energy technologies, this project represents the first IKEA endeavor globally to convert biogas into electricity through a clean electro-chemical process. The fuel cell system will be installed, commissioned and activated by this […]