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| Article Title | Author | Company | eMag Issue | Article Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| True Grid | L Michael Hohmann | LMH Design | Dec 2012 |
“Grid parity occurs when an alternative energy source can generate electricity at a levelized cost that is less than or equal to the price of purchasing power from the electricity grid. Reaching grid parity is considered to be an important point in the development of new sources of power. |
| Conservation Not Technology will be our Saviour | Chris Martenson | Contributed by OilPrice.com | Dec 2012 |
In this interview with James Stafford of OilPrice.com, Economist Chris Martenson covers two main thoughts --- Don't Fall for the Shale Boom Hype -and- Conservation Not Technology will be our Saviour |
| The Trouble With DIY Solar | Michael Chance | Solar Energy USA | Oct 2012 |
There is much to consider before pulling the trigger on a DIY solar kit and attempting a solar panel installation for your home (even if there is a YouTube video that shows you how easy it is to build your own solar panels). |
| The Myth of Affordable Energy | Ed Dolan for | OilPrice.com | Oct 2012 |
Here's an interview with economist Ed Dolan who lets us in on a few secrets about oil prices, the prospects for cheap energy, Russia's growing uncertainty and how the natural gas boom is hindering renewable energy efforts. Contributed by Oilprice.com |
| Solar Power Industry Booming -- Except in the Sunshine State | Neville Williams | Neville Williams | Oct 2012 |
In just three months this year enough solar PV was installed nationwide to power 150,000 homes, while no new coal or nuclear plants came on line. |
| Myths and Realities of Solar Photovoltaic Systems in Pakistan | Faiz Mohammad Bhutta | Izhar Energy Services (PVT) Ltd. | Oct 2012 |
Solar Energy Systems commonly used in Pakistan are Solar PV systems, Solar Water Heating systems, Solar Lighting Systems and Solar Pumping Systems. Generally the users do not appear to be satisfied with the solar system in use. Here we discuss what are the myths and realities causing dissatisfaction to users in Pakistan. |
| Investing in Solar Energy Industries in the US | Rob Sternthal | Reznick Capital Markets Securities | Aug 2012 |
As the technology of renewables advances, and as their track records continue to show stable returns, pension funds will continue to increase their investment in renewables, either through direct investment, infrastructure funds or private equity funds. |
| Don't Give Up Yet: US Solar Companies can Compete with China with a Bit of Innovation | Jen Alic | OilPrice.com | Aug 2012 |
In the end, it will be Chinese cash and American access to (massive) Chinese consumers for clean-energy products that saves the industry and allows it to gain a competitive edge over fossil fuels. |
| Corruption and Mismanagement See Much of the US without Power | Jen Alic | OilPrice.com | Aug 2012 |
Americans are now being told that keeping utility bills down means keeping maintenance of the country's dismal electricity distribution system to a bare minimum. According to the American Society of Civil Engineers, the entire system could collapse by 2020 without an immediate investment of $673 billion. Furthermore, experts say that brownouts and blackouts will end up costing more in the end than re-hauling the entire system. |
| We need a Long Term Energy Plan and Here It Is !!!!!!! | Contributed by | Peter Lynch | Jun 2012 |
In this intimate talk filmed at TED's offices, energy innovator Amory Lovins shows how to get the US off oil and coal by 2050, $5 trillion cheaper, with no Act of Congress, led by business for profit. The key is integrating all four energy-using sectors—and four kinds of innovation. |
| Solar energy’s vital role in our energy future | Michael Lamb | eIQ Energy | Jun 2012 |
Much of the industry press coverage lately has focused on multi-100MW projects. Yet these large, centralized production facilities are not really the best use of solar energy. They certainly have their usefulness, but distributed generation offers an even better approach. |
| Potentially incorrect beliefs currently prevalent in the Solar Energy Industry | Richard Leverton | Hybridyne | Jun 2012 |
It is entirely technically reasonable to amortize the financing of a well engineered solar array over 30-40 years, not just 20. |
| What would be the optimum structure & characteristics of a Federal Loan Guarantee Program for Solar? | A Discussion Contributed by | HighTable | Apr 2012 |
Can we envision a fair, balanced LG program that serves those that need it the most rather than only those that can afford to participate? |
| Attaining Stability in the California Renewables Market | David Nahai | David Nahai Companies | Apr 2012 |
In pursuing its brave new world of green energy, California will inevitably experience the vicissitudes of its pioneering undertaking – the twists and turns on the road to TLC (transparency, longevity, certainty) |
| Sorting out the Subsidies | Interview with Michael Livermore | Institute for Policy Integrity | Feb 2012 |
Subsidies for fossil fuel industries discourages investments in renewable projects and cleaner forms of energy. |
| A Look at Green Technology Predictions for 2012 | Mike Seifert | Ecotech Institute | Feb 2012 |
The green landscape will continue to shift and it is important to watch, learn and prepare future leaders. The excitement of clean technology innovation in 2012 and beyond ought to be celebrated by everyone who has a stake in making our world a better place to work, play and live. |
| Striking Balance – How the Solar Industry Benefits From the U.S. & China | Robert D. Hansen and Stephanie A. Burns | Dow Corning | Dec 2011 |
The solar industry is ready for its moment in the sun: Here at home, we hope fairness prevails so that the investigatory process proceeds without acrimony, political overzealousness or protectionism; at stake are U.S. jobs, U.S. exports, and U.S. consumer benefits for a strategically important U.S industry |
| On Energy Management, Manufacturing and Factory Automation | Bob Hetherington | AltEnergyMag | Oct 2011 |
I wrote this article for HomeToys.com, our Home Technology website but it applies to Alternative Energy as well. It's not enough to monitor our energy use. We don't really care about that unless it does something to change our lives or save us money. So, let's put a solar system on the roof. Now that can do both of these things and should attract our attention. But let's take it a step further. With that solar system there is a new variable in the mix --- FREE CLEAN ENERGY. What can and should we do with it. |
| Don't Forget: NREL are the Good Guys. And so is solar energy. | Ray Burgess | Solar Power Technologies | Oct 2011 |
The Denver recently reported the NREL was going to lay off 10 percent of its employees. It took about two light seconds for a popular Washington D.C. news site to pronounce the layoff a “scandal,” because NREL had taken federal stimulus money. That is silly. NREL, of course, is where the Department of Energy tests and develops new materials and techniques for solar, wind and other kinds of energy. |
| Despite Solyndra’s Death, the future of Solar Energy is Sunny | Steven J. E. Pleging | Quantum Solar Power Corp. | Oct 2011 |
As with the dotcom crash, the death of Solyndra, Evergreen and others will usher in a more robust solar industry not signal the disappearance of PV as a viable alternative for future energy needs. Both companies were a tiny fraction of an enormous and rapidly growing global market. |
| Does the Public Sector already hold the key to delivering energy efficiency? | Chris Bronsdon | Scottish European Energy Centre (SEGEC) | Jun 2011 |
So implementing energy efficiency measures sounds like a good idea in principle, but how can local authorities or municipalities balance the equation of technology costs and fund the capital expenditure? Put simply, some of the measures that can be implemented deliver savings immediately with payback periods that are very short – in some instances only 6 months. However; to address a set of larger scale measures, the answer comprises 3 elements: i) scale of project, ii) guaranteeing savings through energy performance contracting and iii) access to competitive (low interest rate) finance. |
| Where the Solar PV Industry Needs to Go - Now! | Peter Lynch | Sun Series | Feb 2011 |
The technical advances of cost effective PV and advanced storage along with the legislative changes must occur if the industry is to grow rapidly enough to become a significant component of the world’s future energy portfolio in the next 15 to 20 years (i.e. PV supplying more than 20% of the world’s electricity). Advances in any of the three areas will certainly help and will benefit the industry as a whole, but ALL three are necessary if PV is to take its place as the most flexible, cost effective and distributed form of energy and all three are necessary to accelerate the transition to a post fossil fuel economy. |
| Dear President Obama and House Speaker Boenher | Letters from Ralph Avallone, President | National Green Energy Council | Feb 2011 |
Here are two letters written to President Obama and House Speaker Boehner outlining some common frustrations. |
| SOLAR vs. NUCLEAR | Jim Lindsey | SolarPlexusco | Dec 2010 |
Few people realize what a huge impact several hundred thousand solar water heaters can have on a country’s energy demand. Thermal solar (heating water) is a sensible and efficient way to avoid the expense and potential danger of nuclear plants. Hot water is always needed and solar energy is the best method to meet those demands. Since thermal solar heats our oceans, isn't it about time we utilize the proven technology of solar water heaters? |
| Prop 23, Alternative Energy And The Built Environment | Marc Whitman | Whitman Architectural Design | Dec 2010 |
In 2006 California passed legislation to require consumers and industries to begin reducing their carbon emissions. The name of this bill is AB32. |
| Japan Declares War on Canada | Richard Komorowski | Ontario Solar News | Dec 2010 |
On Monday, September 13, the Japanese launched an attack on Ontario’s Green Harbor, i.e. the province’s Green Energy Act. Rather than attacking a naval base with hundreds of military aircraft, Japan has launched a suit against Canada and Ontario through the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The reason for the attack? The Japanese do not want to have thousands of new green jobs and companies manufacturing alternative energy components over here, supporting thousands of Ontario families, when these same jobs could be created in Japan. |
| Does Owning the Meters make you Smarter? | Ken Sinclair | AutomatedBuildings,com | Dec 2010 |
Smart metering and sub-metering can be added to most buildings for relatively low cost and almost immediately. It is an investment that will keep paying for itself over and over and even when the smart grid does become a reality it will be a second source of opinion, and when the utility will not share their information, you can. |
| Comfort + Convenience = Waste | Colby May | Terracon | Dec 2010 |
The Department of Energy estimates that 25 percent to 30 percent of all energy used in public schools across the U.S. is wasted. |
| We Need to Rebalance Earth's Energy Portfolio | Peter Lynch | Sun Series | Oct 2010 |
The U.S. has taken a shortsighted approach to “financing” our energy future for decades. We are rapidly depleting our energy capital of oil, gas and coal at greater rates each year, and giving very little thought to the long-term (20-50+ years) consequences. |
| Solar Pricing At Historical Lows | David Brands | Clary Solar | Oct 2010 |
Last January saw solar panel pricing hit historical lows worldwide. As a result and despite the economy, the solar photovoltaic industry is having a pretty good year both at the commercial and residential levels. |
| Preparing for a Solar Site Visit | Reginald A. Norris | Clean Energy Experts | Oct 2010 |
One of the standard stages when considering solar for your home is the solar site visit. This involves a solar installer coming out to your home and inspecting your roof for the potential installation of a home solar system. |
| A Vision of the New Environmentalist | Bruce Piasecki | AHC Group | Oct 2010 |
The new post-BP environmentalist, I predict, will stand taller than those from Earth Day and from Yale and Harvard. They will be more immediate and less technical. They will be pumped up on the steroids of Hollywood, mass media, and Twitter more than the schooling of MBAs. And they will attract massive audiences, with their green eyes and softer training on behalf of the Earth. |
| Winning Hearts and Minds in the Renewable Energy Game | Austin Brentley | Ontario Solar Academy | Aug 2010 |
Ontario has been the recipient of numerous accolades lauding its aggressive renewable energy legislation and hospitable investment climate. However, some worry that despite all of these advances, Ontario is not doing everything in its power to make green technology a priority. |
| Why Conservatives Are Bad on Energy: It's All About the Costs | Tom Rooney | SPG Solar | Aug 2010 |
When you compare the real costs of solar with the fully loaded real costs of coal and oil and natural gas and nuclear power, apples to apples, solar is cheaper. |
| Solar - It's Coming | Jim Lindsey | Solar Plexus | Aug 2010 |
"Tennessee Valley Authority does away with solar subsidy." Would any businessman who knew that his obsolescence was imminent not do likewise? |
| Micro-gardening Or Solar Electricity? | Bruno De Wachter | Leonardo Energy | Aug 2010 |
Suppose you are living in a large city and take the decision to stop using a privately owned vehicle and rely instead upon a shared car, public transport, or bicycling. Assuming you had off-street parking, what is the best use of your former parking space: gardening or solar electricity? |
| Commitment to Clean Energy Technology Would Help U.S. Become Global Economic Leader and Job Creator | Jack Crawford, Jr. | Jadoo Power | Aug 2010 |
Innovative technological ideas that originate from small American manufacturing companies often go unrewarded. Why? Because often those companies don’t have the ability to take their innovations to the world through an aggressive exporting program. |
| Alternative Energy Leqal Q & A | AltEnergyMag and Cleantech Law Partners | Aug 2010 |
AltEnergyMag has joined forces with Cleantech Law Partners (CLP) to help our readers navigate the sometime dizzying legal and policy issues that are changing every day. CLP is a a boutique law firm that focuses on exactly these kinds of issues and works with clients everyday to help make clean energy projects a reality across the country. | |
| Solar Federal Buildings Program | Harvey Sherback | Jun 2010 |
Why aren't more Federal Buildings covered with solar panels? | |
| Linear Cities Could Lead to 100% Global Sustainability | Kim Gyr | Green Millennium | Apr 2010 |
Energy, Food, & Transportation for the Components of our Genes, Forevermore! |
| Solar Cities Proposition | Paul Lyons | Oct 2009 |
"Buildings like trees, cities like forests." When Michael McDonough, author and sustainability architect, suggested this be the new paradigm for the future, he was referring to the creation of buildings and communities that are self-sufficient. He also reminds us that "waste is a human phenomenon", so the concept of recycling and efficiency is central to the attainment of environmental stewardship. Through integration, energy management, efficiency techniques and technologies it is now possible to create buildings that are 'greener' and more ecologically synergistic than ever before. | |
| Offshore Wind | Isaac Pearlman | Oct 2009 |
The US has installed over 25 gigawatts of wind, and thanks to hodge-podge of policy incentives, research and development, and private investment wind has become the poster-child of renewable energy and at the utility-scale has achieved grid-parity with conventional fossil-fuel energy. However not a single kilowatt of offshore wind has been developed, despite it being a stronger and more consistent energy source than its counterpart on land, closer to large populations where the energy is needed, and already proven commercial technology. | |
| Maintaining a Sustainable Energy Mix | Gordan Feric | Engineering Software | Oct 2009 |
This article deals with the present energy mix and tries to discover how the future energy mix should look in order to be sustainable and significantly reduce environmental impact, for example reduced CO2 emissions. It should be less dependent on the fossil fuels, have increased reliability, have fuel cost with reduced price fluctuations and be able to successfully meet the future demand for energy that just gets larger and larger as world energy requirements increase with the new lifestyle choices. |
| THE ROAD TO ENERGY SELF SUFFICIENCY | Peter Hackmeister | Jun 2009 |
Have you ever bought a lottery ticket? Everybody loves a good contest. Let's have a national contest to devise a solution for our energy problem. If this plan is launched there will be innumerable business plans being word processed before the next dawn. Can you imagine having the patent on the replacement for oil? How valuable would that be, tax free? As a spin off value of this contest, can you imagine having the patent to create a new source of water, and be able to sell it to the drought stricken Mid East and Africa, and have the profits being tax free for ten years? How valuable would that be? How many people / companies would be lining up to participate? | |
| SEMANTIC SEARCH REIGNITES HYDROGEN FUEL RESEARCH | Darrell W. Gunter | Jun 2009 |
The Obama administration has made alternative fuel research a key objective for the country. Researchers in the area of hydrogen fuel cell research therefore are faced with a plethora of peer reviewed publications that they must read to stay abreast of not only the latest publications but also historical publications that may be relevant to a current discovery. | |
| LIMITING TECHNOLOGY OPTIONS WILL BE BAD FOR ENVIRONMENT | Bud DeFlaviis | Jun 2009 |
This month, the Obama Administration proposed cutting more than $130 million for hydrogen and fuel cells, and a total elimination of funds for the fuel cell vehicle program. This unfortunate position is short-sighted, and could prove disastrous. Abandoning these programs now will drive technology and innovation overseas and obstruct private investment. It will also waste state and federal dollars, stifle a burgeoning industry and limit options to fight climate change. | |
| A CEDIA LOW-VOLTAGE INITIATIVE PROPOSAL | Grayson Evans | www.trainingdept.com | Feb 2009 |
Somewhere in the mid 1980's, the NAHB Research Center in Washington was run by a guy I knew (whose name I can't seem to dig up) who had a wacky vision. His idea was to reinvent the way electrical power was distributed throughout the home. They called it Smart Home (not to be confused with the Disney movie of the same name or other stuff that uses that name now). I think it was the first use of the name. |
| 25 WAYS TO CREATE A SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY | Bill vonBrethorst | Planetary Systems | Feb 2009 |
Jet travel has both been a time saver and a giant waste of energy. More fuel has been consumed in jet travel than by all the cars in the US combined. About 19.4 billion gallons of fuel are consumed by air travel within the US. Since these planes cannot use an alternative fuel, conservation is the only answer. |
| THE TITANIC MOMENT | Kim Gyr | Dec 2008 |
The world must now find ways to create the eternal paradigm for the infinite future of life on Earth, and I suggest that we may be able to begin the construction of an infrastructure that will still 100% sustainably serve those who live 1000 generations from now | |
| MR. OBAMA - PLEASE MEET MR. PIGOU | Steve Clemens | Dec 2008 |
Basically, Pigouvian taxes would tax the things we do not want in our society, like toxins and greenhouse gases, and NOT tax things we like in society, like employment and housing. For example, when coal power plants emit traces of mercury, we should not tax the power produced, but the harmful mercury emitted. | |
| HOW TO INFORM PEOPLE AWAY FROM SUSTAINABLE | Steve Clemens | Aug 2008 |
It is much easier to stress the unreliability of RE if you ignore the fact that wind and sun were never meant for baseload energy production, and that hydro, biomass, geothermal, etc. are continuous, storable and in fact easier to turn up/off than nuclear. | |
| Small behavioural changes, big effects | Steve Clemens | UBI | Jun 2008 |
The environmental cost of raising cattle through conventional farming, slaughtering the animal and distributing the meat. Producing a kilo of beef causes the equivalent of 36.4 kilos of CO2. |
| Do We need Nuclear Energy | Prof. Steve Clemens | Lecturer Environmental Economics at Brussels business school UBI | Apr 2008 |
So what unknown but magical benefit to nuclear power exists to make nuclear so incredibly attractive to some political leaders? Unfortunately and admittedly, this author does not know. |
| SUV Drivers vs You | Steve Clemens | United Business Institutes | Dec 2007 |
SUV drivers pollute the planet with their gas-guzzling snobbism. Or do they? |
| Fire The Oil Industry as the Monopoly Vendor | Bill James | JPods | Oct 2007 |
Replace oil? How can something so monumental be accomplished? Preempt waste, start small, provide better service at lower cost and think better. |
| A Federal Energy Policy: Can It Happen Here? | Michael Vickerman | RENEW Wisconsin | Oct 2007 |
It would take nothing short of a sea change to overcome Congressional inertia and recover the ground lost in the last 25 years or so. But though the prospects for a truly coherent national energy policy are improving -- and the need has never been greater -- both the citizenry and the current Congress are far too complacent to entertain changes that might involve belt-tightening and discipline. |
| Random Thoughts from this Year's Renewable Energy Fair | Michael Vickerman | RENEW Wisconsin | Aug 2007 |
Reducing one's energy overhead costs relatively little and produces a revenue stream that appreciates over time. Replacing one's energy infrastructure with on-site renewable systems, in contrast, will require a sizable up-front financial commitment relative to what it will produce over time. |
| Environmental Policy May Contain Traces of Nuts | Steve Clemens | United Business Institutes | Aug 2007 |
Should we choose to have 20% of our power production ideologically clean, or 80% of our electricity needs atmospherically clean? The answer is: we should do both. |
| Worried about the Energy Crisis? | Bill James | JPods | Jun 2007 |
I am no longer worried. Now that I understand there is no energy crisis, no ingenuity crisis, only the need for well-meaning bureaucracies to adapt policies to rapidly changing assumptions, I am terrified. |
| The Hydrogen Economy | Donald Moore | Phoenix International Energy Inc | Jun 2007 |
Oil finding rates -- increasingly difficult and costly-- are now only about 50% of current oil consumption. Does more need to be said for the inevitable "Hydrogen Economy"? |
| Humbugs Along the Potomac | Michael Vickerman | RENEW Wisconsin | Jun 2007 |
EIA's monthly and annual predictions have only one purpose: to prevent the mainstream media from alerting the driving public to the fragility of the domestic energy picture. |
| Changing America's Economic Lifeblood from Oil to Ingenuity | Bill James | JPods | Jun 2007 |
We can change the lifeblood of our economy from oil to ingenuity. It is that way in communications. It was that way with transportation. Open rights of way to innovation. Ingenuity will flourish or fail based on the value created minus the cost to compete. |
| Solar: The No-Risk Path to Wealth Creation | Michael Vickerman | RENEW Wisconsin | Apr 2007 |
While all investments pose some degree of risk, the return on a solar energy system is about as safe and predictable as, well, the rising sun. Fortunately for the Earth and its varied inhabitants, the center of our solar system is situated well beyond the reach of humanity's capacity to tamper with a good thing. |
| REVERSING CLIMATE CHANGE? | Steve Clemens | Feb 2007 |
I would like to point towards one combination of existing technology that I am convinced could actually do the job of lowering atmospheric carbon concentrations and thus reverse climate change | |
| What is the Function of Dams | Jürgen Giesecke | SealNet.org | Dec 2006 |
Interdisciplinary cooperation of specialists from engineering, natural sciences, economics and humanities have now become as self-evident for large dam projects, especially those with considerable use of hydro power, as have public relations and awareness raising with the broad population. |
| Sun Shines on Disaster Planning | Wesley Astroth | Dec 2006 |
Of course, the situation for each business is different but considering renewable energy resources as part of a comprehensive disaster plan should also be part of the discussion. | |
| Planting a New Kind of “Victory Garden” | Obert Reslock | Dec 2006 |
We are being marginalized, patronized and ignored by our current energy policies. We're not being encouraged, or even invited, to participate individually in the solution to the problem. I feel that it's incumbent upon each of us to “plant our own renewable energy ‘Victory Gardens'”. | |
| Draining Canada First | Michael Vickerman | RENEW Wisconsin | Dec 2006 |
Using natural gas to produce oil from tar sands is akin to turning gold into lead. |
| How Many Energy Slaves Do We Employ? | Jennifer Barker | SolWest | Aug 2006 |
We use about 128,640 horsepower-hours, or the equivalent of 147 energy slaves working for each of us 24/7, all year long. |
| A Lesson In Energy Economics 101 | Miles M. Kubo | Energy Industries, LLC | Jun 2006 |
As fuel costs increase and the demand for power grows, expect your electricity bill to grow as well. To all those who have not included energy conservation in their business plans, this will be a wake-up call -- don't be caught by surprise! |
| Towards a Workable Post-Kyoto, International Framework for Emissions Reduction | Michael Liebreich | New Energy Finance Limited | Feb 2006 |
In this paper we outline a possible alternative architecture for a successor regime, based on a single flexible emission reduction target for all countries and the principle of a treaty accession process, such as that which has resulted in other successful multilateral organisations. |
| The Path to US Energy Independence | Gary P. Hoffman | Feb 2006 |
Our proposal is to build a completely new US power system, based 100 % on renewable energy sources. These sources are to be solar photovoltaic and wind energy, plus solar thermal energy, with carbon neutral biomass fuels available in reserve, in highly efficient heat engines used to level loads and for backup. | |
| Rebuild Smarter and More Environmentally Friendly | Chad Whitney | Feb 2006 |
For too long areas have just done what was done before when it came to building houses. Let's use some of these amazing technologies as the backbone of rebuilding the Gulf Coast. | |
| Climate Change: | Guy Dauncey | BC Sustainable Energy Association | Feb 2006 |
This year's hurricanes have global warming written all over them: the water is warmer because the atmosphere is warmer, feeding the hurricanes more energy. |
| Last Chance for Gas | Innovation Pipeline | Dec 2005 |
Oil is running out, maybe sooner than later. Can alternatives supply a solution? There are bright spots on the horizon. | |
| 31 Years After the First Energy Crisis, The Need for an Energy Strategy | Hans De Keulenaer | Sustainable Energy for All (SEAL) | Dec 2005 |
A secure, clean, safe, healthy and economically efficient energy supply is no longer a technology development challenge, but largely a matter of investment in infrastructure and deployment of modern solutions on a massive scale. |
| The Wind Blows For Free | Guy Dauncey | BC Sustainable Energy Association | Oct 2005 |
Globally, a study from Stanford University has suggested that the world could harvest five times more power from the wind than we are currently using for all purposes - if we want to. |
| The Economics of Solar Power For California | Barry Cinnamon and Tom Beach | Akeena Solar and Crossborder Energy | Oct 2005 |
The Million Solar Roofs Initiative will save customers and the state over $6 billion while at the same time providing for our long-term energy needs and improving both our economy and our environment. |
| Performance Standards For Solar Modules And Collectors - Why They Are Important? | Rob McMonagle & Marc Rydel | ICP Solar | Aug 2005 |
Guidelines and standards provide a level playing field for all parties. Retailers, purchasing agencies and consumers must be able to evaluate the merits of solar devices based on a common set of industry-approved standards if we hope to achieve broad market penetration. |
| Alternative Energy - An Environmentally Friendly Solution for Reducing Energy Costs | Sascha Deri | Alternative Energy Store | Aug 2005 |
Not only does the use of alternative energy promote a healthier environment, the reduction in traditional energy consumption truly adds up in savings over time, which is a selling point for builders and a real advantage to consumers. |
| Renewable Energy - The Next Opportunity For Silicon Valley | Brian McConnell | O'Reilly & Associates | Apr 2005 |
It is interesting to ponder what would happen if the technology industry were to invest aggressively in energy. This is an industry that invented computers and then made them so powerful and so small that today we think nothing of toting a supercomputer in a backpack. |
| No Apologies | Obert Reslock | Apr 2005 |
"Renewable energy works; it is as reliable as the sunrise; it will help us keep our planet habitable; and it's an excellent, cost-effective investment to make; NOW." | |
| Do A Little Energy Homework Before Investing In Renewable Energy Production | Jennifer Barker | EORenew | Apr 2005 |
Using renewable energy means taking responsibility for our own needs. If you've started by making sure your needs are in control, your chance for success is high! |
| Beyond Solar's Growing Pains The Future Is Bright | Adam King | Dec 2004 |
Even though they admit that the road ahead is fraught with danger and difficulty, industry experts are still confident that the price of solar will be competitive within the next 10 years. When this long-awaited day finally comes, I wonder if the industry will be adequately prepared? | |
| A Router for Electrical Energy | Mark Robinson | Nextek Power Systems | Dec 2004 |
Overall, the 'router' for power is a first step towards an energy model that is more efficient because it uses locally generated power at the highest possible efficiency. As more and more manufacturers design their electronic appliances to be DC compatible, the concept will proliferate. |
| IS 'CLEANER AND GREENER' TECHNOLOGY A Sufficient Solution To Our Sustainability Problem? | Adam King | Oct 2004 |
A Company that adopts a strategy of technological reform does not necessarily have to confront its unsustainable principles and priorities. It is not hard to imagine, for example, a company that replaces its gas-powered buses with electric ones, while continuing to use them to transport exploited workers to sweatshop factories. | |
| Learn To Conserve | John Broughton | Equator Industries | Aug 2004 |
If you want to have a renewable energy system you need to learn to conserve well in advance of buying the system. |
| The Numbers Don't Add Up? | Jennifer Mackenzie Lynch | Feb 2004 |
A teenager should never have to plead for help from their elders. All of these concerns should be taken care of already, and taken into serious consideration. Workings towards a successful solution should be our number one priority, but it's not ... we're obviously not living in a perfect world... but don't you want to strive to get as close as you can get? | |
| The Sun Doesn't Go Out | Toby Kinkaid | Solardyne Corporation | Oct 2003 |
All the world really needs is a power supply that has no fuel costs, no pollution, and is available to everyone, everywhere, and relatively all at once. There is a technology which makes this possible today. |
| Sustainability At Home | Frank Tettemer & Cheryl Keetch | Living Sol | Aug 2003 |
Living with an 'ecological consciousness' is the way of connecting with the life-giving energy of the earth and understanding that our soul and the earth are one in the same. |
| Save Money And Keep Cool This Summer By Increasing Your Air Conditioning IQ | Northeast Energy Star Appliance and Lighting Initiative | Northeast Energy Star Appliance and Lighting Initiative | Aug 2003 |
Consumers can avoid getting caught in the heat of the moment by maintaining or replacing air conditioning equipment |
| What Does Kyoto Mean To Me? | Scott Sinclair | Sinclair Environmental Solutions | Feb 2003 |
Embracing change is the answer! As a nation, we need to look at this as an opportunity rather than an obstacle. This attitude and approach will lower our cost of living while creating a new market opportunity for green technologies. This opportunity can lead us to new industries and new jobs carrying our economy forward into a future world where we have learned to optimize, to adapt and overcome. |
| Cost Effectiveness Of Photovoltaics - Solar Electric Power Panels | Gavin G. Young | Renewable Electricity Solutions | Feb 2003 |
News articles indicate that photovoltaics are already cost effective in Hawaii and some parts of California. Photovoltaics are also cheaper than electric grid power if you wish to power a remote home that is more than 2 miles from the nearest power line. |
