by Richard T. StuebiThe distinction between green power -- electricity without any carbon emissions, usually from renewable energy sources such as solar and wind -- has been clearly drawn vs. brown power -- electricity generated from fossil fuels.In a recent article in The Nation, author Lisa Margonelli writes about The Case for 'Gray Power' . Gray power is the term that Ms. Margonelli uses for a concept called energy recycling , wherein electricity is generated from capturing waste heat from burning fossil fuels. So, gray power is not as green as renewables, but given that the fue...
Today, reading back through President Obama's 2010 State of the Union address I went looking for his discussion of energy and cleantech. I counted Energy with 15 mentions, crushing Healthcare at 7, and losing out to Jobs at 26. Of course, God only go...
by Jigar Shah, Founder SunEdison and CEO of the Carbon War RoomAs wind come out at a robust 9.9GW in 2009, Solar at maybe 600MW, etc, it looks like the zero-emissions folks will again install a majority of incremental MWs. The balance is mostly natu...
By John Addison The U.S. wind industry broke all previous records by installing 9,922 MW installed last year. This expanded the nation's wind fleet by 39% and bring total wind power generating capacity in the U.S to over 35,000 MW. The five-year aver...
