Two other Obama administration initiatives will provide another push in the right direction. These are the development of a national “smart grid” and advanced energy storage, which will enable New Jersey to receive and store more solar and wind energy from other states. Federal agencies, notably the Department of Defense, are also starting to tap Continue reading →
geothermal power
The sun is so strong here that people often talk about the temperature being “in the teens,” meaning 113 or above. The wind is so powerful that west of town, signs on an Interstate display the number of miles remaining in which drivers will face dangerous winds, like signs that give the distance to the Continue reading →
This fully integrated combination of EV charging station, smart grid connectivity software and solar, renewable energy generation array represents the next, logical evolutionary step in the developing movement to transition a portion of the transportation sector away from traditional fossil fuels and toward cleaner and renewable domestic energy sources, including solar, wind, and geothermal. via Continue reading →
The X PRIZE Foundation (XPF) is expanding its vision to address worldwide challenges in the areas of Energy & Environment; Exploration of the Oceans and Space; Life Sciences; and Education & Global Development with $100 million in prizes over the next 10 years. X PRIZE is an educational nonprofit organization whose mission is to create Continue reading →
The Business Spectator has a look at some of Google’s initiatives to transform the way we produce energy – Google’s search for smart power. Most people expect there to be a transformation of the energy industry, but what if it turns out to be a total revolution? Most talk focuses on a possible move to Continue reading →
Distributed ICT [information and communication technologies] will organize distributed energies. Renewables like wind, solar, geothermal and biomass are found in some proportion everywhere, in people’s backyards. As people begin to harvest these renewable energies they can share electricity peer-to-peer across an internet-like smart energy grid that extends across nations and even continents. We see buildings as the Continue reading →
Building a smart energy grid will empower consumers with information and tools to control their energy bills while providing a platform for wind, solar and geothermal energy to reach more families. $3.4 billion in grants have been awarded to small businesses, utilities, manufacturers and towns to fund smart energy grid projects that will support tens Continue reading →
We need an 80% reduction in fossil fuel use by 2050 to avoid the worst global warming effects. And, practically speaking, we need to also double our electricity generation and double the useful work done per unit of electricity & other energy sources as well during that same time to have a decent economy. via Continue reading →
There is no doubt about it but Google is a disruptive company. First Google disrupted search, then advertising, then video (with their acquisition of YouTube), and then Office applications with the launch and continued development of Google Apps for Domains. Most recently Google has disrupted the mobile phone industry, first with the launch of their Continue reading →
