Voting rights, politics, renewable energy, water
Voting rights, politics, renewable energy, water
Algae biofuel development crashed and burned in a spectacular manner, taking hundreds of millions, maybe billions in VC money with it. In 2009, the buzz was algae biofuel could scale, and be produced at commercial-scale for a reasonable price. It…
A major problem with solar power has been the duck curve. Demand increases when the sun goes down, just when solar plants stop producing energy. One answer is huge batteries that store excess solar power to be used later. However,…
The Block Island Wind Farm off Rhode Island nears completion and will be the first ever offshore wind farm in the U.S. Essentially, it’s a test site, just 30 MW. However, if all goes well – and let’s hope it…
The US, despite its bleating about the wonderfulness of its renewable energy, still has no offshore wind farms. AÂ little dinky 30 MW wind farm off Rhode Island may be operational next year. Meanwhile, Britain and Europe have huge offshore wind…
The pine bark beetle has killed millions of trees in California. These dead trees are now a fire hazard. Hauling the trees to biomass plants to be burned to produce electricity will lessen the fire hazard. However, transporting the trees…