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Energy over the weekend

Saturday's WSJ - "Court Overturns Clearance for Offshore Wind Farm" - federal appeals court told the FAA to redo its review of the Cape Wind project. The $2.6 billion project has been trying for years to become the first commerc...

Posted Sunday, October 30th, 2011 at 4:48 pm | Filed in: Alternatives, Electric Utilities, Electricity, Energy Supply, Environment, National Security, Natural Gas, Renewables

Time for a sharp focus

There's a very nice piece in this morning's WaPo by Juliet Eilperin and Steven Mufson, entitled, "Private secctor hesitates in financing clean-tech firms": "As federal stimulus dollars for investment in renewable energy begin t...

Posted Thursday, October 27th, 2011 at 5:12 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Electricity, Energy Demand, Natural Gas, Oil Dependence, Policy

Renewables are here to stay

Even though the US is awash in cheap natural gas,and flat global demand is depressing oil price futures, the picture for clean energy alternatives brightened considerably this year, according to a new report by Bloomberg New Ener...

Posted Thursday, October 13th, 2011 at 7:53 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Electrification

More Solyndra silliness

Here's some advice for entrepenueurs, b-school grads, small business owners and others: if your business plan depends on Congress passing and the President signing groundbreaking legislation within a time-certain, rethink your ...

Posted Thursday, October 6th, 2011 at 7:40 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Electricity, Legislation, Policy, Renewables, Uncategorized

This is not about Solyndra

Ben German and Andrew Restuccia reported yesterday in The Hill that there is at least one cooler head in the Republican party when it comes to the DOE loan guarantee program. The program's big black eye, otherwise known as bankr...

Posted Thursday, September 22nd, 2011 at 12:10 pm | Filed in: Alternatives, Energy Security, Energy Supply, Environment

Urban Mobility: Focus on Acting, Not Reacting

Yesterday, the Financial Times released one of its Special Reports entitled The Future of the Car. The lead article, “Visions of mobility in the megacity” shows clearly how the vision for automobiles today and into the futur...

Posted Wednesday, September 14th, 2011 at 1:56 pm | Filed in: Alternatives, Automotive, Energy Security, Oil Dependence, Transportation

Energy Question for Candidates

Here are some recent job statistics that have been floating around. The American Chemistry Council said that a 25 percent increase in domestic natural gas supplies would add nearly 400,000 new jobs. The Department of Environme...

Posted Tuesday, September 13th, 2011 at 12:18 pm | Filed in: Alternatives, Energy Security

So long, Solyndra

Big news in the energy policy world (other than Exxon and Russia) is yesterday's declaration of an intent to file bankruptcy by would-be solar panel manufacturer Solyndra. The WSJ has double coverage, both in an editorial and in...

Posted Thursday, September 1st, 2011 at 7:07 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Electric Utilities, Electricity, Electrification, Policy, Transportation

A New Iowa Ethanol Platform?

[caption id="attachment_2996" align="alignright" width="256" caption="Source: Darwin Bell"][/caption] With Congress in recess this August, all eyes have turned to the race for the Republican presidential nomination. This past...

Posted Tuesday, August 16th, 2011 at 11:56 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Policy

Natural Gas: Game Changer or False Hope?

This morning, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee met to hear from experts regarding the potential of natural gas in future energy markets. The panel included experts from the Energy Information Administration, Dow...

Posted Tuesday, July 19th, 2011 at 3:00 pm | Filed in: Alternatives, Natural Gas

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