April 21st, 2022
Via Clean Energy Finance Forum, a report on what makes for fights, innovation, and progress in the work of carrying clean electricity across the continent: For all the calls to increase solar and wind generation, do people know the importance of transmission in our ability to actually use it? The climate-driven need to make power from […]
Read more »Car Dealerships: Prime Candidates For Microgrids
March 19th, 2022
Via Microgrid Knowledge, a look at how – as electrification grows – car dealerships become prime candidates for microgrids: US car dealerships are finding they need to upgrade their electrical infrastructure — and fast — given that more than half of their sales are expected to come from electric vehicles (EVs) before the decade is […]
Read more »March 13th, 2022
Via the Wall Street Journal, an interesting look at the potential of transnational super grids—the vision of globe-girdling power networks that could ship electricity, particularly renewable energy, from areas where it can be produced in abundance to wherever it is needed—across continents, weather systems and oceans A line to share solar power between the deserts […]
Read more »Can EVs Power The Grid?
March 13th, 2022
Via 3bl Media, a look at whether EVs can power the grid: By 2030, up to half of new electric vehicles could be capable of charging their batteries while they’re plugged in and discharging electricity stored in their batteries back onto the power grid. This “bidirectional” capability opens up the possibility that EV owners could […]
Read more »December 16th, 2021
Via Project Syndicate, commentary on how the technology and infrastructure for creating an integrated global market in water and water rights is advancing quickly, with promising new ventures entering the market: Just over a decade ago, I predicted the arrival of water as an asset class. I foresaw “a massive expansion of investment in the water sector, including […]
Read more »Elon Musk Is Officially in the Texas Electricity Business
November 9th, 2021
Via Gizmodo, an article on Elon Musk’s new venture: selling electricity in the Lone Star State: Noted tax-lover Elon Musk is the latest entrant in Texas’ Wild West energy market. The CEO of SpaceX and Tesla is now officially licensed to sell electricity to retail customers in the state through a company called Tesla Energy Ventures. Musk filed […]
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