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  • The Limits to Renewable Energy

    Don Kopecky, Senior Supervising Engineer, WorleyParsons

    05.02.08 - There is much talk recently about the extent to which we can replace our dependence on fossil fuels with energy derived from renewable resources. While renewable energy holds great promise, there are some limitations to renewable forms of energy (as there are with anything) which are very widely proclaimed and generally used as "proof" that they can never solve all our problems.

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  • Finding Middle Ground in our Energy Future

    Ben Cipiti, Researcher, Sandia National Laboratories

    04.18.08 - In the battle between climate change, energy policy, and capitalism the weakest voice at the table is that of the average person. While industrial lobbies have tremendous power in the government and while environmental organizations increasingly have more influence, somehow the voice of the average American has been missing from the discussion.

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  • Canadian Energy in a Changing Climate

    Harry Valentine, Commentator/Energy Researcher

    04.09.08 - The Northeastern United States receives a large percentage of its electrical power from Canadian hydroelectric power dams. California imported electric power from the hydroelectric power dams of British Columbia during a power shortage.

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  • The State of Large-Scale Solar

    Tam Hunt, Director of Energy Programs, Community Environmental Council

    04.04.08 - Large-scale solar is about to rise on the energy scene with unprecedented impact. The revolution in small-scale solar is well-known, with installation of small solar systems in California, New Jersey, Germany, Japan and Spain setting records each year. But the time for 5 megawatt and over systems seems to have arrived.

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Can the Power Industry Eliminate its Price Controls to the End Customer?

05/13/2008 at 10:05 AM   |   Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio - Electricity Without Price Controls Blog
The dead-end of regulator’s capacity for price controls shows up once again, while modeling the Smart Grid business case. Under today’s EP ...[read more]

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What Can We Do?

05/12/2008 at 03:58 PM   |   James Warner - Who Invented AC Electricity? Blog
What can we do? As in the movie Field of Dreams a baseball field was built: “If you build it they will come” could pertain to a dream I ha ...[read more]

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GAME CHANGING TIMES - Will Electrics Supplant Oil Biggies?.

05/09/2008 at 09:05 AM   |   Martin Rosenberg - From the Editor's Desk Blog
Enroll me in the school of thought that looks to complexity for an understanding of the future and its possibilities. So greenies do not like coal pla ...[read more]

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