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Smart money is on renewable energy

April 29, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management

The smart money is on renewable energy
Tim McDonnell, grist.org

Fossil fuel cheerleaders take note: Renewable energy ain’t going nowhere — and it may prove to be the better bet in the long run.By 2030, renewables will account for 70 percent of new power supply worldwide, according to projections released Monda…

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Green energy ‘helps cut bills’ (theage.com.au)
M.E.N.A. region to have hundreds of GW of renewable energy – REN21 report (ecoseed.org)
Will Europe Heed To Calls For 100% Renewable Energy Target For 2050? (cleantechnica.com)
Obama attempts to deliver on renewable energy promises (nzherald.co.nz)

For the price of the Iraq war we could have built a renewable energy system

April 10, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Systems Science

For the price of the Iraq War, the U.S. could have gotten halfway to a renewable power system
David Roberts, grist.org

Discussions of how to respond to climate change often involve Very Large Numbers — the needed investments to transition to a fully renewable energy system are in the hundreds of billions. The brain sort of shuts down when it encounters numbers lik…

Iraq War Could Have Paid For 100% Renewable Power Grid (ritholtz.com)
Renewable Energy Systems renewable power capacity surpasses 8,000MW (cleantechnology-business-review.com)
German Shift from Nuclear to Renewable Energy Gets Expensive (247wallst.com)
Britain resists EU bid to set new target on renewable energy (guardian.co.uk)
Why go for renewable energy option? (greenliving4live.com)
COLUMN-German renewables energy model tough to follow: Wynn (xe.com)

Apple is moving into the wind energy business

January 22, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Systems Science

Apple is moving into the wind energy business
By Sarah Miller, grist.org

If you are sick of Apple ruling at everything, you can stop reading now. But if you’d like to hear about how they’re working to harness one of nature’s cleanest, most plentiful resources, continue. Because Apple is now branching out fro…

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Business, community leaders to discuss wind energy (kansas.com)
EDF Energies Nouvelles acquires 56.5MW wind energy assets in France (wind.cleantechnology-business-review.com)
Stop stalling on N.J. wind energy: Opinion (nj.com)
Going Green and Clean (castlecover.co.uk)

Can the U.S. Create Its Own German-Style Energy Revolution?

December 2, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Systems Science

By Osha Gray Davidson, bloomberg.com

InsideClimateNews.org (Phoenix, Arizona) — From a block away, the house was hardly visible, hidden by a dense stand of native mesquite and palo verde trees and tall clumps of prickly pear cactus. Close up, you could see the concrete block…

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Can the U.S. Create Its Own German-Style Energy Revolution?

Clean Break Inspires Americans To Pursue “Energy Change” (cleantechnica.com)
Germany and the Solar Energy Revolution (theenergycollective.com)
The Solar Revolution is Happening, with or without Duke Energy (greenpeaceblogs.org)
Two Energy Revolutions Vie Across the Atlantic (theenergycollective.com)
Clean Break Inspires Americans to Pursue “Energy Change” (renewableenergyworld.com)

Fenix ReadySet: Energy storage, redesigned

November 26, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Systems Science

Fenix ReadySet | Popular Science
popsci.com

Energy storage, redesigned.

The ReadySet portable base station can draw and store energy from a number of sources: A 15-watt solar panel charges its battery in seven hours. Next year, Fenix will release a kinetic generator, which can hel…

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Intelligent plug-and-play energy system charges by sun, wind, hydro, or bicycle (treehugger.com)
Bill Gates Provides Boost To Renewable Energy Storage Company Aquion Energy (cleantechnica.com)
Storing Renewable Energy: Key To An All-Renewables Future (earthtechling.com)
Hss For Sale Fenix RC10 Rechargeable Flashlight For Sale Online Blades Harder Than They Drill Better Balanced End (tarpcosttro2.wordpress.com)
Energy Storage Study Predicts Boom Through 2022 (theenergycollective.com)
Energy Storage Breakthrough: Large And Powerful Redox Flow Battery Developed (cleantechnica.com)
Smart Grid Technology The energy storage breakthrough we’ve been waiting for? (hazima.wordpress.com)

Cleantech Experts On Romney’s Energy Plan

September 1, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Knowledge Management, Systems Science

Cleantech Experts On Romney’s Energy Plan: ‘A Political Document Not Worth Serious Analysis’

By Climate Guest Blogger on Aug 30, 2012 at 12:21 pm, thinkprogress.org

by Walter Frick, via BostInno

The central energy challenge we face as a nation and a planet is the transition away from fossil fuels, which contribute to climate change, to clean sources of energy. The most important debates …

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Cleantech is not a market category (vivekmohta.com)
When VCs Run Out of Energy: The New Era of Cleantech Investing (xconomy.com)
15 moon shots for energy, food and water, courtesy of Google (gigaom.com)
Breaking Down The Mystery of Cleantech (earthtechling.com)
Kauffman Foundation Partners with Cleantech Open to Help Advance Green Technologies (kauffman.org)
CleanTech Map of the World Launched – Highlights Israeli Technologies (cleantechies.com)
CleanTech Map of the world launched- highlights Israeli technologies (nanowerk.com)
First-Ever Global Cleantech Open Joins Global Entrepreneurship Week (kauffman.org)
How battery improvements will revolutionize the design of the electric car [GigaOM] (gigaom.com)
NY Gov. Cuomo proposes $1B ‘green bank’ to invest in cleantech (sustainablebusinessoregon.com)

An energy model for Boston from European cities

August 22, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Health Informatics, Systems Science

Germany definitely has the right idea: convert ugly old buildings to biofuel factories and kick start the green economy. But we’re still in the mode of “drill baby drill.”

An energy model for Boston – Boston.com.

Renewable distributed electricity generation to triple by 2017 (eco-business.com)
Germany: Full speed ahead on renewables (summitcountyvoice.com)
Germany’s Great Energy-Jobs Destruction Revolution – Green Energies In Collapse (notrickszone.com)
US to retake top investor in Germany crown (thelocal.de)
Biofuel fails EU sustainability test, German researchers claim (guardian.co.uk)
German Textile Industry Pushes Back Against Green Energy (theepochtimes.com)
Learning from Germany’s success story of renewable energy (times.co.zm)
Germany produced 25% of it’s energy from renewables this year (reuters.com)
Renewable energy key to safe environment (times.co.zm)
Merkel’s green shift forces Germany to burn more coal (fuelfix.com)

BU Executive Leadership Center: Leading Clean Energy Ventures

May 29, 2011 by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Information Visualization, Systems Science

English: Citizens for Clean Energy Logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Nice new center that will work to build clean energy ventures.

Executive Leadership Center: Leading Clean Energy Ventures.

United States Aims To Win Clean Energy Race (earthtechling.com)
The New Sustainable Energy Factbook: A Strong Case for Consistent Policy (thinkprogress.org)
Department of Defense: Clean Energy Tied to National Security (climateandsecurity.org)
Greenpeace report urges 100% renewable energy (radionz.co.nz)
Los Angeles to Invest in Clean Energy (sierraclub.typepad.com)
The Daily Startup: Hudson Clean Energy Halts Fundraise for Fund Targeting $1.5B (blogs.wsj.com)
Spring Forward into Green Apartment Living – Rent.com | The Shared Wall (rent.com)

The Green Revolution: Turning fitness clubs into donut powered energy plants

May 17, 2011 by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Systems Science

Bikes! The Green Revolution (Photo credit: W.D. Vanlue)

Nice idea: turn all those gym rats into power plants!

The Green Revolution – Where Fitness Meets Clean, Renewable Energy.

The Green Revolution. (veggiefitness.wordpress.com)
Kazakhstan launches renewables push (upi.com)
Could A Donut-Shaped Island Create Permanent Renewable Energy? (fastcoexist.com)
In Australia, Wind Power Is Already Cheaper Than Fossil Fuels, And Solar Is Right Behind (thinkprogress.org)
India to invest in Iranian wind, solar power plants (nzweek.com)
Report: Ohio #1 in power plant pollution (wcpo.com)
The hole story (berries.com)

Obama State Of The Union Speech 2011 Highlights Roles of IT, Biotech, Cleantech and Education in Recovery and Competitive Advantage

January 27, 2011 by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Regenerative Economy, Systems Science

President Barack Obama signs legislation in th... — President Barack Obama signs legislation in the Oval Office, Dec. 22, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The recent address by Obama was both very well delivered and full of important content on the strategic direction our country needs to take. The President highlighted the importance of expanding our investments in clean technology, biotechnology, IT and education, while trimming inefficiencies in other areas of the economy with unclear outcomes such as the military. If you have not listened to this speech, I highly recommend it.

Obama State Of The Union Speech 2011: FULL TEXT & VIDEO.

Kauffman Foundation Partners with Cleantech Open to Help Advance Green Technologies (kauffman.org)
The cleantech sector dodges a bullet as Obama projected to take Presidency [GigaOM] (gigaom.com)
Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator Receives $250,000 Challenge Grant From The Broad Foundation (prweb.com)
What the Election Means for Climate, Energy & Cleantech (cenblog.org)
First-Ever Global Cleantech Open Joins Global Entrepreneurship Week (kauffman.org)

NESEA – We Connect Sustainability Professionals to Ideas and Each Other.

August 25, 2007 by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Regenerative Economy, Systems Science

NESEA – We Connect Sustainability Professionals to Ideas and Each Other..

Go Big or Go Home (nokero.com)
Ikea’s Houston store powers up solar panels (bizjournals.com)
NorCal Solar to Host Party to Launch 9th Edition of Solar Energy Resource Guide (sacbee.com)
#ozseries Community Connect: Face To Face Connecting and Sharing (penbentley.com)
New Castle Gets First Commercial Solar Installation (whytmedia.typepad.com)
Module 13: Using Twitter to Connect to Other Professionals (westernmasssmem.wordpress.com)
Digitization: New DRAFT Document from ALCTS Recommends Minimum Specifications for Sustainable Digitized Content (infodocket.com)
Wall Street Cares If Companies Are Sustainable (environmentalleader.com)
The Wooden Skyscraper (sprayfoamdirect.com)
Get LinkedIn or Get Left Out: Using LinkedIn Effectively (socialfish.org)

The next disruptors: Bloom energy and beyond

August 24, 2007 by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Design UX, Health Informatics, Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Regenerative Economy, Systems Science

Deutsch: Logo von Bloom Energy (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The next disruptors – September 1, 2007.

Meet the Digital Disruptor (greatfinds.icrossing.com)
Disruptors 2012 (business.financialpost.com)
Retailers, Carriers, Networks, and Disruptors … Oh My! (blogs.rsa.com)
The Top Disruptors Of Higher Education (keptup.typepad.com)
Bloom Energy Half-Way To Turning A Profit (gas2.org)
Bloom Energy says it’s ‘halfway there’ to profitability, Bloom Box a huge success (theverge.com)
Bloom Energy says it’s half way to break even (gigaom.com)
eBay commits to fuel-cell power for datacenter growth (zdnet.com)
Blooming Bloom Box Closing in on Profitability (onlygizmos.com)
EBay Plans Data Center That Will Use Alternative Energy (nytimes.com)

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