Clean Energy Digest

During his Presidential campaign President Barack Obama pledged, “…to transform our entire economy – from our cars and our fuels to our factories and our buildings.” In the last few months President Obama’s administration has made good on that pledge by unlocking billions of dollars in government coffers to benefit companies developing clean energy technologies in [...]

I think that one of the greatest threats to the clean energy movement is the myriad of misinformation and confusing rhetoric that is peddled by companies (large and small) who profess to be “green” or offer “green” solutions.
A web based service called CO2stats is a great case in point for illustrating both of those issues. [...]

There is an opinion piece on the Weekly Standard today titled, “No Hope For A Sensible Energy Policy.” The article presents a very dim portrait of the chances for major changes in the U.S. energy landscape no matter who wins the race for the White House. The article makes points that touch on the real [...]

The end of last week featured a furious rally in the oil markets combined with a furious sell off in the American stock market. Oil ended the week on Friday up more than $10 a barrel from the close of the previous day. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped almost 400 points on [...]

When I was a kid I loved the Batman television show. It was the one with Adam West as Batman and Cesar Romero as The Joker. They were such simple shows. Batman was good. The Joker was bad. Alfred was boring. And they almost always solved the problem, which was always caused by the bad [...]

It’s comforting to know that Silicon Valley is putting their money where their mouth is when it comes to clean energy. Cleantech is becoming all the rage these days. That’s a very good thing in my opinion.
Unfortunately, when anything becomes all the rage it also becomes susceptible to hype and bubbles. I don’t think we [...]

I would caution those who give too much credence to the events that occurred recently in Bali. Will the Bali Action Plan ultimately lead to major changes in energy production worldwide? I say no. What I do believe is that the plan will lead to more discussion. Of course what we really need is action.
A [...]

If only things in the world of clean energy were cut and dry. Unfortunately they are not.
Here is a paradox for you. America has access to an unlimited amount of energy that can be generated without the use of fossil fuels and without emissions that harm the environment. Sound good right. Oh and this energy [...]

One of the biggest threats to our clean energy future is the belief that every impact on the environment is a bad one. Some of the staunchest ‘environmentalists’ among us are willing to speak out against any clean energy project that puts any kind of a footprint on the land, sea or air. The [...]

Have you heard of the Cape Wind project? Imagine 420 Megawatts of clean energy just off the coast of the state of Massachusetts. That’s nearly enough to eliminate the need for a land-based fossil fuel power plant. What could be wrong with a facility like this? Its hard to know where to begin.
Even though we [...]