Clean Energy Digest

T. Boone Pickens explains the current situation and describes his plan to reduce America’s dependence on foreign sources of energy.

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After spending the last two days at a Smart Grid conference I’ve had the next generation of our electric system on the brain. Xcel Energy is the leading United States utility company when it comes to Smart Grid technology. Xcel has a very ambitious strategy that aims to convert the city of Boulder, Colorado into [...]

A lengthy but information filled presentation on demand response.
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A revolutionary new kind of wind energy may someday come to an ocean near you. Floating wind platforms can be sighted far offshore to take advantage to stronger winds found in deep waters. A story called Wind Power That Floats provides more details. The video below shows how one such platform was built.
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The Aptera electric vehicle is the most futuristic of all the plug-in hybrids that I’ve seen. Popular Mechanics took a very detailed look at this vehicle recently as shown in the photo below. The manufacturers are promising 300 miles per gallon. This is an extremely innovative vehicle. In addition to plugging in, this vehicle also [...]

Brandon Owens from Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA) talks about various clean energy technologies. One interesting point he makes is how competitive wind has become due to steep declines in costs.

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This video shows a discussion that took place at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Leaders from Google talk about poverty, climate change and the efforts of Google to invest in clean energy technology via their Google.org subsidiary.
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PBS has produced a series of HD video episodes called e² energy. According to the PBS website, “e² energy features the engineers, policymakers and innovations that are transforming energy availability and consumption.”
The series trailer is embedded below. You can view preview clips from the series and get lots more information on the series website at [...]

FutureGen is a $1.2 billion (and rising) project funded by both the private sector and U.S. Federal Government. The goal is to build a zero-emissions coal power plant that uses carbon capture and sequestration technology. In December the FutureGen Alliance announced the selection of Matoon, Illinois as the site for the project. Unfortunately the Department [...]

There was a lot of buzz around clean vehicles at the latest auto show in Detroit. In addition to the many electric hybrid vehicles we are now seeing in the market there is also a class of hydrogen based hybrid vehicles as well. Hydrogen hybrids are primarily powered by hydrogen with a gas engine as [...]