Nov 28 Beijing launched a carbon trading scheme to regulate CO2 emissions from 490 of its largest power generators and manufacturers. Two other cities Shenzhen and Shanghai have already started their own carbon trading markets. […]
80 % of Canada’s electricity generation comes from non-emitting sources, primarily hydro and nuclear. Globally Canada is third in the total hydroelectric power generation, behind China and Brazil. Ontario is on schedule to eliminate coal […]
I blogged earlier about the sensor web that is taking shape. It involves satellites and ground sensors. I blogged about very inexpensive nanosatellites, typicaly 10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm, that are dramatically […]
The “levelized cost”, which is the present value of the total cost of building and operating a generating plant over its financial life, aims at making the costs of different generation technologies comparable. The US […]
Intermittent renewable energy sources like solar PV and wind power are being used more and more worldwide, while the market share of conventional power stations is decreasing. Balancing intermiitent power sources and consumer demand becomes […]
In April 2013 Planet Labs launched two demonstration satellites, “Dove 1” and “Dove 2”. Yesterday two more satellites Dove 3 and Dove 4 were placed into orbit by a Dnepr rocket. It appears the Dove-3 […]
At the inaugural meeting of the SGIP John McDonald, Director of Technical Strategy and Policy Development at GE Energy and Chair of Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) made a strong case for why interoperability is […]
It’s all about consumer empowerment FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff in a recent GreenTech Media Energy Team podcast on distributed generation pointed out that that the solar PV industry is consumer driven. Wellinghoff said that […]