For real change to happen on energy policy, we need federally mandated energy portfolio standards, including one for clean coal, with big teeth and no safety valves. It will cost what it needs to cost in order get clean energy and we’ll all adjust to this new reality accordingly. Our newly minted President Obama has arrived in Washington at a time in our history when the country if open to changes, even big changes. Time will tell if the man from Yes-We-Can can turn his mandate into a Yes-You-Will for the energy industry.
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Juan Enriquez has some practical advice for the new administration and for all of us. We can indeed crawl our way out of the economic hole we’ve dug for ourselves. Provided we throw away the shovel and change our ways. Good luck to all of us!
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Notwithstanding some movement towards solar in states like California and to a far lesser extent New Jersey and Connecticut (the majority of which is small distributed roof-top projects), the vast majority of U.S. utilities have barely budged towards adopting solar in any meaningful way. Not that they aren’t aware of solar or aren’t sudying it mind you. They just aren’t buying into big megawatts of it. Why is that?
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With real clean coal plants using gasification there’s no ash sludge, no “wet dump” containment ponds, no soluble toxics, and no risk of billions of gallon of ash spills in Harriman or other town.
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Now and then I will post items written by others because they are articulate, visionary and compelling and above all informative and practical. A few years back I had the pleasure of working for David Crane at NRG Energy where we pursued real clean coal development in the Northeast – IGCC with carbon capture and [...]
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The Times Online (The Top 50 Eco Blogs) has an excellent summary of other high quality blogs related to energy and the environment. A well rounded list, everyone from the pundits, to the activists, to the skeptics are included. Enjoy!
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Is clean coal a fiction or half-truth that forms part of an ideology, i.e. a myth? As with most things, it depends on your point of view and your own ideology. If building a clean coal power plant is simply a matter of a fat check book, willpower and a room full of engineers, an [...]
