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Understanding the Smart Grid – my TreeHugger interview

Understanding the Smart Grid – my TreeHugger interview

By Tom Raftery on June 15, 2010

Jaymi Heimbuch contacted me recently to ask if I’d agree to be interviewed for a TreeHugger article she was planning to write on Smart Grids. “Love to”, I said. Jaymi sent on the questions, I replied and today she posted the interview on TreeHugger. Here are the questions and my answers: TH: What’s the biggest […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Business, electricity, Energy, Fossil fuel, Kilowatt hour, smart grid, smart meters, utilities | 1 Response

Is there really any need for baseload power?

Is there really any need for baseload power?

By Tom Raftery on March 17, 2010

Photo credit wonderferret The electricity grid may not need “baseload” generation sources like coal and nuclear to backup the variability of supply from renewables. Jon Wellinghof is the Chairman of the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). FERC is an independent agency that amongst other things, regulates the interstate transmission of electricity, natural gas, and […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged baseload, coal, coal fired power, Electricity generation, ferc, Fossil fuel, Nuclear power, Renewable energy, renewables, solar, utilities, Wind power

Investors, the EPA and now the SEC are making pollution an increasingly unattractive option

Investors, the EPA and now the SEC are making pollution an increasingly unattractive option

By Tom Raftery on March 11, 2010

Photo credit Neubie A perfect storm consisting of the EPA, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and investors is pressuring companies to come clean on their environmental risks and performance. I wrote a post a couple of weeks ago about FaceBook’s decision to use a primarily coal-burning utility to power its new data center where […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Carbon dioxide, climate change, Fossil fuel, Greenhouse gas, investors, pollution, Risk, SEC, Securities and Exchange Commission, shareholders

Nice Dutch project using ‘waste’ heat and CO2 to increase greenhouse yields!

Nice Dutch project using ‘waste’ heat and CO2 to increase greenhouse yields!

By Tom Raftery on October 23, 2009

Photo credit przemion 
Came across a great story on pressreleasefinder today via Twitter about a project in the Netherlands called WarmCO2.
What is WarmCO2?
It is a project which takes residual heat and CO2 from Dutch fertiliser manufacturer Yara and using infrastructure supplied by partner company Visser & Smit Hanab, pipes them to vegetable growers […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged abn amro, agriculture, chp, co2, Energy, Fossil fuel, heat, Natural gas, recycling | 1 Response

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