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Advanced Batteries' Progress Cited in State of the Union

The progress of advanced batteries got the attention of President Obama in yesterday's State of Union address. America's potential "to be the world's leading manufacturer of high-tech batteries" is one of the reasons to be optimistic about the future of the United States' manufacturing...

Published Wed, Jan 01 2012 5:29 AM by Creevy, Jim

Filed under: Smart Grid, renewable energy, Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles, Standardization, Energy Storage, rare earth
Feds leave court ruling on transmission unchallenged

This week, the deadline passed for the federal government to appeal the February ruling by 9 th Circuit Court of Appeals which invalidated the establishment of National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors. These NIETCs were conceived in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and designed by the Department...

Published Fri, May 05 2011 3:19 PM by Creevy, Jim

Filed under: Smart Grid, Electrical Grid, Environment, renewable energy, transmission, wind, transmission corridors, Solar Energy
Bipartisanship to Upgrade our Infrastructure?

This week, Senators Kerry, Warner, Hutchison, and Graham came together to announce their proposal to rebuild America’s infrastructure. The Building and Upgrading Infrastructure for Long-Term Development ( BUILD) Act , S. 652, would establish an American Infrastructure Financing Authority - a type...

Published Mon, Mar 03 2011 6:24 PM by Creevy, Jim

Filed under: Smart Grid, Electrical Grid, Economy, renewable energy, grid, electricity, Transformers, Labor Unions, energy, Jobs, utility wires, legislation, infrastructure
The Newest Dirty Word: NIMBY

George Carlin was made famous for his 7 Dirty Words. But when it comes to meeting our electricity demands of the 21 st century, we can add another word whose utterance should cause shock and outrage to the general public: NIMBY. NIMBY (“Not in My Backyard”) is the genesis for much of the...

Published Fri, Mar 03 2011 10:16 AM by Creevy, Jim

Filed under: Energy Efficiency, Smart Grid, Electrical Grid, Economy, Environment, renewable energy, transmission, grid, wind, climate change, transmission corridors, energy, Jobs, efficiency, co2, Solar Energy
The president “has no clothes?”

We all remember Hans Christian Andersen’s story about the emperor and his new clothes, right? He was swindled by two weavers into believing that his new suit is made of fabric that is invisible to those who are stupid. And so the emperor, wearing this new suit, goes out among his subjects, until...

Published Tue, Feb 02 2011 2:18 PM by Talley, Ric

Filed under: Energy Efficiency, Smart Grid, Electrical Grid, Environment, Regulation, renewable energy, transmission, wind, Energy Resources, transmission corridors, Public Option, Jobs, State of the Union, Obama, Environmental Stewardship, public panic, Solar Energy, Regulatory Reform
Fact Versus Fiction on Energy Storage Systems

Often, important emerging technologies get caught up in misconstrued facts and misunderstandings of capacities and roles in an already technology-driven and confusing world. An example of this can be found in a recent op-ed in the Washington Post, "Getting Real on Wind and Solar" by James Schlesinger...

Published Thu, Apr 04 2009 5:45 PM by Eric Schweitzer

Filed under: Energy Efficiency, Smart Grid, Electrical Grid, Environment, Regulation, renewable energy, transmission, grid, PHEVs, Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles, demand response, wind, economic stimulus, meters, Emerging Technologies, Energy Storage
NEMA and "Net Zero Energy" High Performance Green Buildings

In April 2008 the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) of the Executive Office of the President of the United States held a Workshop on "Net Zero Energy" High Performance Green Buildings. The scope was to define the R&D activities that could decrease use of natural resources and...

Published Tue, Dec 12 2008 1:01 PM by Moldoveanu, Andrei

Filed under: Energy Efficiency, Smart Grid, Electrical Grid, Environment, renewable energy, grid, Building Codes
Nanotech Start-ups: Can Other People Build It?

I read an excellent article from the October 3, 2008 edition of the N.Y. Times Magazine about the world of budding renewable energy companies and the role and function of venture capital companies in supporting them in their efforts to commercialize products. The article provided four basic questions...

Published Thu, Oct 10 2008 10:57 AM by Leibowitz, Mike

Filed under: Smart Grid, renewable energy, Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles, Safety and Standardization, wind
WIND ENERGY - the good, the bad, and the ugly news!

I recently had the opportunity to attend the WINDPOWER 2008 Conference & Exhibition in Houston Texas. This event is reported to be the largest annual wind energy event in the world. There were approximately 770 exhibits and roughly 12,000 attendees. Actual wind turbine blades were on exhibit outside...

Published Mon, Jun 06 2008 11:32 AM by Caskey, John

Filed under: Smart Grid, renewable energy

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