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Among Executives, Fears of Cyber Crime Rise 23 Aug 2013 | 09:08 pm
According to Vito Corleone, “A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns.” That was 1972. One can only wonder what he would make of today’s cyber thieves. The recent Llo...
Fuel Cells and the Cost Curve 23 Aug 2013 | 08:10 pm
In my last blog I argued that volume, not R&D, is needed to bring down the costs of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells. In this blog I will outline the two phases in which this process will un...
Great Britain Plan Scuppers Iceland Interconnect 23 Aug 2013 | 08:02 pm
Iceland’s abundant geothermal and hydro resources make it an energy powerhouse. For example, energy-hungry greenhouses can be powered by geothermal energy, producing tomatoes, bananas, and other fruit...
In Energy Storage, Power-to-Gas Seeks a Market 23 Aug 2013 | 03:40 am
There are no clear technology winners when it comes to energy storage for wind and solar (ESWS) integration. This is partly because the energy storage sector hasn’t seen the mass-manufacturing, low c...
Power For The 20 Percent 22 Aug 2013 | 03:02 am
According to the World Bank, people worldwide spend about $37 billion annually on kerosene for lighting, biomass (typically wood or charcoal) used in open fires, and polluting traditional stoves for c...
China Moves Beyond Solar 22 Aug 2013 | 02:12 am
Solar PV panel manufacturers, who have had a rough few years, have recently had reason to celebrate. The European Union has reached an agreement with Chinese solar panel exporters to avoid the dumpin...
Telecom Companies Discover Energy Storage 22 Aug 2013 | 02:03 am
Emerson Network Power, the telecommunications arm of the technology and engineering giant Emerson, has entered into a partnership with Redflow to bring Redflow’s zinc bromine flow batteries to new ma...
Smart Meter, AMI Benefits in Great Britain 16 Aug 2013 | 01:05 am
The recent announcement in Great Britain of technology winners in the massive smart meter rollout included some large numbers. According to the U.K. Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC): “...
On Blackout Anniversary, Demand Response Gains Ground 15 Aug 2013 | 07:46 am
August 14 is the 10-year anniversary of the blackout that dimmed cities across the Northeastern United States and Ontario. It was hard, in that summer of 2003, to imagine the immediate and sustained...
CGI Wins U.K. Data Services Deal 15 Aug 2013 | 07:25 am
There’s a line in Driving Miss Daisy where Idella says to Hoke, “I wouldn’t be in your shoes if the Sweet Lord Jesus his-self came down and asked me.” That’s about how I view the data service provid...
