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Energy Cost Innovation, Part 2 27 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
SpaceX's key innovation is cost reduction. Founder Elon Musk quickly zeroed in on the fact that there was one area ripe for innovation: cost reduction. The complexity of the Space Shuttle and its reli...
Australian Green Party's Christine Milne and Nuclear Cognitive Dissonance [VIDEO] 27 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
Ben Heard, the principal at Think Climate Consulting, discusses nuclear and environmental issues with Christine Milne, a leader of the Australian Green Party. Elections in Australia are upcoming, with...
Renewable Energy in Germany: Growing Slower Than You Think 27 Aug 2013 | 08:59 am
Historically energy transitions have been drawn out affairs that took many generations. A rapid transition to renewables in Germany is often portrayed as being a reality. The evidence however indicate...
Electric Vehicles and their Infrastructure: The Chicken/Egg Dilemma 27 Aug 2013 | 03:34 am
The electric vehicle is on the rise, and it seems that it will soon be transformed from a car that only interests ‘greenies’ to one that actually suits the lifestyle and pocketbook of the average auto...
Capture Upside in Undervalued, Underfollowed Energy Stocks: Interview with Peter Epstein 27 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am
In 2011, Peter Epstein, CFA, left his senior analyst position at a $3B hedge fund and formed MockingJay Inc., a consultancy for companies in the natural resources space. Epstein's areas of expertise i...
New Redox Power Fuel Cell Gives Li-Ion Batteries Run For The Money 26 Aug 2013 | 11:00 pm
While lithium-ion batteries are current champs of the electric vehicle market, fuel cells are beginning to come on strong. If that trend continues it raises some intriguing future scenarios, namely, f...
Energy From Oil or Energy From Water? 26 Aug 2013 | 10:00 pm
The late, Dr. Richard Smalley, Nobel laureate in Chemistry said the Terawatt Challenge is to find the “new oil”—a basis for energy prosperity in the 21st century that is as enabling as oil and gas hav...
Time for BLM to Switch Paths on Road to Fracked Oil and Gas 26 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
The Bureau of Land Management is at a fork in the road to America’s public lands. One path offers outdated, and inadequate rules – the path that the government agency has been following to regulate oi...
Energy Innovation Case Studies: How Top Gun Eased Wind, Solar Integration 26 Aug 2013 | 07:30 pm
The U.S. government invested heavily in jet engine development for decades. Today, the same turbine tech generates electricity and is increasingly in demand for integrating wind and solar. Read how lo...
Energy Cost Innovation, Part 1: Liquid Fuel Nuclear Reactors 26 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Low-cost, clean energy can help solve many world problems, from global warming to GDP stagnation. Nuclear power can be such an source, but the costs of solid fuel reactors continue to rise. Needed cos...
