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WHAT EXACTLY IS A LEED CERTIFIED BUILDING? Thursday, August 18th, 2011

  What exactly is a LEED Certified building?  Well, I’m glad you asked. As the country quickly becomes more versed in green technology, perhaps it is a good time to pause and review what it… [read more]

EASING UNCERTAINTY REQUIRES A COMPLETE ANALYSIS Tuesday, July 5th, 2011

Recently, an article published in Renewable Energy World entitled “If Renewable Costs Are Down, Why the Financial Uncertainty?” has generated a great deal of attention and commentary.  The original article is available here; the analysis… [read more]

GENERAL ELECTRIC WANTS TO SELL YOU EVERYTHING Thursday, June 23rd, 2011

Paul Browning, Vice President at General Electric, came out this past week saying that a move to natural gas and renewable energy will be the global long-term trend.  At one level, this is a rather… [read more]

NATURAL GAS COMPLEMENTS WIND & SOLAR — OR DOES IT? Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

We have been barraged lately with claims from the natural gas industry, from gas turbine manufacturers and fossil fuel apologists, that the “nice” fossil fuel is really a good complement to variable wind and solar… [read more]

WHY WIND INTERMITTTENCY IS NOT A BIG DEAL Wednesday, May 11th, 2011

The anti-wind people are at it again, saturating the media with claims that wind energy is “worthless” because wind doesn’t blow all the time. Nothing could be further from the truth. In a recent interview,… [read more]

ANSWER: NATURAL GAS IS A GOOD GUY… BARELY. Thursday, May 5th, 2011

Thanks very much to John Leggate, General Partner at VantagePoint Venture Partners and former CIO of BP, for writing in on the subject of Natural Gas. I agree that it’s too simple to label anyone… [read more]

IS NATURAL GAS A GOOD GUY OR A BAD GUY? Friday, April 15th, 2011

At the Cleantech Investors Summit in Palm Springs, CA, in January 2011, I attended a panel discussion that included industry executives, energy analysts, and environmentalists. Some liked nuclear and some didn’t; some promoted wind and… [read more]

WIND ENERGY HITS THE BIG TIME Sunday, April 10th, 2011

Given the recent announcement of the Vestas 164, it is particularly ironic that the Wall Street Journal chose this week to claim that wind is “small scale.” While “Stepping on the Gas” by Daniel Yergin… [read more]

CONCLUSION #3 — COURAGE IS REQUIRED. Sunday, April 3rd, 2011

Every new generation of product, whether wind turbines or PC operating systems, must nowadays “bet the company.” Doing so may not win in the marketplace, but failing to do so is sure to lose.  This… [read more]

CONCLUSION #2 — VALUE ENGINEERING IS THE BEST APPROACH. Friday, March 25th, 2011

Developed for technical projects, Value Engineering provides the best set of tools and methodologies to lower Cost of Energy. Not everyone has heard of “value engineering,” but even among those who are familiar with it,… [read more]