Liquid battery providing large scale energy storage solution
Here are excerpts from an MIT article about a very promissing new energy storage technology that could provide solutions at a utility scale to address the intermitent nature of some renewable energy sources. ### From MIT: Professor Donald Sadoway’s research in energy storage could help speed the development of renewable energy. By: David L. Chandler There’s one major drawback to most proposed renewable-energy sources: their variability. The sun... [Read More...]
Transition to a world without oil
Rob Hopkins reminds us that the oil our world depends on is steadily running out. He proposes a unique solution to this problem — the Transition response, where we prepare ourselves for life without oil and sacrifice our luxuries to build systems and communities that are completely independent of fossil fuels. Rob Hopkins is the founder of the Transition movement, a radically hopeful and community-driven approach to creating societies independent... [Read More...]
US Department of Energy funds MIT related technologies
MIT: An engine of energy innovation — By: Timothy Heidel G and Melanie Kenderdine, MITEI DOE makes awards for transformative energy technologies Question: What do liquid-metal batteries, water-splitting catalysts, wafers from molten silicon, nanotube-enhanced ultracapacitors, and plant cell wall-degrading enzymes have in common? Answer: These novel clean energy technologies were recently deemed to be potentially “transformative” by the U.S.... [Read More...]
Solar Power International 2009
After attending the International Solar Energy Conference this last week, I have to say the Solar Industry has not only matured but is growing at a wonderful rate. With over 400 vendors and almost 30,000 people it was a resounding success for all concerned. It was so great to see how an industry using a source of energy that is abundant, free and literally powers our world is developing into a movement… indeed we are watching the transition... [Read More...]
Post-crash, investing in a better world – Geoff Mulgan
As we reboot the world’s economy, Geoff Mulgan poses a question: Instead of sending bailout money to doomed old industries, why not use stimulus funds to bootstrap some new, socially responsible companies — and make the world a little bit better? The new capitalizm is much more about what we can do together, where business can colaborate and create synergies to be more socially beneficial. Rather than the sole focus on consuming the product. “Take... [Read More...]
Optimist Creed
Virtue, company ethics, hope and our loss of wisdom – Barry Schwartz
Barry Schwartz makes a passionate call for “practical wisdom” as an antidote to a society gone mad with bureaucracy. He argues powerfully that rules often fail us, incentives often backfire, and practical, everyday wisdom will help rebuild our world. This presentation by Barry Schwartz speaks volumes about how the Energy Revolutions Corporation, works with our clients, supports our employees, engages our vendors and contractors, and how... [Read More...]
Energy Transformations and Revolutions – Paul Hawken
Here is an amazing talk about the energy revolutions happening throughout the planet. Paul Hawken’s talks about an energy movement without a name, lead by no one, that is the largest in recorded history, and is analogous to the complexity and function of our body’s natural immune system. He relates the ground swell of organizations addressing issues that benefit mankind and the planet and tries to connect the dots. He cites his new book... [Read More...]
Grameen Shakti… a Solar Solution Shift
Please allow me to introduce everyone to yet another amazing organization we could collectively support… Grameen Shakti As the name implies, Grameen Shakti, is a division of the Grameen World Bank started by Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammed Yunus. I have posted about him before, please google him if you have not heard of him. Grameen Shakti Evolving as a Social Business to Meet the Energy Needs of the Rural People Grameen Shakti (GS) has developed... [Read More...]
Honor Earth Day
honorearth.org … “Our mission is to create awareness and support for Native environmental issues and to develop needed financial and political resources for the survival of sustainable Native communities. Honor the Earth develops these resources by using music, the arts, the media, and Indigenous wisdom to ask people to recognize our joint dependency on the Earth and be a voice for those not heard.” Read More →
