Energy Priorities
Energy Priorities delivers information, ideas and commentary on smart energy -- a resource for businesses who want to be more informed energy users -- an asset to entrepreneurs and investors in the new energy sector. Topics include energy-related technologies and best practices for business, presented in non-technical language, with insights that help you take action. Published as a public service of P5 Group, Inc., Seattle USA. ISSN 1938-7326
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- New Refinery To Fix Key Flaws in Biodiesel Production
Benefuel, Inc. and its customer Seymour Biofuels announced plans this morning to build a biodiesel refinery based on technology that converts low-grade fats and vegetable oils into biodiesel. - Energy Innovators Under 35 (Technology Review)
The September-October 2007 issue of Technology Review features the "TR35" -- 35 innovators under 35 -- and their inventions. Here are the innovations related to energy. - Solar Power 2007 Round-Up
SOLAR POWER 2007 -- The sold-out Solar Power 2007 conference rocked Long Beach CA. If you didn't make it to the conference, this article is your info gateway to catch up on the happenings there. Essential links to articles, sound bytes from the keynote presentations, blogs from the expo floor, an inside view from the Press Room, webcasts of the conference, and more. - Solar Power 2007 Conference Keynote Presentation Themes
If I were to sum up the message of the opening remarks from the Solar Power 2007 conference, it would be simply: "We have arrived." Plus, Ted Turner's unabashed remarks were the talk of the conference. (Includes a sampling of his more memorable sound bytes.) (podcast)(photo)(transcript) - Solar Trend: PV for the Rest of Us
SOLAR POWER 2007 -- At the expo I spoke with Paul Wormser, Senior Director of Product Development for Sharp Solar. Sharp introduced a new mounting system at the conference. This is part of a trend I call the "Macintosh approach," a trend that will change the game for solar manufacturers. - Turner: Renewables Are "Biggest Business Opportunity"
SOLAR POWER 2007 -- Ted Turner was the highlight of the opening day of Solar Power. The straight-talking DT Solar founder and cable TV mogul joined Stewart Brand (of Whole Earth Catalog fame) in a discussion during the opening session, before a packed house of about 2,000 conference attendees. - Solar Energy: "It Is Our Time"
SOLAR POWER 2007 -- If I were to sum up the message of SEPA Executive Director Julia Hamm’s opening remarks at Solar Power 2007, it would be the phrase: "We have arrived." - Insight Manager: Fat Spaniel Launches Multi-Site Dashboard
SOLAR POWER 2007 -- Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), maintenance contracts, and other long-term solar energy customer agreements all require that someone keep a vigilant watch over system performance. That's not easy for operators with long lists of systems to monitor. Fat Spaniel today announced Insight Manager, designed to monitor multiple sites in a single, web-based dashboard. - EverGEN: Carmanah Introduces Small "Solar Engine"
Sometimes the best location for a camera, sensor, or area light is unfortunately not pre-wired for electricity. At the Solar Power 2007 conference in Long Beach, California, today Carmanah introduced a self-contained, solar-powered energy source for this very situation. (photo) - Marketing Intelligence: The Challenges of Selling Smart Meters in the US
One of the promises of a "smart grid" is to bring the advantages of data and communications networks to the infrastructure that delivers electricity to our businesses and homes. That would make it possible to fully deploy ideas like demand response and real-time pricing -- ideas that depend on having intelligence at both ends of the wire -- sophisticated systems at the utility end; and at the customer's site, smart energy meters. Why is the United States so far behind Europe in deploying advanced metering infrastructures? What will it take to accelerate adoption? Denis Du Bois interviews Jeff Lund, a VP in the Networked Energy Services division at Echelon. (podcast) - Nuclear Renaissance: Far from a Sure Thing (Power Engineering)
World leaders are saying there is no solution to global warming that does not include nuclear power. The administration has had six years and the Energy Policy Act to reinvigorate the fission industry. No company, however, has broken ground -- or committed to break ground -- on a new nuke plant in the U.S. What's holding things up? - Affordable Solar: High-Performance Housing + Smart Investing (Home Power)
Home builder Peter Erickson used some innovative business ideas to allow homeowners to share in the incentives and financial benefits of harnessing solar energy. - Lighting Boost, No Power Needed (Lighting Design Lab News)
Before investing in lighting upgrades, consider spending some money on paint. Lighting Design Lab, a nationally recognized research facility in Seattle, has done some research into how a room's surfaces affect the quality of light. - Predicting Energy Costs: What Difference Will Deregulation Make?
What are the factors that drive energy prices up or down? I asked Ben Parker, who leads the Boston office of Tradition Energy. (podcast) - Hydrogen via Aluminum: From Soda Cans to Submarines
Even though the technique isn't quite out of the lab yet, Hydrogen Power in Seattle is already thinking about how to commercialize a process for producing hydrogen from aluminum powder.
