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What’s going on with First Solar (and cadmium telluride solar cells)?
Above: Year-to-date price history of several large solar cell manufacturers. FSLR = First Solar (American) SPWR = SunPower (American) STP = Suntech Power (Chinese) YGE = Yingli Green Energy Holdings (Chinese) Followers and investors in one of the world’s largest … Continue reading
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Insurance, Water, Electricity, and Climate Change
As discussed in class, the validity of climate change is inevitable; the cumulative evidence that exists in support of climate change will eventually lead to a unanimous consensus [1]. However, it is important to know how climate change might be … Continue reading
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How do shifts in energy prices vary from our measures of inflation?
The most common measure of inflation in the US is the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Maintained by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the CPI measures the average national month-to-month change in prices for a large variety of items selected … Continue reading
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Solar Plane Soars Above Expectations
In early April, a Swiss research team finally test flew their solar plane prototype. The light craft has a wingspan of a Boeing 747 (approximately 65 meters[2]) and over 12000 solar cells. Its average flight speed is only 45 miles … Continue reading
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The battle over bottled water
In 2008 Americans consumed 8.6 billion gallons of bottled water. The global bottled water volume is expected to reach 174 billion liters in 2011, an increase of 51% over 2006. Once seen as a luxury, the consumption of bottled water … Continue reading
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Energy, Technology, and Policy across the Pond
As a British native I would like to write briefly on what is happening on the other side of the pond in terms of Energy, Technology and Policy, and in particular the reduction of Carbon Dioxide emissions. This is obviously … Continue reading
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Bloom Energy and the Energy Server
This morning, the new company Bloom Energy, headed by founder and CEO KR Sridhar, Ph.D, launched their new business based on their new patented energy generation technology with hopes of revolutionizing the energy market. Dubbed the “bloom box”, the bloom … Continue reading
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CDP Water/Carbon Nexus Accounting
The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) is the world’s largest corporate and business carbon tracking mechanism with some 2,500 companies beginning to disclose their carbon footprints. This project “represents 475 investors with $55 trillion under management.” (Bhatia, Bloomberg 2009) Of course … Continue reading
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Super Bowl XLIV: Who will it be…Blue, Gold or GREEN?
In each industry, sustainability grows a little every year and professional football is no exception. This year’s Super Bowl is the Greenest so far and this is how they’re making it happen. NetEtra Energy Resources will be providing wind and … Continue reading
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A Green Clean China?
A clean green China? Can China win the world race to be the leader in green energy? or will their plans fall through… Continue reading
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