Lynne Kiesling We were in Columbus, Ohio over the weekend and early this week and, not surprisingly, the airwaves were full of news of a new ad campaign to rehabilitate ethanol and, in the words of one of the news stories we heard, “correct myths about ethanol”. So are they saying that it’s a myth …
Michael Giberson This sign puzzles me. I assume it is intended as pro-hybrid, pro-energy conservation signal. But the parking space designated is not particularly convenient to the store, so if it is pro-hybrid effort, it is tepid support at best. Usually there are more convenient parking spaces available, and I’ve never seen a car parked …
Michael Giberson “PACE” stands for “Property Assessed Clean Energy.” It is a financing tool through which cities sell bonds and then loan the proceeds to property owners to improve building energy efficiency. The loans are repaid via a dedicated taxing mechanism. A Milken Institute event on PACE financing described it in more detail: In the …
Michael Giberson In advance of the screening next week at SXSW, the Austin Chronicle presents a story about Haynesville and its director Gregory Kallenberg. Here’s a bit of it: The Rev. Reegis Richard was wandering through a field, hungrily eyeing a dilapidated former school and dreaming of the possibilities, when a Haynesville producer climbed over a …
Michael Giberson The New York Times has a fascinating story on the solar power industry boom and bust in Spain created by shifting public policies. Similar effects have been observed from shifts in subsidy support for renewable power development in the United States, though because the subsidy was smaller and spread over a larger area …
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Michael Giberson After eight years in stealth mode, Bloom Energy had a big week in the media last week. They opened up on 60 Minutes and picked up mentions everywhere from the New York Times to local newspapers to a zillion blogs (us included). Much of the discussion was a bit over-excited. At Green Chip …
Michael Giberson One of the issues surrounding development of shale gas resources has been concern over the effects of resource development (especially fracturing processes) on groundwater quality. Congress has initiated an investigation of the practice, for example. Geoff Styles looks over the issue in “Shale Gas and Drinking Water“, concluding it isn’t likely to be …
Michael Giberson The documentary film Haynesville offers a view of the shale gas boom from the point of view of several landowners in northeastern Louisiana. One of the landowners is a sort of good-ol’-boy type who hung onto family land and added to it even as family members moved away. His 300 or so acres …
Michael Giberson Cellulosic ethanol is purportedly the future of biofuels, at least if you listen to ethanol’s supporters. While the topic of cellulosic ethanol is a subject of some interesting research, digging around the internet for information mostly turns up flag-waving lobbyists seeking more help from the federal government. In a recent news release, ethanol …
Michael Giberson The headlines about fraud in Europe’s carbon credit trading system (2010: “Fraud Besets E.U. Carbon Trade System,” 2009: “Europol: $7.4 Billion Lost from Carbon Trading Fraud in Europe“) seem to confirm what some critics of carbon credit trading have been saying all along (2007: “Carbon Trading Open Invitation To Fraud,” 2007: “The greenhouse …
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