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gizmodo Jamie Condliffe 11/30/15 Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates have announced that they’re joining forces with other big names in the world of technology to create a new fund that will encourage private investment in clean energy. The Breakthrough Energy Coalition, announced by Zuckerberg in a Facebook post, will “invest in ideas that have the … Read more
Dec 4, 2015 Is energy use good…or bad? In this thought-provoking talk, Rachel Pritzker reveals how most of the comfortable “truths” she had come to believe around climate, energy, and human development were in fact myths she needed to question. Her conclusions illuminate the path to a future in which everyone can enjoy healthy, prosperous … Read more
Metering.com Nov. 11, 2015 In US smart meter news, Aclara Technologies, a supplier of smart infrastructure technology to utilities, announced yesterday that its affiliate has committed to buying the electricity meters division of GE Energy Management’s Grid Solutions subdivision. The acquisition of GE Meters is expected to close by the end of Q4 2015. Aclara … Read more
Tech Insider Danielle Muoio Nov. 5, 2015 A solar farm. By 2050, either fusion or solar energy will begin to entirely replace fossil fuels, Ian Pearson, a futurologist, tells Tech Insider. “On the other side of 2050 I don’t see why you would need them (fossil fuels),” Pearson, who is also a fellow at the … Read more
Metering & Smart Energy Amy RyanNovember 4, 2015 The Juniper Research predicts that the main interface between consumers and their smart appliances will be through voice control and other ‘hands-free’ mechanisms The report predicts that the use of wearable devices to passively supply data to control smart home devices will emerge as a key use … Read more
Atlantic Nov. 2015 We Need an Energy Miracle In his offices overlooking Lake Washington, just east of Seattle, Bill Gates grabbed a legal pad recently and began covering it in his left-handed scrawl. He scribbled arrows by each margin of the pad, both pointing inward. The arrow near the left margin, he said, represented how … Read more
Stopthesethings.com October 25, 2015 The Terminator takes on a new form. David Cameron won an election promising to scrap wind power subsidies; and plans to follow through – with terminal results for the wind industry in Britain. UK Pledges To Ax Green Energy Subsidies Daily Caller Andrew Follett 15 October 2015 The United Kingdom is … Read more
Eco Business 9 October 2015 From algae to alloys, ingenuity in the world’s laboratories is fuelling experiments to find new ways of providing viable sources of clean energy. Scientists have found a way how to cultivate green algae for biofuel in huge quantities at US$50 a barrel, which is about the cost of crude oil. … Read more
Verde Exchange October 13, 2015 You are CEO of Chai Energy, Inc., which is involved in next-generation home energy and automation. What’s the essential promise of Chai’s technology? Cole Hershkowitz: A lot of people classify our industry as “energy monitoring” or “behavior change.” At Chai, we try to view energy data more humanistically. A lot … Read more
American Spectator By Larry Thornberry – 9.7.15 As Florida enviros push for their solar amendment, solar’s undesirability goes unmentioned. The important thing to know about solar and wind power, and other so-called “renewable” sources of energy, is that they aren’t necessary. Au the contraire, their dominance of the energy mix would be a disaster for … Read more