Last week, General Electric’s CEO Jeff Immelt announced in San Francisco the ecomagination Challenge: Powering the Grid, a $200 million pledge to find and fund breakthrough ideas to create a smarter, cleaner, more efficient electric grid, and accelerate the adoption … Continue reading →

The WINDPOWER 2010 Conference & Exhibition concluded in Dallas, Texas on May 26th, with about 20,000 attendees including a broad range of industry leaders and with nearly 1,400 companies exhibiting the latest in wind power technology over an area the … Continue reading →

“Bolero is a name given to certain slow-tempo Latin Music and its associated dance and song – Wikipedia The oil barons of Texas would like you to dance. It is apparently getting trickier to make money refining low grade crude … Continue reading →

Last month, citizens have witnessed two tragically fatal accidents that could have a major impact on U.S. energy policy going forward. Against a backdrop of subsidies and support for “clean coal” and expanded oil drilling off America’s coastlines – included … Continue reading →

With the financial meltdown and great recession, there has been abundant hope expressed about the concept of “green jobs” — employment linked to fast growing businesses developing products and services that do not pollute and/or mitigate existing environmental problems. A … Continue reading →