General Energy
Opportunities and Challenges for a Sustainable Energy Future
Originally posted as a comment to “Opportunties and challenges for a sustainable energy future” by Steven Chu and Arun Majumdar, Nature, 488, 294–303 (16 August 2012) My friends Steven Chu and Arun Majumdar ably review above the achievements, prospects, and challenges of the U.S. Department of…
How big data drives intelligent transportation
Originally published at GreenBiz.com. America has been built and shaped by its ability to move people and goods freely and quickly, fueled by oil. But this “freedom” comes at a cost. Transportation is America’s number-two consumer cost after housing. American drivers pay $8,000 a year for an auto they drive only 4 percent of the time.
RMI Alumnus Using History to Change Our Energy Future
Always an environmentalist, Jonah Bea-Taylor’s original career plan was to become a scientist who studied and saved endangered species.
American Idol Eat Your Heart Out: DOE Gets Wonky With Solar “Finance Idol”
Back in June, the Department of Energy convened 700 participants at their “SunShot Grand Challenge: Summit and Technology Forum” held in the Denver Convention Center. This event was meant to be the first in a series of DOE “Grand Challenge” events, with the summit focused on the DOE’s solar power capacity growth and cost reduction targets driven by their SunShot Initiative.
Indiana Jones and the Great Portfolio Challenge
Picture the scene: a lone hero is fighting the bad guy. Every punch, nunchuck smack, foot sweep, and spinning back kick has been exhausted. The enemy is finally showing weakness.
