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Jun 17, 2010
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Martin Rosenberg
The capstone of the EEI annual chief executive confab, this year, this week, in Hollywood, Fla., was the concluding session. Like most concluding session, attendance was unfortunately sparse as scores of attendees headed to the airport to get back home - or to the golf course to sizzle their brain in the tropical sun.
Lucky for you, your intrepid blogger was on hand.
The master of...
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Jun 11, 2010
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Martin Rosenberg
Before I put away my AWEA file for 2010, it is worth reflecting on the phenomenon known as wind power in America circa the summer of 2010.
The cavernous Dallas convention center was swarming with wind entrepreneurs, giant corporations, consultants. A big convention would have filled one or two bays of the convention barn. This one spilled on wing after wing. Countries like China and the United...
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Jun 03, 2010
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Martin Rosenberg
It was a hot day late last week when I ambled up to the US Capitol in Washington.
Among other things, I was there to spend some time attending the 13th Annual Congressional Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Expo + Forum.
13th? you asked, incredulous.
Well, at one point, one of the speakers asked how many House staffers were in the audience. No hands. More on that later. Then, he asked for...
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May 21, 2010
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Martin Rosenberg
I heard it again yesterday in a webcast I conducted on overcoming obstacles to renewables.
One of the more than 300 energy folks who tuned in asked, "When will renewables be able to stand on its own two feet without subsidies?"
When will nuclear power be able to stand on its own two feet? Since the dawn of the nuclear age, the federal government had to provide backstop insurance to the...
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May 13, 2010
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Martin Rosenberg
I have seen carbon capture and sequestration up close, visiting one year ago a Vattenfall experiment in the technique on the German-Polish frontier.
I am a skeptic about the effort. The Schwartze Pumpe facility on small scale demonstrates the carbon can be captured. And other tests are showing that here in the US. But what to do with all that gas? There is only so much carbonated beverage that...
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May 06, 2010
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Martin Rosenberg
The fact was buried in a David Brooks column in the NY Times this week. I bumped into Brooks at a social event in Washington a few weeks ago - how often do I get to say that - not often - and he impressed me as a nice chap with lots to say.
Anyway, he wrote that the American Power Act - you know - the one that will put a price on carbon - is needed for a big but hidden reason. The act- championed...
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Apr 29, 2010
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Martin Rosenberg
Would someone please explain to me which way is up - and how to make a solid nickel of profits?
The entire world sometimes seems to be upside down. Maybe it is an Alice in Wonderland economy.
Here is the trigger to my perplexity. PPL announced it will pay $6.7 billion for E.On's utility business in the United States. What that means is picking up Louisville Gas and Electric and Kentucky Utilities...
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Apr 22, 2010
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Martin Rosenberg
In honor of Earth Day I am posting my weekly Friday blog on Thursday.
The day provides a good point for reflection on all that i have seen and learned since the sun was last in roughly the same point in space in relation to the earth - i.e. one year ago.
I visited the Schwarze-Pumpe facility close to the German-Polish frontier, where Vattenfall is successfully extracting a stream of carbon...
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Apr 08, 2010
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Martin Rosenberg
If you like to stay ahead of emerging energy trends, you should keep a close eye on the data developed by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
The stuff is gold.
Recently, I have been studying a report they have put out called PRIMARY ENERGY CONSUMPTION BY SOURCE. It tracks the obvious - that in the recession our energy use has fallen - last year down 4.6 percent from 2008 and 6.6 percent...
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Apr 02, 2010
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Martin Rosenberg
I stared at the recent report from the feds on 2009 energy use.
It analyzes energy consumption by source.
Of course of note is the fact that overall energy use in 2009 was down about 5 percent from 2008 and almost 7 percent from 2007. That, my friends, is obviously a result of the economic downturn, the worse since Pretty Boy Floyd wandered America, tommy gun cradled in his armpit.
But get this....
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