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  Real Data on CFL Replacement

  02.09.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  People are making all sorts of claims about energy efficient lighting, I’m one of them, having systematically inventoried, evaluated, and replaced incandescent lighting with compact fluorescent lamps in June, 2007. In fact, one of the most popular entries ever to appear in this blog was titled “Want to get $3,500?” which talks about the inventory, […]

• Energy

  The Vulcan Vision

  02.08.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on The Vulcan Vision

  Vulcan Geothermal company has put forth its vision for a “green gigawatt” by tapping into the rich geothermal resource of the Basin and Range province largely located in north and central Nevada. What makes this different than any other approach? They’ve done a great job of characterizing resources across the range with most likely outputs, […]

• Energy

  Corn Ethanol Economics

  02.07.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on Corn Ethanol Economics

  The Oil Drum did a great analysis of the economics of ethanol derived from corn as the feedstock yesterday. Read the article, it’s very well done. I’ll steal the punch line, on average at present ethanol prices (production and sale) there is a 7% margin on the product. That’s right, 7%. It’s awfully tough to […]

• Business, Energy

  Calpine Emerges

  02.06.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on Calpine Emerges

  Earlier this week, Calpine emerged from bankruptcy protection after a prolonged struggle that saw multiple delays. The issue is now trading on the NYSE under symbol CPN-WI. The new issue will have 423 million shares outstanding meaning the market capitalization of the company at today’s values is nearly $7B. We’ve been a bit skeptical that […]

• Business, Energy

  The Carbon Principles

  02.05.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on The Carbon Principles

  Three of the world’s leading financial institutions today announced the formation of The Carbon Principles, climate change guidelines for advisors and lenders to power companies in the United States. These Principles are the result of a nine-month intensive effort to create an approach to evaluating and addressing carbon risks in the financing of electric power […]

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