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  Where’s the Energy Content?

  04.16.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on Where’s the Energy Content?

  It’s gone back to its primary home at the Renewable Energy Journal. There was just too much overhead posting in both places. So, if that’s what you were here to read, go there instead. I may post a digest of articles here on a periodic basis, but the Renewable Energy Journal is the place to […]

• Energy

  Small Scale Wind

  04.11.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on Small Scale Wind

  About a year ago we wrote about Mariah Power’s Windspire vertical axis turbine intended to be packaged as an appliance. An update is in order now that the Reno, Nevada company has secured $1.25M in funding and is scheduled to produce and ship their first 50 turbines this month. The distinguishing characteristics about this approach […]

• Energy

  Geothermal Industry Landscape

  04.10.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  One of the more frustrating aspects of attempting to enter the geothermal industry is that it is small, fragmented, and insular. Most of the players have been in the business for more than 30 years, have seen the boom/bust cycle, and consequently are wary of newcomers during a boom cycle. The people who make up […]

• Energy, Innovation

  Tidal Turbine

  04.08.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on Tidal Turbine

  Bristol, UK firm Marine Current Turbines successfully installed a 1.2MW turbine in Northern Ireland in the fast moving Strangford Narrows. This is the largest tidal harvest turbine installed to date (not including the tidal barrage systems that have been in use for some time in France for instance.) MCT has plans for a 10.5MW project […]

• Energy, Innovation, Technology & Science

  The Smarter Plug

  04.07.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on The Smarter Plug

  When we started looking at business opportunities in the clean tech space, one of our original concepts was that of the “smart plug.” Given the heavy tech background of the team, a tech device made a huge amount of sense. We obviously decided to go another way, however, we still believe the idea has merit. […]

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