How America's Biggest Energy Consumer, the Government, Is Greening Itself
In December of last year, President Obama issued an order requiring the government to get 20 percent of electricity from renewables by 2020 – up from about 7 percent today. That’s not an easy goal to ...
4 Sep 201449min
Why Bill Gates Is Wrong About Renewable Energy
Bill Gates is a very influential guy -- not just because he founded Microsoft, but because of his powerful foundation. With $40 billion in trust assets, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is one the ...
28 Aug 201446min
Amory Lovins: As Economists Argue, Renewables Keep Getting Cheaper
In the academic world, there’s lots of debate about how expensive or cheap renewables are compared to fossil fuels. But do they actually match what’s happening on the ground? In this week’s podcast, w...
21 Aug 201453min
Nest Thermostats Just Got 'Hacked.' Should You Be Worried?
Last week, hackers at the Black Hat conference showed how to jailbreak a Nest learning thermostat and override the firmware, taking it under their control. The hack itself cannot be done without physi...
14 Aug 201446min
This Data on Consumer Energy Use May Surprise You
Are your solar panels facing the wrong way? Is your utility focusing on the wrong types of energy efficiency? These are the questions that Pecan Street Inc. has attempted to answer through its data co...
7 Aug 201452min
We Argue About the True Cost of Wind and Solar: How Cheap Are They Really?
How do we calculate the true cost of intermittent renewables? The levelized cost of wind and solar are falling by the day. But how cheap are they really? A recent study from the Brookings Institution ...
31 Jul 201442min
We Are at the Start of a Revolution in Clean Energy Finance
The biggest investors in the world are pouring their money into renewable energy projects. Want to join them? Now you can. Up until recently, it was nearly impossible for most investors to directly su...
24 Jul 201444min
As More Nuclear Plants Shut Down, Can Distributed Energy Fill the Gap?
In the last couple of years, five nuclear power plants in the U.S. have been put on the list for closure. These plants are getting challenged from two sides: competitive natural gas and renewables are...
17 Jul 201447min
