Money Walks, Fossil Fuel Talks
by Richard T. Stuebi as posted to Huffington Post Earlier in September, a group of investors from around the world with over $13 trillion under management issued a statement calling on governments to...
View ArticleFight Stupidity Now!
by Richard T. Stuebi As a big sports fan, I’ve become an enthusiastic listener of Mad Dog Radio on Sirius, enjoying the rantings and ravings of both hosts and callers alike. It’s quite an eyehole (or...
View ArticleEnergy Efficiency: How NOT To Do It
by Richard T. Stuebi On October 5, First Energy (NYSE: FE) announced a planned energy efficiency program, involving the delivery of two compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs) to each of its residential...
View ArticleCracking the Codes
by Richard T. Stuebi One of the big line-items in the energy-related provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was energy efficiency. Over $3 billion was allocated to efficiency...
View ArticleWhy Corn-Based Ethanol Sucks
by Richard T. Stuebi While it is increasingly recognized that subsidies for corn-based ethanol are bad policy, a nod must be given to C. Ford Runge, a professor at the University of Minnesota, for his...
View ArticleTop Ten Energy Myths
by Richard T. Stuebi I get a kick out of trite little lists that I can quickly report on and provoke some thinking and conversation. And so it is that I recently came across the “Top Ten Energy Myths”,...
View ArticleThe Petroleum Industry: Past the Tipping Point?
by Richard T. Stuebi as posted to Huffington Post As Jon Stewart so beautifully satired a couple of weeks ago, American political leaders have long said “enough is enough” about the lack of a coherent...
View ArticleThe World’s Energy Portfolio Needs Rebalancing – NOW
The World’s Energy Portfolio Needs Rebalancing – NOW Point Roberts, South Salem, New York- August 17, 2010 – Investorideas.com and its green investor portal, www.renewableenergystocks.com publish new...
View ArticleFollowing the Money
by Richard T. Stuebi I get a kick when climate skeptics decry the work of climate scientists by claiming that the scientists are only in it for the money. Get real. The real money is in opposing...
View ArticleObama’s Blueprint for a Secure Energy Future
Last week, President Obama unveiled his Administration’s “Blueprint for a Secure Energy Future”. Like most big-picture strategic summaries of complex subjects, a whole lot of content gets reduced to a...
View ArticleWhat If…?
…someone invents an economically-competitive energy storage technology that could be deployed at any electricity substation at megawatt-hour scale? …the power grid were brought up to 21st Century...
View ArticleCleantech Industrial Policy for the United States
I’ve been thinking a lot over the past several months about industrial policy: actions by the public sector to help promote a fledgling industry so as to ensure, foster and/or accelerate its emergence....
View ArticleCleantech Blog’s Parameters for a Workable Energy Policy
Energy is life, the rest runs on it. Since the 70s through every presidential administration and every Congress, we have had an energy policy that boiled down to fighting the cold war through oil and...
View ArticleThe Great State of Uticana
Last week, at the stunning student union of The Ohio State University, Battelle convened a meeting entitled 21st Century Energy & Economic Summit on behalf of Ohio Governor John Kasich, who both...
View ArticlePredictions For Cleantech In 2012
It’s December again (how did that happen!?) and our annual time for reflection here at Kachan & Co. So as we close out 2011, let’s look towards what the new year may have in store for cleantech....
View ArticleTop 10 Cleantech Subsidies and Policies (and the Biggest Losers) – Ranked By...
We all know energy is global, and as much policy driven as technology driven. We have a quote, in energy, there are no disruptive technologies, just disruptive policies and economic shocks that make...
View ArticleHow About A Sane Energy Policy Mr. Obamney?
It’s Presidential Election year. Ergo, time to discuss our 40 year whacked out excuse for an energy policy. Royally botched up by every President since, umm? Objectives: Make US energy supply cheap...
View ArticleThe Advent of SPS Policy?
In the cleantech sector, pretty much everyone knows the acronym RPS, for Renewable Portfolio Standards. Since the first RPS policy in the U.S., implemented in Iowa in the late 1990s, 30 states have...
View ArticleThe Proper Role of Government in Energy
Since tomorrow’s election is heavily focused on the appropriate scope of government, I have spent a little time lately reflecting upon the proper role of government in the energy sector. In regards to...
View ArticleSurvey of Advanced Energy Business Executives
In April, the Advanced Energy Economy Institute (AEEI) released the synthesis of a survey of executives in the advanced energy sector conducted by PA Consulting to suggest priorities for U.S. energy...
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