For some energy gurus, and they tend to be enthusiastic, hydrogen is the key to a carbon-free future for the world. Some businesses and institutions are, at least potentially, putting big money behind their enthusiasm. For hydrogen enthusiasts, the fundamental element (first of the periodic table of the elements), has a lot going for it.… More Elon Musk makes the case against hydrogen, as investors back H2
While electric vehicles get a lot of hype in the U.S. and abroad, they remain very much a niche market. The Institute for Energy Research notes, “Despite exponential growth, with a record 2 million or so electric vehicle sold worldwide last year, only one in 250 cars on the road is electric. Only Norway, which… More Vehicle charging: An EV major problem
Optimism about the future of electric vehicles continues. But skepticism also continues about the reality of EVs making a major dent in the sales of internal combustion engine cars and trucks in the U.S. and worldwide. Earlier this month, Bloomberg New Energy Finance, with the characteristic aura of superior wisdom for these sorts of analyses,… More Electric Vehicles: Batteries half full or half empty?
United Power, a large rural electric distribution co-op serving a portion of the Denver metro area, is in a dispute over battery storage with United’s principal power supplier, Tri-State G&T Association. The wrangle involves the impact of United’s use of its new Tesla battery array. The dispute is important not only in itself, but could… More Colo. battery storage kerfuffle may have wider implications
Thinking about buying an electric car as a small step to protectng the planet against global warming? Maybe you should think again. First, the environmental advantages of cars that run entirely on electricity and not on fossil fuels may be more hype than reality, according to economist Jonathan Lesser in a report for the conservative… More Rethinking electric cars