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2% National Coutput -or- 10,000 Cows per MW

Published 10 days ago by Tom at Clean Energy Wonk

A commenter on my recent pro-transmission article questioned some statements of mine about the availability of renewable electricity from cow manure.  I had stated that  It was most likely baseload. There was not much of it in many states. The first observation comes from ...
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Is There a Tradeoff Between Economics and the Environemt?
cleanenergywonk.com - 10 days ago
Is There a Tradeoff Between Economics and the Environemt?
— cleanenergywonk.com — Tom Konrad Ph.D. California’s RETI process lends insight into the near-term prospects of Solar, Wind, Geothermal, and... Biomass.   In September, California’s Renewable Energy Transmission Initiative (RETI) released their ... (more) Is There a Tradeoff Between Economics and the Environemt?

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“Heretic” Battles Straw Man
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“Heretic” Battles Straw Man
— cleanenergywonk.com — Energy Self-Reliant States [pdf] , a flawed study on local Renewable Energy availability from the Institute for... Local Self-Reliance (ISLR) found that 18 of the 50 states could not meet their electricity needs with local renewables.   In ... (more) “Heretic” Battles Straw Man

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Cheap and Free Ways to Promote Energy Efficiency
— cleanenergywonk.com — by Tom Konrad, Ph.D. Big spending Demand-Side Management programs are not the only way to promote Energy... Efficiency. The Sierra Club’s Rocky Mountain chapter has decided that one of their priorities for 2010 is promoting Energy ... (more) Cheap and Free Ways to Promote Energy Efficiency

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A Little More On IRR and EIRR

Published 17 days ago by Tom at Clean Energy Wonk

For non-financial readers looking to understand Internal Rate of Return (IRR), which I used as the foundation for Energy Internal Rate of Return (EIRR) in my article Managing the Peak Fossil Fuel Transition , you can find a good discussion of IRR on Wikipedi a. In practical terms, IRR is ...
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Managing the Peak Fossil Fuel Transition

Published 17 days ago by Tom at Clean Energy Wonk

EROI and EIRR by Tom Konrad, Ph.D. Current renewable energy technologies must be adopted in conjunction with aggressive Smart Growth and Efficiency if we hope to continue our current standard of living and complex society with diminished reliance on fossil fuels. These strategies have the ...
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