Guest Post: Ethanol – Sustainable or Sustaina-”bull”?
This post is by guest contributor John Willard. A biofuel is any type of fuel that results from the biological fixation of carbon. Technically speaking, fossil fuels qualify under this […]
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Changing Perspectives on Climate Change – in Renewable Energy World
CleanTechVerdict’s most recent post appears in Renewable Energy World. Check it out! Changing Perspectives on Climate Change.
Secretary Chu’s Department of Energy: Four Years Later
After four years of low-profile ups and high-profile downs, Nobel Prize-winning Secretary of Energy Steven Chu will be stepping down. Coming from a career in research and academia, many critics […]
Concentrated Solar Power: Focusing the Sun
In the race to harness renewable energy, one technology combines a new-age focus on solar energy with the relatively old concept of steam-driven power plants. Known as Concentrated Solar Power […]
The Pitfalls of Climate Engineering
In the debate surrounding solutions to climate change, we’ve heard of everything from space-based power stations to wrapping Greenland in reflective blankets. One proposal of global proportions has become more […]
High-Speed Rail: We’re Behind – But Should We Care?
As Americans, we often pride ourselves on being the inventors of the biggest and best. We’re obsessed with having the largest and most powerful of everything, and from super stores […]
Resolutions for a Planet
For some, the New Year’s Resolution is a catalyst for life-changing action; for others, it is an exercise in futility. Whatever the outcome, though, we understand that goal setting is […]
How Clean Is Your Cleaners?
Until now, our posts have dealt with solutions to environmental impacts at their largest scales. But we hear everyday that individual decisions make a difference, so today’s topic is of […]
Photovoltaics and Our Energy Future
In a previous post we provided an overview of solar energy and promised to delve into more detail about specific technologies in future posts. Here, we’ll look into photovoltaic (PV) […]
Clean Coal – Myth or Marvel?
Clean coal – we hear this term a lot. Unlike many other energy/environment terms, however, this one’s confusing because of the range of circles in which it is used. The […]
