Tesla Batteries and Climate Change
By Paolo von Schirach — WASHINGTON – Notwithstanding solemn pledges issued by many governments, no country that really matters...
Tag: Electrical Power Generation
China To Become Green Super Power? Will massive investments in renewables transform Chinese electricity production?
WASHINGTON – Many Western environmentalists and commentators openly praise China for its declared energy policy objective of turning itself...
Hillary Clinton Will Ban Fracking -Less Energy For America If elected President, she will restrict most hydraulic fracturing activities
WASHINGTON – When it comes to America’s energy needs and viable alternatives to fossil fuels, it looks as if...
Solar Energy Coming to Africa The revolution is underway
WASHINGTON – A few months ago, a photograph of a little Asian child sitting next to a city lamp...
Where Is The New African Middle Class? Rosy predictions failed to materialize. Lack of basic resources like electricity prevent a real economic take-off
WASHINGTON – In a recent article focusing on why the African middle class is still rather small, The Economist...
Obama’s “Power Africa” Initiative Never Took Off Major investments in power generation did not happen. Too much bureaucracy
WASHINGTON – Anybody who knows sub-Saharan Africa will tell you that the main obstacle to additional economic growth is...
Tesla’s New Battery Is Not A Breakthrough Not that useful for US users, way too expensive for emerging markets
WASHINGTON – A fancy press release and a well-advertised CEO press conference are not good substitutes for introducing real...
Solar Panels On Every American Roof? The WSJ reports that home builder Lennar is now offering new homes with installed solar panels
WASHINGTON – Solar panels producing photovoltaic electricity are finally going mainstream, according to an interesting WSJ story, (Home Builders...
Lockheed Claims Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough If this is true, we are on the verge of an energy revolution
WASHINGTON – I have observed in previous pieces that our long season of economic stagnation here in America (and...
Germany’s Green Energy Revolution Based On Belief, Not Economics The government is mandating the use of renewable energy, even though it is more expensive than fossil fuels. Will this bet pay off?
WASHINGTON – An interesting WSJ story, (Germany’s Expensive Energy Gamble, August 27, 2014), provides a good illustration of top-down...