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IEEE Spectrum December 2010 Seth Blumsack |
How the Free Market Rocked the Grid It led to higher rates and rolling blackouts, but it also opened the door to greener forms of electricity generation |
Salon.com January 30, 2001 Damien Cave |
Power and the people The electricity industry and the GOP blame NIMBY neighbors for the crisis. Critics say they're trying to turn out the lights on democracy... |
Reason June 2001 Michael W. Lynch & Adrian Moore |
Power Tripped Faulty re-regulation turns out the lights in the Golden State... |
Salon.com January 30, 2001 Anthony York |
The deregulation debacle Who's responsible for for California's electricity crisis? Everyone... |
Salon.com January 17, 2001 Katharine Mieszkowski |
Turn off the Internet! Is the global computer network to blame for the current electricity crisis? Lackeys of the power industry want us to think so... |
Salon.com February 14, 2001 Anthony York |
Energy vultures California's electricity crisis could have been avoided if profiteering power-generating companies hadn't blocked further deregulation.... |
IEEE Spectrum July 2012 Vaclav Smil |
A Skeptic Looks at Alternative Energy It takes several lifetimes to put a new energy system into place, and wishful thinking can't speed things along |
The Motley Fool May 4, 2007 Jack Uldrich |
PG&E: A Safe Cleantech Play? The West Coast utility company is involved in a variety of renewable energy projects that could make it a legitimate cleantech investment. |
Fast Company July 2009 Anya Kamenetz |
Why the Microgrid Could Be the Answer to Our Energy Crisis Why small-scale, local power -- the microgrid -- could be the answer to our energy crisis. And why the big utilities are fighting it with all they've got. |
Inc. November 1, 2000 Emily Barker |
Upstarts: Energy Deregulation Where do you buy your electricity? If you don't have a choice now, you will soon... |
Wired July 2001 Steve Silberman |
The Energy Web The best minds in electricity R&D have a plan: Every node in the power network of the future will be awake, responsive, adaptive, price-smart, eco-sensitive, real-time, flexible, humming -- and interconnected with everything else... |
BusinessWeek June 4, 2007 Aaron Pressman |
New Spark In Utility Stocks Why the once-staid utility sector is generating breathtaking returns. |
BusinessWeek October 26, 2009 John Carey |
Wiring America Up to Green Power Should the U.S. subsidize vast high-voltage lines to transport wind and solar electricity to the big cities? |
The Motley Fool June 29, 2009 Jennifer Schonberger |
An Unexpected Player in the Solar Market Global security company Lockheed Martin has entered the solar power space -- and it has big plans. |
Reason June 2009 Ronald Bailey |
It's Alive! Alternative energy subsidies make their biggest comeback since Jimmy Carter. |
IndustryWeek March 1, 2006 Jill Jusko |
Energy: New Plants, Old Problems Hundreds of new power plants are in the works in the United States, but they won't make energy cheaper or more reliable for manufacturers or consumers. |
Science News February 11, 2006 Janet Raloff |
Wind Makes Food Retailers Greener The Environmental Protection Agency recognizes the top 25 institutions committed to making significant investments this year in ecologically responsible, "green" power systems, especially wind farms. |
CFO July 1, 2006 John Goff |
Power Source How a fresh crop of CFOs is propelling the alternative-fuels industry. |
Salon.com January 17, 2001 Anthony York |
Power politics California Democrats are trying to buy electricity to sell to state utilities, but Republicans and energy companies are crying foul... |
Financial Advisor March 2008 Jeff Schlegel |
The Next Biggest Thing The next gold rush might already be here -- green technologies, a vast sector running the gamut from renewable energy sources to clean technologies that enables businesses to boost performance while minimizing their environmental impact. |
BusinessWeek July 4, 2005 John Carey et al. |
Alternate Power: A Change Is In The Wind The "alternative power" industry is gaining critical mass, but its economic future is still up in the air -- with daunting risks as well as opportunities. |
Food Processing January 2007 Mike Pehanich |
Flower Power, Sunshine and Wind First solar energy, then biodiesel fuel and now wind power. Kettle Foods Inc., Salem, Ore., has made alternative energy sources a company commitment. |
National Defense June 2012 Stew Magnuson |
Pragmatism Driving New Energy Programs On U.S. Military Bases The Defense Department has set lofty goals for its facilities when it comes to renewable energies. It wants to produce 3 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2025, with each service branch kicking in one more gigawatt. |
InternetNews November 27, 2007 David Needle |
Google Has Energy For New Business Google is branching out to develop renewable energy sources. |
IndustryWeek April 1, 2005 John Teresko |
Powerful Opportunities As global manufacturing faces conflicting energy challenges new answers are being found. The winning opportunities are in power management, renewable resources and distributed power generation. |
IEEE Spectrum April 2009 William Sweet |
The Biggest Little PV Plant in the East The northeastern United States is not where most would think to put a photovoltaic power plant. But one just started up in Pennsylvania this winter. It's delivering the watts, but at what cost? |
Reason October 2001 Sara Rimensnyder |
Source There's been one big winner in California's much-reviled, phony electricity deregulation plan: Los Angeles' publicly owned Department of Water and Power... |
Food Processing January 2008 Marty Weil |
Consider Alternative and Renewable Energy Sources Solar and wind power, biogas and biodiesel may solve your manufacturing company's energy problems as well as its green initiatives. |
Salon.com June 19, 2001 Joe Conason |
Take it public The failure of energy deregulation should make us reconsider blind faith in the market -- and take a second look at public power systems like the one that lights up Hollywood... |
Finance & Development September 1, 2001 John E. Besant-Jones & Bernard Tenenbaum |
Lessons from California's Power Crisis Clearly, what happened in California was not what was planned. It is not surprising that policymakers around the world are now asking questions... |
BusinessWeek January 12, 2004 |
Robert Glynn During the energy deregulation boom of the late 1990s, PG&E Corp. Chairman and CEO Robert D. Glynn Jr. made several strategic bets that didn't pan out. |
Searcher May 2001 Irene E. McDermott |
The Internet Express - I got the power: alternative energy resources on the web... |
Reason June 2009 Ronald Bailey |
Energy Futures A quick guide to alternative energy sources we may see in the not-too-distant future. |
Home Toys December 2005 Brian Golden |
The Energy Crisis Gets Personal Just as the Internet empowered millions with easy access to information and brand new ways to communicate, emerging technologies will also bring sweeping changes in energy production and consumption. |
Reason June 2001 Michael W. Lynch |
Keystone Success Why Pennsylvania's electricity deregulation plan has worked -- so far... |
The Motley Fool January 31, 2005 Tim Beyers |
Energize Your Portfolio Oil hovers near $50 a barrel. Fossil fuels are becoming scarcer. Do you wonder where fuel will come from in 20 years, or even in 10 years? Ponder the investment possibilities in renewable energy sources. |
BusinessWeek August 14, 2006 Thornton & Aston |
Wall Street's New Love Affair Why some of the world's smartest investors are betting billions on clean energy. |
The Motley Fool January 9, 2012 Travis Hoium |
Backup Power's Cost to Renewable Energy How much does renewable energy's intermittent nature really cost utilities? |
Salon.com April 30, 2001 Damien Cave |
The pro-business nature boy Who cares about the war against the environment? Amory Lovins is convinced capitalism will clean up after itself... |
IEEE Spectrum November 2012 Eliza Strickland |
Can Japan Phase Out Nuclear Power? The country wants to go nuclear-free, but many obstacles remain |
Wired May 2005 Daniel H. Pink |
The New Power Generation Soccer moms, taco shops, even real estate developers - mainstream America is starting to pull the plug and rely on homegrown solar energy. Call it the dawn of the hygrid age. |
Reason June 2009 Lynne Kiesling |
Electric Intelligence Establishing a smart grid requires regulatory reform, not subsidies. |
IEEE Spectrum April 2007 Robb Mandelbaum |
MIT Conference is Bullish on Solar Power MIT's Energy 2.0 Conference brought entrepreneurs and inventors together with financiers to discuss not just advances in renewable fuels but in unconventional oil, hybrid cars, and climate change policy. |
Wired March 23, 2009 Brendan I. Koerner |
Power to the People: 7 Ways to Fix the Grid, Now The grid took more than a century to grow into the unwieldy beast it is now. Given the urgency of climate change, energy independence, and economic demands, we have only a fraction of that time to fix it. |
The Motley Fool April 10, 2007 Jack Uldrich |
PG&E Plugs a Problem Pacific Gas & Electric shows how a new hybrid car could also power homes and businesses. Investors, this is a trend to watch. |
Reason June 2001 Carolyn Lochhead |
Electrifying Performances California's senators' responses to the energy crisis... |
Geotimes December 2005 William L. Fisher |
Energy Outlook 2005 Analysts say political events and natural disasters might well interrupt world oil supplies, but lack of resources and production capability should not. Beyond oil, other energy sources will be creating their own economies in the near future. |
Parameters Spring 2006 Nader Elhefnawy |
Toward a Long-Range Energy Security Policy An overview of US and international energy policy, including the prospects for an economy based on renewable energy, the security problems likely to result from tightening oil supplies, and a possible basis for making the transition to alternatives. |
IEEE Spectrum March 2007 Willie D. Jones |
Ontario Quits Coal In the province's energy plans, Kyoto looms large. |
Wired May 2002 Alex Markels |
Sea Change The next wave of renewable power is bigger, cheaper, and multi-megawatts stronger than ever before. And it's about to go online in the North Sea... |