Joe Romm had an article about concentrating solar power (CSP) going back six years now called “The technology that will save humanity.” He gave a great overview, including a history and an eminently lucid rationale for its deployment. About five years ago I was driving west of Seville and was knocked out by the sight of the CSP plant that Abengoa has built there. Continue reading
One of the core messages I have tried in my writing and my teaching to convey is that the Big Lie from the energy special interests that want to see renewables fail is that wind, solar, geothermal and their cousins can’t get the job done. Utter piffle! Here are two examples of what Andrew Leonard called “Exajoules of Hope” several years back in referencing a seminal paper on the Potentials of Renewable Energy. Continue reading
