German capital aims for 100% local, green energy

Interesting energy developments in Germany's capital: even as cash-strapped cities and government agencies elsewhere in the world continue to sell off public assets to corporate owners, citizens in Berlin want to buy back the city's power supply from Vattenfall. As reported in Renewables International, the coalition that governs Berlin has decided to bring local electricity production…

ByThe Global ViewDecember 13, 20120Comments

Cities

Powerful tech combo could cut city electricity use by 40 percent

Information and communication technologies (ICT) could help cities reduce their electricity use by 30 to 40 percent, according to a European research project. The ENERsip project found that combining a specially designed ICT platform with micro-generation -- small-scale renewable installations like rooftop solar panels on homes -- could optimise both residential energy consumption and city electricity…

ByThe Global ViewNovember 13, 20120Comments

Policy

Solar panel study shows it’s OK to be a copycat

Sometimes, keeping up with the Joneses can be a good thing ... especially if the Joneses have just put up solar panels on their roof. Researchers from Yale and New York University have found that people are more likely to install solar panels after a few of their neighbors have done so. By studying clusters of solar…

ByThe Global ViewOctober 22, 20120Comments

Cloud

Panasonic: Smart homes are key to an energy-efficient Japan

Following its release earlier this year of a system that links energy creation and storage for the home, Panasonic is moving ahead with plans to develop a full-scale Smart Home Energy Management System (SMARTHEMS). Energy-saving efforts in Japan have taken on a growing urgency in Japan in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake and…

ByThe Global ViewSeptember 18, 20120Comments

Policy

Philippines look for smarter, ‘future-ready’ electricity

What will it take to provide reliable electricity to more people across the Philippines? The country's largest distributor of electrical power sees an answer in better, smarter computing and smart-grid technology. Manila Electric Company (Meralco) is enlisting the help of Cisco to take a "holistic approach" to electricity service using a foundation of improved computing and…

ByThe Global ViewAugust 31, 20120Comments

Policy

Germany’s no-nukes plan leads to gas pains

Germany's already an undisputed powerhouse in renewable energy, but it will need to become even more innovative now that it aims to quit nuclear power by 2022. Up until last year, Germany operated 17 nuclear reactors that provided about one-fourth of the country's electricity. Following the Fukushima disaster in Japan, though, the government revived a previously…

ByThe Global ViewMay 22, 20120Comments

Policy

Flip side of the resource curse: The efficiency curse?

What's not to like about energy efficiency? Every little improvement we can make in that area is a bit more energy saved, a bit less carbon sent into the atmosphere, right? Wrong. As good a thing as it is, energy efficiency alone won't help us "leave oil before it leaves us" or keep global warming below 2…

ByThe Global ViewMarch 28, 20121Comment

Policy

‘Green Button’ takes aim at home energy bill blues

Why should we have to wait for some smart grid of the future to access information about our home energy use, whenever and wherever we want it? All the data's already there, somewhere inside your utility company's computer records, isn't it? That's the idea behind "Green Button," a US initiative kicked off by the Obama Administration…

ByThe Global ViewMarch 22, 20121Comment

Investment

US Energy Department’s top expense? Hint: It’s not solar

Contrary to what all the flak it gets from political critics suggests, the US Department of Energy (DOE) does not, in fact, spend most of its money on so-called solar debacles or electric-powered luxury cars. Much of its spending -- more than 40 percent in its proposed budget for 2013 -- is focused on nuclear…

ByThe Global ViewFebruary 13, 20120Comments

Policy

There will be energy … or trade wars … or something

The year 2012 might not see the fulfillment of any ancient Mayan "prophecy" of the end of the world, but it does appear to be signaling a different "end time" ... one marking the end of business-as-usual trade with China. In his State of the Union address late last month, President Barack Obama spent a lot…

ByThe Global ViewFebruary 1, 20120Comments

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German capital aims for 100% local, green energy

Powerful tech combo could cut city electricity use by 40 percent

Solar panel study shows it’s OK to be a copycat

Panasonic: Smart homes are key to an energy-efficient Japan

Philippines look for smarter, ‘future-ready’ electricity

Germany’s no-nukes plan leads to gas pains

Flip side of the resource curse: The efficiency curse?

‘Green Button’ takes aim at home energy bill blues

US Energy Department’s top expense? Hint: It’s not solar

There will be energy … or trade wars … or something

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