It’s well documented that a reduction of greenhouse gases will require a multi-pronged approach, involving a combination of new technologies along with some existing but not often popular clean energy technologies.
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Kaj den Daas, President and CEO, Philips Lighting North America
Kaj den Daas says ‘Not only have LEDs improved in performance, they have improved in quality as well, meaning that users can “go green” …
Read the rest of this entry »Week in Review: August 1, 2009 to August 9, 2009
Brief summary of this weeks energy related items of interest.
Cash for Clunkers
Secretary Chu on Facebook
NASA – net zero energy building
Update: Why did American Electric Power abandon the Future Gen Project?
In a follow-up to our recent interview with Nick Akins, Executive Vice President for Power Generation, American Electric Power (AEP), B-Green Collaborative asked – “Why did American Electric Power abandon the Future Gen Project?”
Mr Akins responded – AEP’s decision to withdraw from the FutureGen Alliance is a financial decision and not an indication that the company doesn’t consider FutureGen a worthwhile project. AEP was a founding member of FutureGen and supports the advancement of the technology. FutureGen Alliance members were asked to commit future funding for the project to continue involvement in the Alliance.The financial constraints brought by the current economic downtown and the risks associated with FutureGen forced us to prioritize our investments in climate-related projects. We made the difficult decision to withdraw from FutureGen in order to continue our own substantial carbon capture and storage initiatives, validating chilled ammonia carbon technology at our Mountaineer Plant in West Virginia. ….click title to read more
Read the rest of this entry »Editor’s Opinion: A Common Goal for Competing Technologies
Whenever I speak to people in the industry, I usually find they fall into one of two possible camps with respect to electric power generation scenarios. There are those who believe that only renewables like solar and wind should be promoted, while others believe that solar and wind are too intermittent ….read more
Read the rest of this entry »Nick Akins, Executive Vice President for Power Generation, American Electric Power (AEP)
Nick Akins is the Executive Vice President for Power Generation at American Electric Power (AEP), one of the largest Electric Utilities in the US. AEP, operating in portions of 11 midwestern states.
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