http://spectrum.ieee.org/rss/priv/channel/energy/subchannel/renewables IEEE Spectrum Energy // Renewables Recent Content http://spectrum.ieee.org/blog/energy/renewables/energywise/photovoltaic-grid-parity It appears to be a very long way off http://spectrum.ieee.org/blog/energy/renewables/energywise/photovoltaic-grid-parity http://spectrum.ieee.org/blog/energy/renewables/energywise/a-note-on-coal-pollution-fatalities Where the estimate of ten thousand premature deaths comes from http://spectrum.ieee.org/blog/energy/renewables/energywise/a-note-on-coal-pollution-fatalities http://spectrum.ieee.org/blog/energy/renewables/energywise/chinese-eye-fast-breeders And they'll likely regret it http://spectrum.ieee.org/blog/energy/renewables/energywise/chinese-eye-fast-breeders http://spectrum.ieee.org/blog/energy/renewables/energywise/greenhouse-gas-emissions-from-food Whether and how to address non-carbon GHG emissions will be an issue at Copenhagen. Emissions associated with food production and consumption will figure among them. http://spectrum.ieee.org/blog/energy/renewables/energywise/greenhouse-gas-emissions-from-food http://spectrum.ieee.org/energy/renewables/biofuels-arent-really-green <a href="http://spectrum.ieee.org/energy/renewables/biofuels-arent-really-green"><img border="0" alt="null" src="http://spectrum.ieee.org/image/1419496"/></a><br/><br/>Cultivate inorganic energy sources instead of biofuels http://spectrum.ieee.org/energy/renewables/biofuels-arent-really-green http://spectrum.ieee.org/blog/energy/renewables/energywise/could-mechanics-best-power-electronics-in-evs <a href="http://spectrum.ieee.org/blog/energy/renewables/energywise/could-mechanics-best-power-electronics-in-evs"><img border="0" alt="null" src="http://spectrum.ieee.org/image/1427437"/></a><br/><br/>Rob Smithson, CTO for continously variable transmission developer Fallbrook Technologies, says mechanical transmissions could do a better job of controlling power flows in electric vehicles. And that he's ready to be burned at the stake. http://spectrum.ieee.org/blog/energy/renewables/energywise/could-mechanics-best-power-electronics-in-evs http://spectrum.ieee.org/blog/energy/renewables/energywise/arpae-funds-37-projectssome-lofty-some-not-so-much Transformational Energy Agency Funds A Couple of Quotidian Ideas http://spectrum.ieee.org/blog/energy/renewables/energywise/arpae-funds-37-projectssome-lofty-some-not-so-much http://spectrum.ieee.org/blog/energy/renewables/energywise/smart-grid-grants The U.S. government has announced the winners of $3.4 billion in grants for smart grid technology http://spectrum.ieee.org/blog/energy/renewables/energywise/smart-grid-grants http://spectrum.ieee.org/blog/energy/renewables/energywise/obama-lays-out-clean-energy-agenda-at-mit President urges the country to draw on its traditions of innovation and adventure to transform its energy system and address climate concerns http://spectrum.ieee.org/blog/energy/renewables/energywise/obama-lays-out-clean-energy-agenda-at-mit http://spectrum.ieee.org/blog/energy/renewables/energywise/europeans-and-canadian-lead-in-fast-rail Further evidence of big European advantages in public-sector and green-friendly technology http://spectrum.ieee.org/blog/energy/renewables/energywise/europeans-and-canadian-lead-in-fast-rail http://spectrum.ieee.org/blog/energy/renewables/energywise/coal-pollution-fatalities Major report by U.S. National Academies provides authoritative estimates of health toll from coal power plant emissions, as well as from motor vehicles http://spectrum.ieee.org/blog/energy/renewables/energywise/coal-pollution-fatalities http://spectrum.ieee.org/energy/renewables/this-renewable-energy-source-is-swell <a href="http://spectrum.ieee.org/energy/renewables/this-renewable-energy-source-is-swell"><img border="0" alt="null" src="http://spectrum.ieee.org/image/1417785"/></a><br/><br/>Oceanlinx begins building third-generation ocean-swell-to-energy generator http://spectrum.ieee.org/energy/renewables/this-renewable-energy-source-is-swell http://spectrum.ieee.org/blog/semiconductors/devices/tech-talk/clean-tech-open-announces-2009-california-finalists Last year, these six would have won it all, but now they've still got to face out of state competition http://spectrum.ieee.org/blog/semiconductors/devices/tech-talk/clean-tech-open-announces-2009-california-finalists http://spectrum.ieee.org/blog/energy/renewables/energywise/the-smart-meter-avalanche One compilation suggests that automated electricity meters are to be installed in more than half the U.S. states, including most of the most populous ones http://spectrum.ieee.org/blog/energy/renewables/energywise/the-smart-meter-avalanche http://spectrum.ieee.org/blog/energy/renewables/energywise/that-radical-decoupling-of-gas-and-oil-prices Natural gas and oil normally trade in a well-defined range, but recent gas prices are sharply below the historic norm http://spectrum.ieee.org/blog/energy/renewables/energywise/that-radical-decoupling-of-gas-and-oil-prices http://spectrum.ieee.org/blog/energy/renewables/energywise/us-car-makers-push-for-hydrogen-infrastructure- Having helped kill the electric car last time around, promoters of fuel cell cars are having a tougher sell now http://spectrum.ieee.org/blog/energy/renewables/energywise/us-car-makers-push-for-hydrogen-infrastructure- http://spectrum.ieee.org/blog/energy/renewables/energywise/siemens-natural-gas-plant-sets-new-efficiency-record Bavarian plant achieves 60 percent efficiency http://spectrum.ieee.org/blog/energy/renewables/energywise/siemens-natural-gas-plant-sets-new-efficiency-record http://spectrum.ieee.org/blog/energy/renewables/energywise/gas-ads-revisited Times conservative columnist David Brooks concurs on virtues of a carbon tax, with no special deals for industry groups http://spectrum.ieee.org/blog/energy/renewables/energywise/gas-ads-revisited http://spectrum.ieee.org/blog/energy/renewables/energywise/its-a-big-grid-and-somebody-has-to-furnish-it Having completed applications to obtain U.S. government money for smart grid projects, energy companies are readying themselves to improve operations in all parts of the power system, from the customer's premises to the substation and a control center http://spectrum.ieee.org/blog/energy/renewables/energywise/its-a-big-grid-and-somebody-has-to-furnish-it http://spectrum.ieee.org/blog/energy/renewables/energywise/north-american-highspeed-train-opportunities Canada's Bombardier makes big sale in China, while Germany's Siemsn and France's Alstom eye U.S market http://spectrum.ieee.org/blog/energy/renewables/energywise/north-american-highspeed-train-opportunities