The world’s largest concentrated solar plant (CSP) opened earlier this year in California, and the United States is not alone in its quest to become a major supplier of solar power, and to shift the demand for power necessary to…
Category: Renewable Fuels
Shifting the Cost of Desalination to Renewables: How the Private Sector is Getting Involved in the US and India
Madeline Clark
Posted in Demand Management, Efficiency, Energy Production, Energy Security, Financial Incentives, Foreign Investment, India, Renewable Energy, Renewable Fuels, Uncategorized
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Emissions Reductions in the Transportation Sector in the EU
Joshua Bartlett
Posted in Alternative Fuels, Biogas, Efficiency, Freight, HDVs, Renewable Fuels, Transport, Transport Infrastructure
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The European Union accounted for 22% of overall transportation sector emissions, placing it second behind the United States which has a 29% share (Ibid). Transport emissions reductions are a challenge in Europe, as they have been a proven leader in…
Beyond Renewable Fuel Standards
Ramzey Zbeida
Posted in Alternative Fuels, China, Natural Gas, Renewable Fuels, Transport, United States
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In the last post on this subject—RFS: Reconsidering Fuel Standards? —the possibility of new alternative fuels emerging that can compete with fossil fuels was briefly introduced. Due to the controversy surrounding renewable fuel standards, specifically whether they drive up food…
RFS: Reconsidering Fuel Standards?
Ramzey Zbeida
Posted in Alternative Fuels, Natural Gas, Renewable Fuels, Transport, United States
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Source: Biofuels Digest The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) is a hotly contested issue in the U.S., and recent political wrangling may end up setting back progress that proponents of renewable fuels have made. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) appears…
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