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May 10, 2014 By Madeline Clark Leave a Comment

Shifting the Cost of Desalination to Renewables: How the Private Sector is Getting Involved in the US and India

Filed Under: Demand Management, Efficiency, Energy Production, Energy Security, Financial Incentives, Foreign Investment, India, Renewable Energy, Renewable Fuels, Uncategorized

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 desalinate onto renewables. In California, where drought has reached an… read more 

April 26, 2014 By Madeline Clark Leave a Comment

Prospects for TDM in Reducing Transport’s GHG Emissions

Filed Under: Demand Management, Transport

Trips that use carbon-intensive modes of transport like Light Duty Vehicles (LDVs) play a primary role in GHG emissions from transport due to the aggregate effect of increasing per-person km travel via an increased demand for LDV mobility. In fact, the greatest percentage of emissions from road transport comes from… read more 

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