Wind Expansion Feasible, Costly: “Wind could replace coal and natural gas for 20 or 30 percent of electricity supplied in the eastern two-thirds of the United States by 2024…but doing so would require a reorganization of the power grid and a significant increase in costs. And it would have only a modest impact on cutting carbon emissions,” according to a new DOE study. — New York Times
Alberta, Abu Dhabi Team Up for Carbon Capture: The province of Alberta, the center of Canada’s oil and gas industry, said Wednesday it will collaborate with Abu Dhabi on energy development, including carbon capture and storage technology. — Dow Jones Newswires
EV Disaster Scenarios: Industry experts today at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi “warned of potentially alternate, adverse outcomes to the smart mobility utopia envisioned by most electric vehicle proponents.” — Cleantech Group
Coda Brings in GM Exec: Coda Automotive has hired General Motors’ former sales and marketing chief Mike Jackson to build the startup’s direct-to-consumer sales model as senior vice president of global sales and distribution. — Press Release
Meet Solar Fusion Power: “Solar Fusion Power will in nine months try to show off a prototype of a solar thermal power system that combines unusually shaped heliostats, a beam down heat transfer system, calcium and hydrogen.” If the system works, “it could raise the bar for efficiency for solar thermal systems.” — Greentech Media
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