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kWhOURS Takes Aim at Old Skool Energy Auditing: On March 21, startup kWhOURS, Inc., “is releasing its first product: software that will enable energy auditors to perform commercial audits more efficiently and cheaply.” — Greentech Media

Smart Grid’s Big Unknown: Customer Acceptance: “The technology is maturing and there’s significant investment on the way, but the smart grid [...]

Few Utilities Power Ahead with Renewables

As surely as last year’s Paris fashions make their way west to New York, U.S. utilities are beginning to embrace European-style programs like feed-in tariffs and green power premiums.
State-level decoupling regulations are easing that transition to some extent. But many utilities are still reluctant to embrace the change fully, especially as prices for conventional energy [...]

Horrible Comcast Reception

Glad to see I’m not the only person with horrible Comcast service…

Can Farming Be Carbon Friendly?

As the climate crisis accelerates, farmers are placed in the ever more precarious position of growing food for an increasing population in the face of increasingly bizarre weather patterns. Weather patterns are shifting due to the increasing amount of energy trapped in our atmosphere by greenhouse gases.
And yet, farming offers the fastest way to [...]

Trash to Fuel: Enerkem Lands $51.5M Led by Waste Management

Cellulosic ethanol startup Enerkem needs trash and money. Massive trash company Waste Management has lots of both. The two said Wednesday that they’ve gotten together, with Waste Management making a strategic investment in the Montreal-based company as part of a 53.8 million Canadian dollars ($51.5 million) investment with fellow new investor Cycle Capital and previous [...]

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