Michael Moynihan’s Posts

• Removing roadblocks to the growth of renewables 0

  Posted 2 months, 3 weeks ago

  On Friday, the U.S. Energy Information Administration released new monthly statistics for renewable energy output as well as output of traditional forms of power.  The good news is that renewable energy in May, the latest month for which statistics have been compiled, is at its all-time highest level, accounting for 13% of total power.  The bad news, however, is that the vast majority of this, about 9.4%, comes from traditional hydropower.  The other renewables -- wind, solar, biomass, and geothermal -- accounted for just 3.6%.   Wind accounts for 1.8%, biomass 1.3%, geothermal 0.4%, and solar 0.3% of the… Read More

• free bird, free trade?

  Can trade policy and climate policy work hand-in-hand? 4

  Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago

  This past weekend, while traveling in India, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton received the message, courteous but firm, that India has no intention of capping carbon.

• New energy at DOE

  Autos, smart grid and clean tech: DOE turns on the money 2

  Posted 4 months, 1 week ago

  Last week the Department of Energy released part of the $25 billion in loans provided for through the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program, included in Section 136 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. The delay in releasing these funds had been one of the longest running scandals in clean tech policy. Upon taking office, the Obama Administration vowed to expedite their release and Secretary Steven Chu had made finalizing rules needed to administer the program a key priority. In the first installment of the loans, Tesla, the VC-backed California maker of an all-electric sports… Read More

• tech your children well

  Clean technology innovation: reaping the rewards 2

  Posted 5 months ago

  Clean technology has more potential for wealth creation than information technology. Yet despite numerous breakthroughs, the clean energy and technology space has yet to generate the type of home runs on a company level or growth on an economy-wide level needed to reinvigorate the American economy and get wages moving upwards again. What can be done?

• The CAFE is closed

  Fuel economy in context 13

  Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago

  Fuel economy standards are among the least precise tools for addressing climate change.

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