Category Archives: Energy

Smart Grids and Smart Car Charging

Posted on May 2, 2010 by Chris Zach

The utility industry has some serious work ahead to prepare for the emergence of plug-in electric vehicles from the development pipeline. Customers will be expecting high-voltage power in places where it’s not available today, like parking lots at the office. … Continue reading →

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Pretty Power

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Chris Zach

Need power generation plants always exist as hulking industrial behemoths? Wind and solar power growth is already shifting the generation of electricity from an eyesore to a new and necessary component of our 21st century landscape. Now a British architectural … Continue reading →

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What do CCS and blood have in common?

Posted on December 4, 2009 by Chris Zach

Whenever I start to feel like the challenge of preventing climate change might just be insurmountable — this happens often as I read reports at work on the scale of carbon reduction needed — it’s a welcome news to hear … Continue reading →

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The Importance of Scope

Posted on October 23, 2009 by Chris Zach

As an energy analyst, I often see in my own work the drastic effect of scope on analysis results. For example, take a simple-sounding question like, “How much energy is required to produce a ton of iron?” This is a … Continue reading →

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Cap and Trade for Less

Posted on October 16, 2009 by Chris Zach

Good news for the future of cap and trade — and our climate — from a couple researchers at Stanford Graduate School of Business. Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) probably won’t cost as much as previously thought, which will keep … Continue reading →

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It’s Getting Hot in Here

Posted on October 12, 2009 by Chris Zach

Say you’re an ambitious young engineer and you want to tackle some seriously challenging problems. The automotive industry has no money to hire you, and their work on battery-powered cars is mundane and rote anyway.  You could work in aerospace, … Continue reading →

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