Shell announces shift to renewable energy, peak oil production in 2019
Royal Dutch Shell is accelerating its drive to lower carbon emissions while delivering value for shareholders… supposedly
Tag: Green Business
EUs Green Deal threatens 40% of Romanian electricity production
In December, the European Union announced the European Green New Deal that is intended to greatly speed up the EU’s commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The new goal is for Europe to become Climate Neutral (no net greenhouse gas emissions) by 2050, and to reduce emissions by 55% by…
Orange Button data taxonomy for solar financial reporting launches with developer meeting
Today SunSpec held a developers meeting for the Orange Button data taxonomy. This is a Department of Energy project, led by the SunSpec Alliance, aiming to reduce some of the “soft costs” in solar power – specifically, the processing of financial and investment documents related to solar power systems. The…
Elon Musk calls reporter a douchebag for not getting Tesla’s long range plan
This interview from 2009 shows Elon Musk calling a reporter a “Huge Douchebag” and “complete idiot” because that reporter didn’t grok Tesla’s long-range plan to produce an affordable mass market electric car. Tesla’s plan all along was to plow profits into building the company towards production of what’s now called…
Green Jobs revolution promised by Obama in 2008; how’s it doing? Can big business simultaneously go green, and make green?
President Obama was elected in 2008 on a platform promising, among other things, a green jobs revolution. That the way out of the economic mess of 2008-9, that threatened a global economic meltdown and catastrophic depression, was to support green technologies, green energy systems, and lead a wave of innovation…
EUs Green Deal threatens 40% of Romanian electricity production
In December, the European Union announced the European Green New Deal that is intended to greatly speed up the EU’s commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The new goal is for Europe to become Climate Neutral (no net greenhouse gas emissions) by 2050, and to reduce emissions by 55% by…
Orange Button data taxonomy for solar financial reporting launches with developer meeting
Today SunSpec held a developers meeting for the Orange Button data taxonomy. This is a Department of Energy project, led by the SunSpec Alliance, aiming to reduce some of the “soft costs” in solar power – specifically, the processing of financial and investment documents related to solar power systems. The…
Elon Musk calls reporter a douchebag for not getting Tesla’s long range plan
This interview from 2009 shows Elon Musk calling a reporter a “Huge Douchebag” and “complete idiot” because that reporter didn’t grok Tesla’s long-range plan to produce an affordable mass market electric car. Tesla’s plan all along was to plow profits into building the company towards production of what’s now called…
Green Jobs revolution promised by Obama in 2008; how’s it doing? Can big business simultaneously go green, and make green?
President Obama was elected in 2008 on a platform promising, among other things, a green jobs revolution. That the way out of the economic mess of 2008-9, that threatened a global economic meltdown and catastrophic depression, was to support green technologies, green energy systems, and lead a wave of innovation…
