Monthly Archives: May 2009

Do We Really Need Baseload Plants?

I love people that challenge the conventional wisdom. It almost always leads to new frames of thinking – and that’s useful to finding solutions to problems.
Jon Wellinghoff, President Obama’s new Chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), recently said:
I think baseload capacity is going to become an anachronism…People talk about ‘Oh, we need baseload.’ [...]

Cleantech Hype

Back in October of last year, when oil was at $80 (and 50% off its highs, at that) Neal Dikeman, a partner at Jane Capital Partners and the CEO of Carbonflow provided some great perspective that is worth mulling over and keeping in mind.
Be forewarned, you do not have a comparative advantage here. The oil [...]