As oil prices continue to skirt all-time highs, there’s been a gusher of coverage about how oil producers are turning to ever more costly technologies—from going to ultra deep, to mining tar sands—to eek more oil from the earth. Against this…
Global CCS Institute
CCS’ prospects under Energy Secretary nominee Ernest Moniz | Global CCS Institute
by Adam Aston •
Ernest Moniz, President Obama’s newly nominated Energy Secretary, shares much with his predecessor, Steven Chu, outgoing head of the Department of Energy (DOE) and who is returning to an academic chair at Stanford University. Both men are prominent academic physicists, with…
Ensia
Can smarter storage solve our energy woes? | Ensia
by Adam Aston •
A new generation of technology focuses on supplying a midsize dollop of power exactly when and where it’s needed most. Largely out of sight, tucked into building basements and stashed in garages, a new generation of energy storage technology is…
Corporate Knights
How recovering water from fresh potatoes helps a PepsiCo chips factory turn off the taps | Corporate Knights
by Adam Aston •
For PepsiCo, one of the world’s biggest makers of potato chips, the key to producing the crispiest chips possible is all about driving moisture out of raw potatoes. Paradoxically, though, potatoes are made up mostly of water. At a Walkers…
GreenBiz
How SAP and cities are boosting innovation through open data | GreenBiz
by Adam Aston •
Listening to a couple of coders gush over the virtues of gamification, location-based mobile services and open data standards, I might have mistaken the techies for sneaker-wearing pitchmen at a Silicon Valley hackathon. But this was midtown Manhattan. Instead of…
OnEarth
Meet the Change Makers: How UPS Delivers Big Energy Savings | OnEarth
by Adam Aston •
For UPS, the world’s largest package delivery company, no time of year is more challenging than the holiday season. This year, the Atlanta-based company predicts the surge of packages it handles between Thanksgiving and Christmas will exceed half a billion.…