Create. You can submit your idea or solution (preferably a video) around our questions about climate and energy challenges.
Vote. Help us choose the best ideas by rating their viability or discuss the ideas submitted by others. Get the FAQs.
Make it. Your ratings and comment help us decide which ideas are featured on our PBS TV Special. Learn how to make a video.
ActivismAdaptationAgricultureAlgaeArchitectureArtBikingBiofuelsBiomimicryBusinessCampus SustainabilityClean Tech
Climate ChangeEconomicsEducationEfficiencyElectric CarsEnergy StorageEngineeringEPA P3GeothermalGreen BuildingGreen CitiesGreen CommunitiesGreen Living
President and CEO Electric Power Research Industry: Renewables and Timing to Effect Electricity Industry
Michael Howard, President and CEO of the Electric Power Research Institute shares with Planet Forward his ideas about the future of electricity at the United States Energy Association “State of the Energy Industry” forum.
Tell your friends:
facebook
twitter
On January 29th, 2011 at 10:47 am Terry O'Malley Said:
All the technology to increase energy production is now off the self, what is not off the self is the increase capacity to transfer this addition flow. The metals industry along with carbon fiber industry, needs to bring to market an easily installed linear wire product, that can cost effectively replace the existing aluminum (345KV) infrastructure with much larger load capacity and efficiency. The nemesis is in the load transportation not the production of electrons.
On January 31st, 2011 at 3:37 pm Carrie Winans Said:
Thanks for your input Terry! Cost efficiency is definitely always a concern when ideas are first being created. It’s hard to find things that are both innovative and cost-effective. I think that once a product like the one you described is discovered, that companies will be willing to make that switch.