http://climatechange.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/06/01/carbon-finance-and-investment-summit/ The official Web log for Great Decisions 2007 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:20:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.0 http://climatechange.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/06/01/carbon-finance-and-investment-summit/#comment-1554 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:05:16 +0000 http://climatechange.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/06/01/carbon-finance-and-investment-summit/#comment-1554 I'm glad you mentioned cogeneration at the very end! I'm associated with Recycled Energy Development, a company that does exactly that -- converting excess heat into electricity and steam. The result is greater efficiency, which in turn means slashing both power costs and greenhouse pollution. There's a simple answer as to why more cogeneration isn't being done: regulations protect inefficient utilities. As a result, ultra-efficient options like cogeneration aren't nearly as prevalent as they should be. But consider the possibilities: EPA and DoE studies suggest technologies like cogeneration and waste heat recovery could produce 40% of the nation's electricity, cutting greenhouse gases by about 20%. That's the heart of the matter, and we should be discussing it more. We have some background on the subject here if anyone's interested: http://recycled-energy.com/_documents/media-kit/backgrounder.pdf I’m glad you mentioned cogeneration at the very end! I’m associated with Recycled Energy Development, a company that does exactly that — converting excess heat into electricity and steam. The result is greater efficiency, which in turn means slashing both power costs and greenhouse pollution. There’s a simple answer as to why more cogeneration isn’t being done: regulations protect inefficient utilities. As a result, ultra-efficient options like cogeneration aren’t nearly as prevalent as they should be. But consider the possibilities: EPA and DoE studies suggest technologies like cogeneration and waste heat recovery could produce 40% of the nation’s electricity, cutting greenhouse gases by about 20%. That’s the heart of the matter, and we should be discussing it more. We have some background on the subject here if anyone’s interested: http://recycled-energy.com/_documents/media-kit/backgrounder.pdf

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