Via Fast Company, a report on a Dutch company linking home energy producers with consumers wanting clean energy: In the Netherlands, a marketplace called Power Peers is linking up home energy producers with consumers wanting clean energy. You can buy the solar power from your parents’ panels even if they live 200 miles away. You can buy […]
Read more »Via the Brookings Institute, a look at how an urban water market might work in Los Angeles: Water infrastructure challenges are numerous and widespread across the country, from massive lead service line replacements needed in Michigan to combined sewer overflows in New Jerseyto resilience concerns in Louisiana. Since the country’s water infrastructure is so highly localized and fragmented – with […]
Read more »Via Greenbiz, an interesting look at the future of the smart grid, an interdisciplinary solution incorporating clean energy, clean transportation, zero waste, and fresh water: David Crane is banking on a fragile balancing act to see his company, power giant NRG Energy, through what he predicts will be an upheaval in the way electricity is generated, stored and purchased. The […]
Read more »Via Raconteur, an interesting look at how the success of the peer-to-peer economy, from Airbnb to Uber, paves the way for the democratisation and disintermediation of the energy market, aided by advances in technology: Technological developments are already blurring the line between producers, distributers and consumers. Companies are increasingly looking for opportunities to become power […]
Read more »Via The Christian Science Monitor, a look at how water markets – while nascent worldwide – could potentially help water flow to where it’s most useful: When a market for trading water rights opened in central Nebraska last year, one of the initial buyers wasn’t a corn farmer, or even a water user at all […]
Read more »Courtesy of the San Francisco Chronicle, commentary on how water markets and trading allow regions to make the best use of resources: Conflicts over water are not new to the American West, especially to California. An upcoming trial in Santa Barbara showcases many of the issues involved in our parched state’s quest for water, and […]
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