Hydrogen, The Forgotten Energy Source?
Hydrogen does not appear on the list of energy sources available to generate electricity from the U.S. Energy Information Agency as shown on the table below; and yet, hydrogen is coming to the fore. The level of interest and the variety of explorations brings to mind – where there’s smoke there’s fire. Someone will figure […]
Hydrogen Brings New Hope to an Old Industry Titan
From the Wall Street Journal Spinning trendy green assets out of venerable industrial companies at high valuations is a strategy that often sounds better in theory than in practice. But Thyssenkrupp ’s promising hydrogen business could be an exception. On Thursday, the German company best known for steel production gave investors a closer look at […]
The biggest green hydrogen hub in the US could be coming soon to Mississippi.
The United States could see its biggest green hydrogen hub by far up and running in Mississippi by 2025 — if a team of former natural-gas storage developers and a major Canadian energy infrastructure developer can pull off their plans. On Tuesday, Hy Stor Energy announced that it intends to build a green hydrogen production […]
Index of Book Summaries [2021-present]
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Index of Climate Change Articles [2021-present]
1. 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), Glasgow, 10.31.21 – 11.12.21 2. A Conversation with the Blue Green Alliance’s Jason Walsh 3. A ‘fairly simple’ breakthrough makes accessing stored hydrogen more efficient 1. A Reminder of the Sources of GHGs 2. AIF Florida Water Forum 2021 3. Benefits of Trees 4. Bloomberg […]
Index of Planning Articles [2021-present]
1. A Comprehensive, Long-Range City Finance Plan Using a Pro Forma Sources and Uses Process 2. A New High School Movement Rises 3. A Photo Essay Of Gas Stations On Highways 4. Affordable Housing Policies and Programs, State and Local 5. Affordable Housing: An Approach for Creating and Keeping an Affordable Housing Inventory FacebookTweetLinkedInEmail
AV/EV Big Rigs with Interstate Highway Intercept Centers.
The Future. Prognosticators believe, rightly so, that sooner or later the nation’s 18-wheel truck fleet will be made up of autonomous vehicles [AVs]. This eventuality is being rushed to market by the competition to be first with the AV technology and by the shortage of over-the-road truck drivers. The recent supply chain breakage put a […]
Micro Cottages
Micro Cottages are small single-family homes with living/dining areas, bedrooms, bathrooms and kitchens plus a large usable porch serving as outside living space. Micro Cottages and their residents do best when they constitute a village of six to twelve homes clustered around a community open space. Micro cottages are not “tiny houses”, mobile homes or […]
Placemaking
Places make projects more valuable. In one sense, it’s the old – location, location, location. But then, one has to determine what makes a great location…great locations are places; places that attract residents, businesses and/or visitors. Individual projects, properly designed and sited, collectively make a place; and then the place makes the project more valuable […]
The Multiple Benefits of Co-Located Public Venues.
CONCEPT. “Multiple Benefits” is a great concept in normal times; in times of economic stress, it is an exceptional concept. The basic idea is that a single action can produce more than one benefit. One dollar of expense, if thoughtfully expended, can produce more than one dollar’s worth of value, or benefit. Consider: “Killing two […]