Churches Create Gas Company

Some churches in Germany have gas. And they're looking to compete with local companies to help the community deal with sky-high energy prices. Here's what the chairman of the society of churches had to say:

"At first we want to concentrate on supplying gas to our parishes and to charitable and social organizations here in Baden-Wuerttemberg. If that works out well, we'll be glad to welcome others from outside who will increase our purchasing capacity."

So how do they do it? They simply work with gas suppliers and cut out the middle man to provide cheaper gas. They're in this for charity, not for windfall profits.

I guess 10% off your gas bill is a good incentive for church membership, but going head-to-head with local business might be a bit foolish. I don't know whether to call genius or foolery on this one, but I wouldn't be too upset if a local church could give me a good deal on gasoline. 

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France's Areva Buys 100% Stake in Solar Thermal Startup Ausra

Hola les comparto un artículo de Michael Graham Richard, Ottawa, Canada

Tecnología de Páneles solares 

Playing with the Big Boys

The solar thermal startup Ausra, which we've written about in the past, has just been bought by the French public mega-conglomerate Areva for an unknown amount. Ausra's solar technology is particularly desirable because they are storing part of the heat generated by the sun during the day so that they can keep producing electricity even when the sun doesn't shine.

I see this as a good sign for the capital-intensive solar thermal market. Projections have it growing at around 20% per year for the next decade, but depending on a few things (price of oil, carbon taxes, major climate events, new scientific discoveries, etc), solar could potentially expand even faster than that (or slower, if we're unlucky). 

Areva is huge and has the muscle to make really big solar projects happen. This kind of concentrating solar thermal with storage needs to be proven reliable before other companies and governments will invest more in it. And if it doesn't work, the faster we know about it, the faster we can solve the problems or move on to something else. Now's the time to make it happen, Areva.

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Disminuye tu marca de carbono - Count down your carbon

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Ya sabes que el objetivo es reducir las emisiones de dióxido de carbono a 500,000 toneladas.

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