BHAVE Articles: Renewable Energy
What Business Are Electric Utilities In?
Many businesses can now perform the traditional functions of an electric utility — provide affordable, reliable, resilient power to homes …
There Is Solar, And There Is Solar
There is solar, and there is solar. Centralized solar generation — large fields of solar panels feeding electricity into the …
The Grid is Coming? The Grid is Going!
In India, it is presumed that the grid is a better source of electricity; those locations least likely to get …
A Requiem for Today’s Grid
People speak reverentially about the electricity grid, and rightly so. The U.S.’ electricity grid is an awesome technical, operational, and …
Solar Disruption? Yes. Utility Death Spiral? Not Necessarily
Suddenly, we have seen a spate of “death spiral” talk about electric utilities. Grid parity — through lowered costs — …
Is Sustainability Talk a Distraction from What Really Matters?
Most talk of “energy efficiency” and “sustainability” is insidious or naïve, or even misdirected. We all should switch off the …
How Many Electric Utilities Does A Market Need?
Del Mar, population ~4,100, is an affluent beach city just north of San Diego, Calif. Solana Beach, also on the …
Merge the Ministries of Power and Renewable Energy in India
Can India leverage the dramatic changes occurring in the electric utilities industry, and rid itself of electricity shortages? Yes, it …
Merge for power
The Ministries of Power and Renewable Energy should become one. Can India leverage the dramatic changes occurring in the power …
Our railway network is a huge dustbin
Unless the litter that stretches for miles on either side of any railway station is disposed of properly, the Railways …