We’ve Got It All Wrong!
The environmental movement has been telling us for decades about the need to change to renewable fuels and reduce our dependence on energy. In promoting their ideas they have contributed to start many important small scale initiatives and demonstration projects. These have been necessary in order to start the development of renewable fuel technology and [...]
Stick to the Knitting!
Specialists ensure the quality of the result in most areas of modern society: – Surgeons do surgery. – Lawyers defend people in court. – Advertising agencies make advertising campaigns. – Engineers develop new technologies and products. When I discuss with people who are engaged in sustainability issues and advocate the implementation of new energy technologies [...]
Curing Energy Myopia
As I have argued in earlier postings many of the arguments that are launched in the energy debate are myopic and unrealistic as soon as people take the bigger picture of business, economics and change managment into consideration. In order to cure energy myopia we need to start taking Global Energy Transformation seriously. It is [...]
GET Real!
Based on what I heard at the Swedish Energy Agency’s conference “Energitinget” yesterday I feel a need to react. The situation is similar to the situation around the year 2000 when I had written “The Transparent Market” together with David Lundberg. At that time people in all kinds of positions talked about e-business as a [...]
”Simple” Changes May Be the Most Difficult
I spent a constructive day at the Swedish Energy Agency’s annual conference. A lot of activity, energy and enthusiasm! I’m sensing some confusion, and chaos! I reflected on how people sometimes talk about changes that are almost impossible to manage, as if they were the simplest thing in the world. And here’s a sentence you [...]
20 Technology Complexes
Global Energy Transformation Institute has defined 20 key technology complexes and areas where transformation strategies, methods, and tools need to be developed. These 20 complexes are universal and relevant for consideration by most countries and they are also focus areas for substantial technology development projects in different countries. In order to realize rapid, precise, and [...]
Traveling Wave Reactors
The company Terrapower with Bill Gates as one of the key investors develops the emerging technology of “traveling wave reactors.” This new nuclear technology is based on using uranium that has already been used in existing reactors. Only five per cent of the energy of the uranium has been used, and the used fuel could [...]
Large interest in Global Energy Transformation
Earlier this week I did a mailing to a number of prominent energy experts in the United States. This effort generated a substantial interest, and many favorable replies, asking for more information. This shows that Global Energy Transformation adds a necessary and important new ingredient to the debate about energy systems transformation. I have also [...]
