By Robert Perry, Director of Energy Research Sometimes I hate being right. Back in March, I wrote about my hopes and concerns regarding Southern California Edison’s proposed Request for Proposals (RFP) proceeding, that sought to develop approximately 95 megawatts (MW) of capacity, preferably in Santa Barbara County to help resolve its resiliency issues. On July […]
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CPUC Rejects Ellwood Proposal in Favor of Renewable Energy
As we celebrate a victory for the families who live and work near the Ellwood natural gas peaker plant in Goleta, the World Business Academy also sees this decision as an opportunity to advance the larger end goal of developing a renewable, community-based distributed energy system in Santa Barbara. The Academy applauds the unanimous decision […]
A Call to Arms for Renewable Energy
Those attending our monthly meetings or perusing our website know that the World Business Academy was established first as a non-profit business think tank, action incubator, and network of business and thought leaders, with the core mission objective of inspiring business to assume responsibility for the whole of society and assisting those in business who […]
Video: Highway to Hydrogen
Recently Quest reported on the current status of hydrogen vehicles and the development of hydrogen infrastructure in California. The World Business Academy has identified hydrogen as the energy carrier of the future. Using hydrogen to store and deploy renewable energy is the most efficient and scalable solution to the climate crisis and the various other […]
President Obama Proposes Energy Security Trust
President Obama has laudably proposed putting $2 billion from federal oil and gas revenues over the next 10 years into a new Energy Security Trust to fund research on new technologies like better batteries and hydrogen fuel cells that would help get cars and trucks “off oil for good.”
