All Entries Tagged With: "pickens"

Pickens to scrap wind farm plan, report says; is ‘Pickens Plan’ for major expansion of CNG/rCNG vehicles in peril?

In Texas, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens has scrapped plans to build a gigantic wind farm in the Texas Panhandle. Pickens told the Journal that there were not adequate transmission lines to move the power from rural Texas to cities where the demand for power is located, and [...]

July 09, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 1

Pickin’ On Pickens: Special Report on Making the Case for the 2nd Generation Biofuels and Bioenergy Options

by Biofuels Digest special correspondent Tim Sklar
Background
Over the last few months leading up to the election, politicians, pundits and experts have articulated a number of energy policies, and energy initiatives should be undertaken. In a number of instances, comprehensive energy plans have been proposed with many having different primary objectives. Some focus on achieving energy [...]

February 18, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

FedEx: Pickens Plan not the answer for energy sustainability; points to diesel-electric hybrids

In Tennessee, FedEx has drawn itself into a discussion of the merits of the Pickens Plan, which calls for the rapid expansion of compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles as a path towards energy independence. FedEx director of sustainability Mitch Jackson argued that substituting one fossil fuel for another was not the solution, and pointed towards [...]

January 15, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0