Areas of Expertise:
Clean Energy, Climate Change, Energy Security, Innovation, Nuclear, Power Sector, TransportationPresident of The Science Council for Global Initiatives, an international science & technology think tank. Author of Prescription for the Planet. Member of the selection committee for Russia's Global Energy Prize.
Recent Comments by Tom Blees
- "For starters, the entire discussion is based on a false premise: that a storage site has to store highly radiotoxic material for thousands (even hundr"
Why Biden Should Designate a Nuclear Waste Negotiator - "The greatest barrier to deployment is physics. Grid-scale energy storage is part and parcel—and a necessary element—of the all-renewables fantasy. And"
A Grand Challenge to Commercialize Energy Storage - "Jacobson may not be the only one to say that offshore wind turbines could slow hurricane winds, but that doesn't mean it's true. I can show you almost"
Realizing the Promise of Offshore Wind - "Jacobson's fantasy about wind farms slowing hurricane winds is a bad joke, typical of his unrealistic claims. He's clearly never experienced a strong "
Realizing the Promise of Offshore Wind - "Mike, I couldn't agree more with your points about nuclear power and about the need to actively remove CO2. Fortunately the latter issue is beginning "
A Framework for The Green Real Deal - "There's a lot of disagreement about the deployment of renewables, much less an all-renewables future that some maintain is the goal for which we shoul"
The Need for a Diverse Approach to Energy - "Many good points made here. Allow me a couple suggestions...
The technology to recycle spent fuel from MSRs is available. You can use the pyroprocess"
The Key to Saving the Nuclear Power Sector - "Energy storage technology suitable for utility-scale use has already been developed. It's called uranium.
How many batteries would it take to run a"
Bipartisan Energy Storage Solutions - "Scott,
Describing the views you disagree with as nonsense is hardly a good way to start your argument. Let me start my response a bit more softly, wi"
The Clean Energy Puzzle Needs Nuclear - "A PPA (Power Purchase Agreement) doesn't say anything about the actual viability of a system. People have signed PPAs for space-generated power, if an"
The Clean Energy Puzzle Needs Nuclear