Letter from the Editor-in-Chief (Spring 2024)
At the risk of repeating myself, as I said in the EIC letter published in the March/April edition of OILWOMAN Magazine (one of the companion publications under the umbrella of U.S. Energy Media), we joke at the (virtual) U.S. Energy Media offices that we’ve “gone Hollywood.” It all started when......
Biggest Trends in Grid-Scale Energy Storage
by Emily Newton
The Inflation Reduction Act has grid-scale energy storage adoption underway. Industry experts and stakeholders in the sector know significant changes are coming, but is there enough evidence to prove nebulous trends? Environmental advocates, renewable industry leaders and C-suite professionals can all rejoice in these suspected 2024 trends because many incite......
Collaborative Work Management Boosts Field Worker Effectiveness
Real-time work collaboration is nothing new for office workers and white-collar professionals. From chat programs to interactive document sharing to video conferencing, office workers use these valuable tools to enhance their productivity on a daily basis. But what about remote field workers? The applicability, usability and effectiveness of these office......
The Future is Now: How AI Is Fast-Tracking Nuclear Fusion Breakthroughs
In January, OpenAI’s Sam Altman took the 2024 World Economic Forum in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, by storm. He’s bullish in the belief that artificial intelligence (AI) will make remarkable headway in medicine, the way we work, and robotics manufacturing within the next five years. But without significant changes to our ability......
Invisible Iceberg: When Climate and Weather Shaped History
Chapter 30: America’s Worst Hurricane Boosts Houston The city of Houston, Texas, with 2.3 million residents, is the fourth most populous city in the United States behind New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. It is third only to New York and Chicago in its concentration of Fortune 500 companies. Yet,......
Could We Hold On Long Enough For Alternative Energy Technology To Catch Up?
by Jeff Szur
The water/energy nexus is a powerful commodity and never is it more evident than in California and in disaster relief situations. In California, it is estimated that 20 percent of the electrical use and 30 percent of the natural gas use is to move water. “As the largest single consumer......
Energies Spotlight
The Future Of Renewable Energy Generation
The global shift to cleaner energy, net zero carbon emission pledges, and increased extreme weather events are shaping the energy transition. Human activity continues to increase carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gas emissions, causing the earth’s overall temperature to increase. Future warming depends on the magnitude of emissions this......
Latest News
- Agenda Timings Released! How Orsted, Equinor and DoE will Deliver Profitable Offshore Wind Projects April 25, 2024
- Transmission and Distribution Summits Sparks Conversation on a Sustainable Future April 20, 2024
- Why We Need AI-Driven Virtual Power Plants: A Step Towards Sustainable Energy April 3, 2024
- What’s in a Modern Technology Platform for the Renewable Energy Utility April 1, 2024
- American Nuclear Society on DOE Loan to Restart Closed Michigan Nuclear Plant March 27, 2024
- Oceantic Network Celebrates Completion of Nation’s First Operational Commercial-Scale Project March 14, 2024
- REPT BATTERO Showcases Wending, its Highest Density Battery Tech at IBSE 2024 March 14, 2024
- Nominations Now Open for Women in Energy Awards 2024 March 10, 2024
ENERGIES Sponsor
Newsletter Sign Up
Subscribe to our industry newsletters covering the news, events, and trends shaping the market, delivered right to your inbox.
ENERGIES Magazine
Billy Idol: Rebel with a Cause
Say the name Billy Idol and what comes to mind? Punk icon. Spiked blond hair. Head-to-toe black leather – and you can’t forget that famous curled lip. How about water conservationist, activist and devoted grandfather? We didn’t see that coming either. But that doesn’t stop Idol, 68, from continuing to rock out. In fact, he recently found a way to blend his music, activism and love of history at the first concert ever held at the Hoover Dam.
Idol admits that earlier on in his life his main focus was on his music – writing songs and getting his career off the ground, first as the lead singer for the punk band Generation X and then as a solo artist. Back then, he wasn’t thinking about the environment all that much. The change came about, he says, when he settled in Los Angeles in 1987. Having lived there now for nearly 37 years, he has seen the difference in how the climate and the environmental surroundings have gradually changed – and not for the better.
“I’ve become more aware of the climate and especially the water situation,” Idol says. As a result, his activism for water conservation came on gradually. “I’ve been watching things. For instance, when I first came to Los Angeles, there were April showers, and May was always blazing hot like the beginning of summer, really sunny. Then in June, it would be gloomy. Now, there tends to be no rain in April; May is gray, and June just carries on. It’s humid in May now. So, things have altered. The climate changes are real.”
Solar
Wind
Nuclear
Hydrogen
Utilities
Electric Vehicles
Battery Storage
Technology
Innovation
ENERGIES Sponsored Events
30 April - 01 May
London, UK
01 - 02 May
Atlanta, GA
06 - 08 May
The Woodlands, TX
21 - 22 May
Dammam, Saudia Arabia
World Hydrogen Forum 2024
Dammam, Saudia Arabia
No event found!