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Hope for Renewable Electricity? NOAA versus History of Technology Deployment03 Feb

The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) forecasts exciting news for drastic cuts in greenhouse gas emissions by using solar PV and wind. However, history shows that previous energy producing sources (e.g., coal, oil, natural gas) required several decades to register a major impact on society. NOAA Claims: “According to… NOAA, the United States […]
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Solar PV Electricity Badly Lags Oil, Gas, Coal. Solution? Vastly More Lobbying by Solar PV!23 Sep

SBIR Consultant – Market Analysis: There are many issues of importance to be stressed in writing a competitive SBIR proposal. One of these is market analysis: urgent need for your innovation, your competition, showstopper issues, cost, and policy/legal impediments. The blog below is an example of a snapshot market analysis where fossil fuel technologies command […]
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Senator Scott Brown of MA: No Interest in Energy Issues26 Sep

Senator Scott Brown, candidate for reelection in Massachusetts, lists 9 issues on his website regarding “Where I stand.” None of them involve energy. Based on the lengthy list of energy issues (see below) not addressed by Senator Scott Brown, clearly he has no interest in compelling state and national energy issues that affect the survival of this country. […]
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Marginal Growth of U.S. Solar and Wind Energy Despite Government Incentives04 Feb

In spite of extensive incentives from U.S. federal and state governments (See  below), renewable energy consumption of solar and wind from 2006 to 2010 has been underwhelming at best. There are two pie charts below, one for 2006 and the other for 2010 regarding U.S. renewable energy consumption. During the period from 2006 to 2010, […]
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United States Slipped to Third Place in World Clean Energy28 Sep

According to a report from the PEW Charitable Trusts (2010 edition), “…the United States fell to third place among G-20 members, one year after it had lost top billing and slid to second place…For a variety of reasons, the United States’ competitive position appears to be eroding. Stimulus funding that helped the clean energy industry […]

About Dr. Everson

Prior to forming this autonomous vehicle consultant practice, Dr. Jeffrey Everson was director of business development for QinetiQ North America’s Technology Solutions Group (previously Foster-Miller, Inc.).

Dr. Everson has been the principal investigator for collision warning systems for automobiles and inner-city transit buses. These programs were awarded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). For his work on developing a collision warning system for inner-city transit buses, Everson was the first U.S. Department of Transportation contractor to win an SBIR Tibbetts Award.

Previously Dr. Everson held senior scientist positions at Battelle Memorial Institute, The Analytic Sciences Corporation (TASC), Honeywell Electro Optics Systems Division, and Itek Optical Systems Division.

He holds a PhD in physics from Boston College and a MS/BS in physics from Northeastern University.

Contact

For more information about how JHEverson Consulting can help your company with autonomous vehicles, please contact Jeff Everson.

JHEverson Consulting is based in the Boston area but consults for clients throughout North America.