t. boone pickens

It is no secret that a huge hurdle impeding the growth of clean, renewable energy is building a smart power grid and, perhaps more importantly, new transmission lines. In particular, the proliferation of wind power in the United States this decade is at a tipping point. A major problem that needs to be addressed is transferring the energy from wind farms to the high density cities.

Here are the Top 10 Renewable Energy News Stories You May Have Missed this Week:

T. Boone Pickens, once one of the brightest examples of the shift from conventional fossil fuel energy to renewable energy, has announced his Pickens Plan no longer involves wind energy.

For a number of years, notes ecologist and UC Santa Barbara Professor Emeritus Daniel B.

Ted Turner, perhaps looking to prove he can do it better than Texas oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens, is taking his piece of the renewable energy pie.

T. Boone Pickens: sounds like a name for a cartoon character from Looney Tunes. But the man has made a fortune for himself in the world of energy, and at one time appeared to be looking to the renewable sector as well.

How much do you know about Rutabagas, the Hecate Strait, Taiwan, the smart charging system, or "green" beer? 

We're betting you are going to know a lot more about all these things and how they fit into renewable energy after you see what EnergyBoom has been upto this week.

So, let's jump right in.

T. Boone Pickens and Ted Turner recently authored an opinion piece on the future of energy in the Wall Street Journal.  Among many opinions offered, the pair suggests a "Cash for Clunkers" program to replace the oldest and most polluting of power plants in the US.

Apparently, T. Boone Pickens did not know exactly what he was getting into when he made plans to build the world's largest wind farm in Texas, last year.

What should the path forward be on energy issues?

Well, if you have a spare $100 million to thrown around and a Texas Twang, you too can buy your ways into the Halls of Power with a superficially appealing, yet fundamentally unsound, "answer" to America's energy problems.