Articles by Sean Casten
Sean Casten is president & CEO of Recycled Energy Development, LLC, a company devoted to profitably reducing greenhouse emissions.
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District energy 101
District energy is a big deal, and like most of our energy system, it's subject to a host of inconsistent and/or mutually contradictory regulations. Good policy would fix those inconsistencies. Problem is, lawmakers just don't understand it. So let's break it down.
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Electricity markets are weird: why a carbon price isn't enough
If power companies have to pay for their CO2 emissions, what will happen to the price of electricity? The answer isn't as obvious as you think.
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Me, in the movie 'Carbon Nation'
For those of you who missed my big screen debut last night in Millennium Park, it's safe to say you missed the opportunity of a lifetime.
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Why 'clean coal' will never, ever matter
Carbon capture and sequestration, the great hope of the coal industry, makes no economic sense under any scenario in which there's a price on carbon pollution. Here's why.
