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Carbon credits are a global market tool, and based on the Kyoto Protocol. But not all countries have adopted these global goals and strategies. As the global threat grows, you will be hearing more about carbon sequestration, carbon credits, and the carbon market. Learn the basics.

... and another perspective:

You be the astute researcher and decision maker. Will carbon credits reduce our appetite for energy? Will it make big companies bigger and small companies smaller? Will it remove the excess carbon big producers have been spewing into the air and water over the past generations?

These are the critical issues facing the young leaders of today and tomorrow. Learn about it. Innovate this global process. Get involved in the discussion, the research, and the solution implementation. Your future career and personal health depends on it.

It won't be easy. Or simple. And big players will try to shape your thinking. Your critical thinking skills will keep you ahead of the latest craze intended to create insane levels of profit for powerful players. Your conscientious leadership can help shape even the largest companies to care for our shared survival.

Yes, I'm a bit concerned :-)

The University of Delaware is exploring the potential of vehicles connecting to the smart grid.

Electric-drive vehicles, whether powered by batteries, fuel cells, or gasoline hybrids, have within them the energy source and power electronics capable of producing the 60 Hz AC electricity that powers homes and offices.

When connections are added to allow this electricity to flow from cars to power lines, we call it "vehicle to grid" power, or V2G.

Cars pack a lot of power. One typical electric-drive vehicle can put out over 10kW, the average draw of 10 houses. The key to realizing economic value from V2G is precise timing of its grid power production to fit within driving requirments while meeting the time-critical power "dispatch" of the electric distribution system.

On September 21, 2009, Delaware passed a law that requires electric utilities to compensate owners of electric cars for electricity sent back to the grid at the same rate they pay for electricity to charge the battery.

AutoPort Inc. near the Port of Wilmington, has produced  the first electric car built in Delaware, and the first car ever manufactured with complete V2G controls built-in from the factory.
Auto Port Inc. is a high volume auto-conversion facility located in New Castle, DE that builds V2G capable vehicles.

www.udel.edu/V2G/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle-to-grid

Renewable energy is undergoing a global transformation to cope with today's environmental, economic, health and resource scarcity challenges.  The day of assuming endless supplies of petroleum resources is over, and countries and companies are looking for "renewable" sources that happen within the earth's systems:  solar beams, winds, waves, biomass and even human energy!  Innovation and commercialization of renewable energy is in full swing, offering jobs, investment opportunities, as well as business opportunities to help create the vision and implement the solutions. 

Green buildings of all shapes and sizes will become integrated into these new energy systems for both consumption of energy and generation of energy for their own use and for uploading to the grid.

Here are some of the renewable energies and services surrounding this new shape of energies to come:

Wind
Solar photovoltaics - PV
Wave Power
Geothermal
Solar Concentrator
Solar Thermal
Passive Solar

Energy Services - O&M
Plant MRO
Contract Energy Management

Distributed Generation
Micro Turbines
Fuel Cells
Micro CHP
Gen-sets
Rental
Recip Engines
CHP - Cogeneration
Trigeneration
Waste to Energy

Add to these renewable energy sources high performance energy efficiency, and you have a pathway to net zero energy buildings.  This extreme sport -- net zero energy buildings will leap forward in the 2010 decade as building and emissions regulations require greater focus on efficient operations and distributed power generation.