Greetings from sunny Ireland!  I am excited to be writing this from the beautiful village of Drumshanbo on the shores of Lake Allen, 1.5 hours drive west of Dublin near the border with Northern Ireland.  I was invited to speak at the inaugeral Robert John Kane Energy Symposium, Ireland's first conference focused on sustainable development of renewable energy, and am looking forward to the discussions almost as much as I did coming to this amazing country in the first place. Read more