The EU will increase its 2030 emission reduction target to “at least 55 percent” up from 40 percent, Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, confirmed Wednesday. The change will […]
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‘Game-Changer’ FERC Order Opens Up Wholesale Grid Markets to Distributed Energy Resources
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has passed a long-awaited order to open up the country’s wholesale energy markets to distributed energy resources (DERs) like rooftop solar, behind-the-meter batteries and electric vehicles. Now comes […]
The $60 Trillion Price Tag For A World With Net-Zero Emissions
The world can achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by the middle of this century for an annual investment of US$1 trillion-US$2 trillion, or up to US$60 trillion over the next 30 years, […]
Is This The Final Nail In Coal’s Coffin?
Coal headlines this summer have been uniformly doom-and-gloom, with stories like “Renewables surpass coal in US energy generation for first time in 130 years” from the Guardian, “Coal’s Decline Continues with 13 […]
FERC’s new DER rule to pry open big opportunities for solar, storage
Here are a few quotable quotes from this article:New technologies and business models that did not have a lot of space in the room will now have an opportunity to flourish, Dan […]
U.S. Shale Production Continues To Decline
Crude oil production in the U.S. shale patch is set to decline by 68,000 bpd next month, with every play registering declines in output except the Permian, the Energy Information Administration said […]
What BP Got Wrong About Global Oil Demand
Environmentalists around the world are having a field day this week as international media picks up on the oil market forecasts in the recently released BP Energy Outlook 2020. It appears the […]
Milestone: Australia’s main grid reaches 25 pct renewables over last year
While 2020 has been, undoubtedly, a year to forget – for many different reasons – there have been some bright spots. And one particular achievement that is very much worth celebrating presents […]
IEA: Reaching Climate Goals Requires Drastic Increase in Clean Energy Tech
A major effort to develop and deploy clean energy technologies worldwide is urgently needed to meet international energy and climate goals, particularly in order to reduce carbon emissions from areas beyond the […]
Utility-Scale Solar Remains Resilient Despite Pandemic
The U.S. solar market installed 3.5 GW of new solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity in Q2, a drop of 6% from Q1 installations. At the same time, utility-scale solar remained resilient despite the […]
