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Oil And Gas Creditors Recover $1 Of Every $5 On Defaulted Debt
Creditors who funded the United States’ shale boom are not in good shape to recover their invested funds, according to Moody’s Investors Service.Banks and private lenders have only gotten back $1 of every $5 they invested in companies that declared… Read More ›
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KWh Analytics Raises $5M for Solar Risk Management
Solar fintech startup kWh Analytics has raised $5 million in a series A to support its new product, PowerLock, which is designed to help lower the cost of capital for the solar market. The round was led by Anthemis Group,… Read More ›
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Spike In Grid Failures: The Next Big Headache For Utilities
Reliability of the electrical grid is a big piece of the “package” that franchise-owning electric companies sell their customers. Just trust the local utility. No need to worry about your own costly, high maintenance generator, solar panels or battery. The… Read More ›
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Review: The Chevy Volt Is The Ideal EV (So Far)
The redesigned 2016 Chevrolet Volt features more handsome styling inside and out, and a noteworthy boost in its electric operating range that vastly blows away any conventional plug-in hybrid on the market. We via Forbes.com: Energy News http://ift.tt/2bWu5ih
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China’s Oil Production Drops Spell Troubling News For Beijing
China’s domestic oil production has peaked and is now declining, creating major problems, ranging from Beijing’s increased foreign oil dependency to upward pressure on global oil prices. via Forbes.com: Energy News http://ift.tt/2bnFdAC
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INL Releases Details of Plans for Work on Advanced Reactors
Report describes pathways for development of advanced nuclear concepts In a report announced August 30, INL’s nuclear experts, in collaboration with their counterparts at Argonne and Oak Ridge National Labs, presented pathways to deployment for advanced test and demonstration reactor… Read More ›
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The Rising Impact of Water Costs on Energy Production
Three years ago, Wood Mackenzie reported on how water scarcity could impact global energy industries, from North American shale gas to Middle Eastern desalination. An updated report from Wood Mackenzie and Verisk Maplecroft finds the risks are greater in 2016,… Read More ›
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How Regulators Are Thinking About Distributed Energy Resources
The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) has issued a draft manual on the compensation of distributed energy resources that could influence how regulators across the country design rates and how the U.S. electricity sector evolves. The document was… Read More ›
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Broken Records Define The Climate Crisis
We’re living in a time of records. More renewable energy came on stream in 2015 than ever — 147 gigawatts, equal to Africa’s entire generating capacity — and investment in the sector broke records worldwide. Costs for producing solar and… Read More ›
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World’s Helium Problem May Have Just Gotten Solved
There’s a global helium shortage. It’s not among the widely publicized problems of the world, but there is undoubtedly a helium deficit – the noble gas that most of us associate with party balloons and funny squeaky voices. … Read More ›
