(Ed: The issue of feed in tariffs is a critical one in all countries, particularly Australia, where new tariffs offer a fraction of the retail price. Yet this detailed study from the […]
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Hybrid Energy Storage Systems Get the Best of Both Worlds
Many years ago, I was part of a U.S. Air Force program with the goal of reducing the battery weight carried by airmen and soldiers by 25 percent. The Air Force Program […]
Oil: Not Yesterday’s Fuel, Just Yet
The new hype is to say that the end of the oil age is near. In the long run, the importance of oil will diminish, write Peter Simon Vargha, Chief Economist at […]
Net Metering Is Not a Drain on the Grid. But That Doesn’t Mean It Should Stay, Say Researchers
A new paper from the nonpartisan Brookings Institution finds net energy metering is not a financial drain on the electric grid, as some utilities argue. Brookings’ review of literature on the costs […]
The Changing Face of CHP Customers
What method of distributed electricity generation is energy-efficient, cost-effective and well-established in the U.S.? More so than wind or solar, or a combination of them with storage, it is actually co-generation, or […]
How Renewables Are Competing in the Wholesale Market Without Mandates
State renewable portfolio standards have long been the top driver of U.S. utility-scale solar and wind energy growth — until now. This year, for the first time ever, more than half of […]
How Fast Could the Market for Electric Vehicles Grow?
Various policy driven scenarios show electric vehicles gaining market share over the next few decades but with the turnover of the vehicle stock taking longer. I recently argued that BP’s projections showing […]
Energy costs for German industry fall sharply since 2010
Öko-Institut and DWI have produced a new cost indicator for industry. The researchers find that German industry bills are down by 10 percent relative to 2010, the year before Chancellor Merkel’s nuclear […]
Sierra Leone signs agreement with UK government to deliver 250,000 home PV systems
More in News, Power Plants, Grids, Off-Grid, Markets & Finance, Policy, Financial & Legal, Africa & Middle East Sierra Leone signs agreement with UK government to deliver 250,000 home PV systems The […]
Renewables on the rise for Germany’s ‘Big Four’ utilities, conventional generation suffers
An RWE PV plant in Hungary. Image: RWE. Germany’s ‘big four’ utilities have all referred to the growing importance of renewable energy in their business models in reporting their latest financial results. […]
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