We’ve heard of "grid parity", but what happens when the cost of local generation falls below the cost of the network? It’s called "God Parity", and it’s when centralised generation doesn’t have […]

Electric vehicle sales have been growing steadily in Europe, while sales have faltered in the U.S. According to Renault Z.E., which tracks electric vehicle sales across Europe, all-electric vehicle sales in the […]

E&P companies have added 30 horizontal rigs in the Permian basin since the end of June. Most analysts didn’t notice (Figure1).Figure 1. Tight oil horizontal rig counts since January 1, 2015. Source: […]

The Bakken Production Statistics and the ND Production Statistics with June production numbers has been published.(Click to enlarge)Bakken production was up by 10,887 barrels per day to 1,152,455 BPD while all North […]

Market fundamentalists tell us that prices convey information. Yet, while our barbers and hairdressers might be able to give us an extended account of why their prices have changed in the last […]

TransCanada is pointing to a new study on how pipeline safety stacks up against rail to show why two of its controversial projects should be built. According to the report by the […]

I recently published a paper, along with my colleagues Paul Gilding and Jimena Alvarez. For 20 leading fossil fuel producing firms, we measured the economic cost to society of the climate change […]

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently released data showing that the capacity factor (CF) for wind power can reach 65 percent — comparable to the CF of fossil-fuel-based generation. While the […]

In a recent State of the State address, California Governor Jerry Brown called for a goal of 50 percent renewable energy by 2030 — up from the current mandate of 33 percent […]