“What would our energy system look like if the move to a low-carbon society wasn’t left to governments and big energy companies but was instead led by civil society?” asks Dr. Stephen […]
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Utility business model that embraces efficiency and solar without sacrificing revenue
City utility aims for 80% cut in emissions by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2050, and learns that encouraging solar and energy efficiency does not mean a cut in revenue. via Renew […]
Norwegian green energy to power UK homes
Green power from Norway will be powering hundreds of thousands of UK homes from 2021, National Grid has said. Energy will travel via the world’s longest sub-sea electricity interconnector. The €2bn (£1.4bn) […]
The puzzling flattening of carbon emissions and the problem of global growth
Last week we learned that maybe, just maybe, global carbon emissions were flat in 2014 even though the global economy supposedly grew by 3 percent. As Brad Plumer of Vox (whose work […]
North American Railroads Caught by Speed of Crude-Oil Collapse
The slowdown that North American railroad companies had been bracing for in crude oil shipments has turned into a rout, with volumes falling faster than executives had predicted. With energy companies scaling […]
Stop Propping Up Zombie Oil Companies
Chew on these numbers. U.S. oil and gas companies have $850 billion in outstanding bonds, according tothis report from the Bank of International Settlements. That’s out of a $6 trillion total U.S. corporate bond market. […]
The Shale Debt Redux
Shale debt, falling prices and slack demand has tight oil producers in trouble. And yet, there is still burgeoning production. Why? Well, we’ve seen this before. It’s the shale debt redux. Operators […]
Driverless Cars Poised To Transform Automotive Industry
The newest Mercedes autonomous car looks like a car on the outside but like a lounge on the inside, with four swivel seats facing each other in a multimedia bubble of padded […]
US coal market in ‘structural decline’, warning to global investors
New report says roof has fallen in on US coal, leaving it in a state of structural decline that should be ringing alarm bells for investors worldwide. via Renew Economy http://ift.tt/1GhMmOD
Graph of the Day: Germany’s grid copes with solar eclipse
Even with bright blue skies overhead and over 38GW of PV capacity connected to Germany’s grids, the solar eclipse barely affected the grid. via Renew Economy http://ift.tt/1HyyG35
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