America’s electric grid is undergoing rapid metamorphosis as wind and solar become a significant part of the system: Half of all new generation capacity added in 2014 was from renewables. Nearly 7 […]

Forecast 10% decline in 2015 sales from China’s largest coal producer should send shockwaves through global markets, say analysts. Meanwhile, in Qld… via Renew Economy http://ift.tt/1bn7Z4l

Oil companies continue to get burned by low oil prices, but the pain is bleeding over into the financial industry. Major banks are suffering huge losses from both directly backing some struggling […]

The sky’s the limit under France’s new rooftop law. The post France Says New Roofs Must Be Covered In Plants Or Solar Panels appeared first on ThinkProgress. via ThinkProgress » Secondary Issues […]

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 20, 2015 UNSW Australia scientists have developed a highly efficient oxygen-producing electrode for splitting water that has the potential to be scaled up for industrial production of the […]

The future for the coal industry is looking “increasingly bleak,” according to an investor’s note from Macquarie Research. The analysis firm also said that “a wave of bankruptcies” appear to be just […]

Along with the rest of the energy world, we have been closely tracking rig counts (now down 40 percent from last fall) and other data to try to determine where the oil […]

While China’s energy system is still a “black” system depending on fossil fuel, the electric power system is greening at the margins. We demonstrate, using 2014 data on additions to China’s electric […]

A major city in America’s biggest oil state has chosen to supply its residents with 100% renewable energy, because it’s cheaper and more reliable. via Renew Economy http://ift.tt/1Cy4a8l