Here is an interesting fact: Solar PV is already upturning the business models of utilities around the world, yet right now it contributes just 1 per cent of global electricity demand. Imagine […]
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Rare Earths Problem Could Have A Nuclear Solution
The 17 rare earth elements have energy supply by the throat. They are used in everything from oil refineries to solar and wind generators. These rare earths are, as John Kutsch, director […]
Crude Oil Inventories Should Peak Soon
If the crude oil export ban is repealed all bets are off. A flood of crude oil would be sent for export while we continued to import heavier oils from places like […]
Power Grid of the Future: Distributed Generation Led by a ‘Civic’ Energy Sector
“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 […]
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 […]
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