U.S. retail residential electricity prices for the first half of 2014 averaged 12.3 cents per kilowatthour, an increase of 3.2% from the same period last year. This is the highest year-over-year growth […]
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Dept. of Energy Report Shows How Far U.S. Wind Energy Has Come and the Challenges Ahead
For U.S. wind power, last year was both the best of times and the worst of times. That’s the conclusion from the new Wind Technologies Market Report released last week by the […]
The Global Outlook For Biofuels
Introduction to the GSRToday I want to take a deep look at the global biofuels picture, drawing mainly from the Renewables 2014 Global Status Report (GSR) that was released in June by […]
A Big Summer Story You Missed: Soaring Oil Debt
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Hawaii utilites capitulate on solar, in 65% renewables plan
Months after being ordered to lift their game on renewables, Hawaii’s utilities reveal plans to triple amount of rooftop solar by 2030. via Renew Economy http://ift.tt/1nO3j6K
Ruin is forever: When the precautionary principle is justified
If you are dead, you cannot mount a comeback. If all life on Earth were destroyed by, say, a large comet impact, there would be no revival. Ruin is forever. The destruction […]
Renewables and Resiliency Help Reverse a 30-Year Decline in US Transmission Investments
America has fallen behind when it comes to investing in new energy infrastructure. According to the latest report card from the American Society of Civil Engineers, energy companies have chronically under-invested in the […]
Growing Chinese appetite ignites U.S. methanol renaissance
The North American methanol market has accelerated rapidly in recent years as the Chinese throw their money behind new projects to expand North America’s capacity to produce methanol. via Fuel Fix http://ift.tt/1wNO5IA
Commentary: How natural gas is changing China’s energy landscape
China is in a pickle. It is a pickle it is well aware of – and trying to fix – but a pickle nonetheless, as it tries to wean itself off coal […]
Solar in 22.6% of homes in SA, as renewables hit 2020 target
Solar now in nearly 1/4 homes in South Australia, as official data shows renewables hit state’s ambitious 2020 target, and emissions fall sharply. via Renew Economy http://ift.tt/1mQ1KVH