As we’ve mentioned before, New York is changing how it evaluates and compensates electric utilities. One goal of this change is increased consumer engagement, which makes customers allies in the development of […]
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Plenty of pluck left in the Marcellus, report says
The Marcellus region is now the biggest natural gas shale play in the world, and there’s still about $90 billion to be made by tapping the area’s reserves, according to a study […]
Update on US natural gas, coal, nuclear, and renewables
On August 6, I wrote a post called Making Sense of the US Oil Story, in which I looked at US oil. In this post, I would like to look at other […]
Ross Garnaut: China to reach ‘peak coal’ for electricity by 2015
China’s use of coal for electricity could peak as early as next year, then decline until 2020 in a turnaround of “global importance”. via Renew Economy http://ift.tt/1vgYo65
Saudi Aramco Plans To Invest $40B A Year For The Next Decade
Saudi Aramco plans to invest $40 billion a year over the next decade to keep oil production capacity steady and double gas production, CEO Khalid Al-Falih says. via Rigzone.com: Latest News Headlines […]
UBS Analysts: ‘Large-Scale Power Stations Could Be on a Path to Extinction’
Leading investment bank UBS says the payback time for unsubsidized investment in electric vehicles paired with rooftop solar and battery storage will be as low as six to eight years by 2020, […]
Emission-free Hydrogen May Now Be Truly Emission-free
The problem with emission-free hydrogen fuel is that the process of making it is definitely not emission-free. Hydrogen-powered devices-–cars, mostly–run on hydrogen made from natural gas, a fossil fuel that produces greenhouse […]
Once Mighty Hydropower Falls Behind Other Renewables
For decades, hydropower has been the chief source of clean and renewable energy in the United States, but new federal statistics show that it’s about to be eclipsed by other renewable sources. […]
China Shale Development and Shriking Expectations
China quietly cut its 2020 goals for shale gas, a goal that was so ambitious that few took the number seriously. The goal – to ramp up from zero commercial production of […]
The saga of Hinkley Point C: Europe’s key nuclear decision
The British government has been attempting since 2005 to revive nuclear ordering in the U.K. The U.K. has been one of the most strategically important markets for nuclear power to crack if […]
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