The evidence is mounting that natural gas has no net climate benefit in any timescale that matters to humanity. In the real world, natural gas is not a “bridge” fuel to a […]
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Minnesota Adopts First Statewide Method For Calculating The Value Of Solar Power | ThinkProgress
On Wednesday, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission voted to become the first state in the nation to come up with a methodology for calculating the value of solar power generated by consumers […]
Postcard From the Future of Energy: Hawaii as a Solar Laboratory
From an energy perspective, Hawaii is unique. Located in the middle of the Pacific, the Aloha State runs on imported oil. But its island environment — from sunny days to active volcanoes […]
Adapt or Die? Private Utilities and the Distributed Energy Juggernaut
Last week I reviewed some of the disruptive challenges that the private, investor-owned utility (IOU) sector is facing in the transition to distributed renewable energy production, and they are serious. Last month, […]
Guessing Game: Tesla’s Gigafactory and Energy Storage Aims
Tesla made a splash last week with its proposed $5 billion “Gigafactory” and its eye-popping numbers: a 10 million square foot facility on an entire land area of 500-1,000 acres, with output […]
Is Utility 2.0 a Forecast or a Post-Mortem?
For the last six months, the energy news sphere (perhaps led by the Edison Electric Institute) has been rife with a discussion about the threat to the utility business from distributed energy […]
30-40 Pct of US Energy to Come From Renewables by 2030 Predicts Secretary Moniz
Speaking at oil and gas industry gathering, U.S. Energy Secretary Ernie Moniz predicts renewables could make up 30-40 per cent of USA power mix by as early as 2030. via EVWorldwire http://ift.tt/1iwTD3j
Battery Storage May Vie with US Oil Boom as Energy Game Changer, Says Moniz
The rapid development of rooftop solar and battery storage technology could be as transformative to the economy and modern life as the U.S. oil and gas boom, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said. […]
PJM Grid Operators: We Can Handle 30 Percent Renewable Energy Integration, And Here’s How
Experts believe that the PJM Interconnection system, which encompasses all or parts of Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and the District […]
The Future of Large German Utilities: It’s Already Here
Large German utilities are facing a situation that is very similar to what happened in the telephone business, which started like electric utilities, with central stations that connect to customers with wires. […]
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