In a recent post, A Beginners Guide to Blackouts, I drew attention to the fact that keeping the lights on in Britain was to a large extent dependent upon our ability to […]
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Why US fracking is biggest red herring in history of oil
Leading funds manager Jeremy Grantham says US fracking boom hiding fact that oil industry in terminal decline and will be replaced by renewables. via Renew Economy http://ift.tt/1ym9J3i
Networks fret over threat of mass grid defections
Networks push case for tariff changes, arguing that houses with rooftop solar getting generous "cross subsidies" from non solar users, and suggesting that cost of going off-grid is more than 5 times […]
Report: U.S. airlines stagnate on improving fuel efficiency
The domestic airline industry made no net improvements on fuel efficiencies last year, raising questions about its ability to cut carbon emissions. via Fuel Fix http://ift.tt/1BNMl4o
The US Shale Breakeven Price Debate
My favorite quote by H.L. Mencken is ‘a cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin‘. A bit morose, I know, but this appeals to the […]
Hawaii to Test Smart Water Heaters as Grid Resources
Hawaiian Electric is trying out all sorts of distributed energy assets to help it manage its solar-impacted island electricity system, including behind-the-meter batteries, and smart-meter-enabled energy disaggregation. But one of the cheaper […]
Obama’s punt on renewable fuel sets up fights in court, congress
The delay, announced Friday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, follows months of fighting between refiners and ethanol producers over a proposal by the agency to lower the quotas for ethanol, biodiesel […]
Five take-home messages from the IEA’s World Energy Outlook 2014
IEA presented its World Energy Outlook for 2014. For the first time ever, it looked ahead as far as 2040 painting a sobering picture. via Renew Economy http://ift.tt/1ujKk9D
Eight Pitfalls in Evaluating Green Energy Solutions
Does the recent climate accord between US and China mean that many countries will now forge ahead with renewables and other green solutions? I think that there are more pitfalls than many […]
What Does New York’s ‘Energy Vision’ Mean for Utility Jurisdiction and Regulators?
Before the New York Public Service Commission’s vision of a grid operated by Distributed System Platform Providers (DSPPs) can become a reality, there are just a few points to hammer out — […]
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