The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has released the 2012 Renewable Energy Data Book on behalf of the Energy Department’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. The annual report is an […]
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The Battery Storage System That Could Close Down Coal Power
You don’t have to go far inside the headquarters of German battery storage company Younicos, or even its website for that matter, to find out what it is about. “Let the fossils […]
More Evidence That America May Have Reached ‘Peak Car’
It\’s a bit surreal when an academic study reads like a biography. Whenever a new study on the decline of driving in America is released, it\’s almost like reading a chapter of […]
New EPRI Study Examines Total Cost of Electric Vehicle Ownership
EPRI, formerly the Electric Power Research Institute, has published a new report entitled, Total Cost of Ownership Model for Current Plug-in Electric Vehicles that examines the finanical implications of owning electric-drive vehicles; […]
Warsaw warning: World on pace to miss already awful climate targets
Since putting some emissions reduction pledges (don’t call them commitments!) down on paper after the climate conference in Copenhagen, countries have had nearly four years to start building policies to meet the […]
EPA issues proposed rule for the 2014 Renewable Fuel Standard
On November 15, 2013, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the 2014 Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS). The RFS program, established by the Energy Policy Act of […]
Developed Countries Spent $35 Billion On International Coal Plants From 2007 to 2012
The three biggest financiers were Japan, the U.S., and Germany — though the U.S. has announced plans to end most of the investment. The post Developed Countries Spent $35 Billion On International […]
Shell Oil Self-Imposes Carbon Pollution Tax High Enough To Crash Coal, Erase Natural Gas’s Value-Added
Royal Dutch Shell includes a high carbon price when evaluating new projects. The $40 a metric ton price that Shell uses — if widely adopted — would reshape domestic and international energy […]
Solar Fee Defeated in Georgia Power Rate Case
Georgia’s solar energy businesses and consumers won an important victory yesterday with the state’s largest utility, Georgia Power, dropping a proposed solar customer charge after experiencing overwhelming Commission and staff disapproval. via […]
Invest, Divest: Renewable Investment To Hit $630 Billion A Year In 2030, Fossil Fuel Stocks At Risk Today
Bloomberg New Energy Finance has a must-read piece for investors on how the smart money is beginning to notice the quicksand on which fossil fuel stock prices are built. We reported back […]
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