How to measure the costs and benefits of the DPV market? A new study finds the devil – and the solution – in the detail. via Renew Economy http://reneweconomy.com.au/2013/solar-pv-the-true-value-of-distributed-energy-68151?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=solar-pv-the-true-value-of-distributed-energy-68151

The Californian city’s council has voted to switch immediately to 100% carbon-free electricity, at an average cost to homeowners of less than $3 per year. via Renew Economy http://reneweconomy.com.au/2013/palo-alto-switches-to-100-renewable-effective-immediately-21373?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=palo-alto-switches-to-100-renewable-effective-immediately-21373

Does a fish know that its nose is wet? Probably not. It swims in water, and assumes that is the only way any animal lives. We live in an economic world. Economic […]

Which states are leading the nation in smart grid investment — and which policies and customer engagement practices are driving that lead? A new report from the GridWise Alliance and the Smart […]

It used to be easy, dividing oil and gas plays into conventional and unconventional segments. It’s a lot more complicated now, as Starr Spencer explains in this week’s Oilgram News column, New […]

Forbes recently issued a commentary on the closing of The Oil Drum, which deserves some rebuttal, since, as with many stories on the “Peak Oil” topic, it conveys too many incorrect statements […]

We can better understand our electricity use — as a country and at home — if we break it down by sector and category. via Grist http://grist.org/climate-energy/how-do-we-use-electricity/?utm_source=syndication&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feed

The latest exuberant shale gas news comes from a report by the British Geological Survey estimating enormous new shale gas resources in the central UK. On June 27, 2013, the British Geological […]

Fitch analyst suggests that efficiency and distributed solar will soon exert significant financial pressure on utilities. The need for an intelligent regulatory conversation becomes increasingly urgent. via Forbes – Energy http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterdetwiler/2013/07/19/time-to-short-your-electric-utility/

A recently published primer on net energy metering (NEM) from the solar industry explains why it is under attack by utilities across the country — and explores how the two opposing sides […]