One way to get people to cut their energy consumption by 25%: raise utility bills by 28%. That’s what’s happened in England and Wales, where average energy use fell by a quarter […]
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Test-Driving Driverless Cars
An integrated network of communal, driverless vehicles is needed to transform today’s unsustainable, dangerous, and inconvenient road-transportation system. The task now is to establish prototype networks to test what is possible, find […]
Falling Renewable Prices Force RWE to Close 3.1GW of Power Plants in EU
The idea that falling prices for renewable energy will begin to create a shake-up in the energy market, may have merit as RWE has just announced that it will close 3.1GW of […]
Study: Good Public Transit Key to Urban Economic Power
Academic study finds public transportation offers ‘hidden’ economic value to a community ranging from from $1.5 million to $1.8 billion a year, depending on the size of the city. via EVWorldwire http://www.evworld.com/news.cfm?rssid=31023
Chinese investments play large role in Southeast Asia hydroelectric growth – Today in Energy – U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
China has emerged as a key player in both financing and building the hydroelectric power infrastructure in Southeast Asia. China invested more than $6.1 billion between 2006 and 2011 in financing 2,729 […]
The Real Reason High Oil Prices Lead to Instability
Businesses rarely gain from political instability so trying to predict unrest is a critical activity for any entity investing in a volatile corner of the world. One of the factors most often […]
Why blackouts are more common than ever, in two charts
Ten years after the 2003 meltdown, weather-related outages are on the rise. via Grist http://grist.org/climate-energy/why-blackouts-are-more-common-than-ever-in-two-charts/?utm_source=syndication&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feed
How time-of-use pricing works to cut my power bills
You won’t hear the utilities say it, but with just a bit of attention to detail, TOU can save households money on electricity. via Renew Economy http://reneweconomy.com.au/2013/how-time-of-use-pricing-works-to-cut-my-power-bills-99636?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-time-of-use-pricing-works-to-cut-my-power-bills-99636
Oil Prices and Boiling Frogs – Public Beginning to accept High Prices
Many readers will know about the claim that a frog plopped into boiling water will hop right back out if it can, while one put into cold water which is then slowly […]
China Wind Industry and Power Integration | The Energy Collective
Wind is China’s fastest growing renewable energy resource. In 2012, 13 gigawatts (GW) were added to the system, and incremental wind electricity production exceeded coal growth for the first time ever. In […]
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