China’s growth slowdown has serious implications for the convergence of developed and developing countries’ per capita income levels. Just as China’s economic boom benefited commodity-dependent developing countries, its slowdown – and the […]
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On Energy Subsidies and Externalities
Energy subsidization is an area of intense debate simply because it artificially promotes some technologies over others. In practice, a high degree of subsidization implies that the energy sector is shaped by […]
While news outlets fixate on the US shale boom, oil troubles loom in these eight countries and beyond
Violence in Egypt and supply disruptions elsewhere in Africa have sent oil prices to a five-month high, but worse may be ahead because of events in places that are not even currently […]
China’s plan to limit coal pollution will benefit the rich but leave the rest of the country gasping
China’s state news agency Xinhua just announced a pilot program to “control” coal consumption in a few dozen major cities, including Beijing. January’s “airpocalypse“, when pollution reached unprecedented levels, spurred outrage among […]
This chart shows why the US recovery is so slow—and will stay that way for five more years
The prescient economist A. Gary Schilling says US growth is going to remain slow for some time to come. In a piece for Bloomberg View yesterday, he wrote that the US is […]
Electricity demand patterns matter for valuing electricity supply resources
The value of existing and potential electricity supply resources depends mostly on how much and when they operate. Because the electric industry currently lacks large-scale storage, supply is adjusted in real time […]
Emergy as a Metric of Sustainability
Under what conditions will a technology be able to survive the energy contraction associated with the depletion of fossil fuels? Which types of technologies are sustainable in a world that can only […]
Beyond the grid: New market structures for distributed energy
How can we transition the electricity industry to the ‘new normal,’ with increasing uptakes of solar PV and energy efficiency? APVA has a plan. via Renew Economy http://reneweconomy.com.au/2013/new-power-market-structures-distributed-energy-22425?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-power-market-structures-distributed-energy-22425
Renewable Energy Tops 14% of US Electrical Generation During First Half of 2013
According to the latest issue of the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) “Electric Power Monthly,” with preliminary data through to June 30, 2013, renewable energy sources (i.e., biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind) […]
BNEF: China to install up to 206GW distributed PV by 2030
Bloomberg New Energy Finance has issued forecasts for the amounts of distributed PV and utility PV to be installed in China between this year and 2030. via News – PV-Tech http://www.pv-tech.org/news/bnef_china_report_predicts_up_to_206gw_distributed_pv_to_be_installed_in_20?utm_source=pvtech-feeds&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=news-rss-feed