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Clean Energy Transition Accelerates Globally Beyond Western Influence
The clean energy transition is well underway around the world, at what many experts estimate to be an unstoppable velocity. While political shifts in the United States are pulling the emergency break […]
Why Molten Salt Won’t Be the Future of Industrial Heat Storage
Molten salt has long been positioned as the workhorse of high temperature thermal storage. Its story began with research in the 1980s and early deployment in Spanish parabolic trough plants in the […]
Evolution – How the Shale Boom Remade the Gas Market and Turned the U.S. Into a Major LNG Exporter
It’s well understood today that the U.S. natural gas market turned from potential domestic shortages to major LNG exports thanks to the Shale Revolution. What is not so well remembered is that […]
Two U.S. markets occasionally produce more electricity from coal than from natural gas
Two electricity markets in the Midwest still generate more electricity from coal than from natural gas in at least some months of the year: Southwest Power Pool (SPP) and the Midcontinent Independent […]
The Very Real Problem of Fracking Wastewater
There’s an old saying that I won’t spell out completely, but which most readers will certainly have heard at least once in their lives, to wit: "Don’t sh– where you eat." It […]
Australia needs more stunning successes like its home battery rebate to beat its climate targets
Australia needs to embrace "China Speed, China Scale" thinking and deploy capital at speed and scale to seize the massive opportunities in the net zero economy. The post Australia needs more stunning […]
New Zealand’s first big battery is already pushing down prices, market operator says
The first big battery in New Zealand is already reducing prices, even on a grid dominated by hydro, the market operator says. The post New Zealand’s first big battery is already pushing […]
Distributed solar generating capacity is the fastest-growing power source in Brazil
Growth in distributed solar generation capacity has driven growth in total electricity generation capacity in Brazil since 2019. Distributed solar generation capacity grew from less than 1 gigawatt (GW) in 2018 to […]
Ending The Solar Tax Credit May Have Hidden Benefits
Some think residential solar will come back stronger then ever afte federal subsidies for residential solar disappear December 31. The post Ending The Solar Tax Credit May Have Hidden Benefits appeared first […]