As we reported in July, Tesla had broken ground on its Giga battery factory outside of Reno, Nevada. That spot represented at least one of the two candidates for the factory. Today, […]
Tesla Selects Nevada as Giga Battery Factory Site
Once Mighty Hydropower Falls Behind Other Renewables
For decades, hydropower has been the chief source of clean and renewable energy in the United States, but new federal statistics show that it’s about to be eclipsed by other renewable sources. […]
Rooftop solar: Grid parity coming in more than half of US states
Predicting the arrival of solar energy for electricity that is as cheap as local electricity prices is actually harder than predicting the sunrise. But UCS’s new solar infographic tells this exciting crossover point is […]
The 2,000MW coal generator the NSW government sold for $0
AGL Energy said on Thursday that it had effectively bought the 2,000W Liddell coal-fired power station in the Hunter Valley for zero dollars. The give-away by the NSW government – which completed […]
Utility industry wants to promote EVs to ‘remain viable’
The Edison Electric Institute, the power industry’s main trade group, is calling on utilities to better promote electric cars in order to stimulate demand for electricity and help reverse trends that threaten […]
German solar feed-in tariffs shown to be wildly successful
The Brattle Group recently completed a report on Germany’s past decade of solar energy policies and progress for the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA). There’s some missed messaging and unhelpful messaging in there, […]
Nine reasons why thermal coal is struggling (and will continue to do so)
Since peaking in January 2011, the price of thermal coal has fallen 51% (Chart 1). Like any commodity, price is driven by the simple dynamics of supply and demand and supply has […]
China’s Coal-To-Gas Plan May Increase CO2 Levels
China has the world’s largest deposits of coal. You would think having access to almost limitless energy reserves would be a good thing for China as it seeks to keep its economy […]
Who Finances Residential Solar in 2014?
Last month GTM Research published its latest report on residential solar financing. As part of that update on the leaders and trends in the industry, we outlined the top (and emerging) finance […]
Grid Development and Obama Administration Clean Energy Plan
All five members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) agreed yesterday that acting on climate change is critical and none of them offered any indication that the U.S. EPA’s proposed Clean […]
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