Lower natural gas prices and regional environmental initiatives are leading natural gas-fired generators to provide a greater portion of the electricity in the northeastern United States. The Northeast is a combination of […]
Motley Fool presents the above pie chart in making the case that it will take more than wind, solar, nuclear or hydro to make us “energy independence.,” The chart shows that 75 […]
“You’re hitting your head against a stone wall,” his advisors told him. A revolution and hostage taking in Iran destabilized global oil and energy markets. An accident at Three Mile Island halted […]
Cars and cows are slurping up the largest corn crop ever grown in the U.S. With the fall corn harvest three-quarters done, traders are anticipating a yield of about 14 billion bushels, Bloomberg […]
New research suggests that carbon capture and storage (CCS) may be a far more limited climate solution than previously thought because it can induce earthquakes, which can cause CO2 leakage. We’ve known […]
The newly projected 350 percent growth of Japan’s solar market from 2012 to 2013 dwarfs estimates made earlier this year. “The Japanese feed-in tariff is one of the most lucrative in the […]
Everywhere you look, the off-grid clean energy market is booming. Sub-Saharan Africa is seeing 300 percent compound annual growth in off-grid lighting; Bangladesh is putting up 30,000 to 40,000 solar home systems every month; and d.light, a […]
The energy finance community has been eagerly anticipating the introduction of solar asset-backed securities – “solar securitization,” – for at least three years, and may be waiting for another year or more. […]
Developing EPA carbon regulations could shutdown most U.S. Coal Power possibly within 25 years. A previous Part 2 Post describes how 80% of Coal Power could be feasibly replaced by expanding Wind+Solar Power […]
It’s no news to anyone in the solar industry that although module costs have plummeted, soft costs for solar — like permitting, installation, and customer acquisition — have remained high in the […]
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