Coal-fired power plants in the United States have been under significant economic pressure in recent years because of low natural gas prices and slow electricity demand growth. The Annual Energy Outlook 2014 […]
The recent boom in shale oil and gas production in the US has dramatically improved the economic and energy security prospects on North America. Texas alone saw a 20% increase of its […]
Net metering undoubtedly benefits consumers, but it is a crude fashion of valuing rooftop solar and does not take into consideration, nor pay for, many of the benefits provided by the grid. Austin […]
This chart suggests that the increase in FIT rates are offset by a decrease in wholesale power prices. What else might explain rising German retail electricity prices?
“To me at least the connection is clear and statistically certain… far more certain than anything I ever see in the stock market or the economy.” That’s Jeremy Grantham, the highly-regarded co-founder […]
The next six years will mark the beginning of a long-term, viable growth opportunity for commercial energy storage, according to GTM Research’s newest report, Distributed Energy Storage 2014: Applications and Opportunities for […]
Policy uncertainty buffeted the world’s wind energy industry in 2013, somewhat slowing overall capacity additions, but strong headwinds appear ready to lift the industry to new heights in 2014. This look back, […]
Fracking is a thirsty technique — and most of the fracking underway in the U.S. is occurring in regions suffering from drought. That’s according to a new analysis by Ceres, which reveals […]
The new year brought some deserved celebration of the advance of renewable energy in China, as the government announced nearly 8 Gigawatts of wind power additions and 3.6 Gigawatts of new solar installed during […]
Last year, the nine states participating in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) cap-and-trade program for carbon dioxide (CO2) decided to lower the program\’s emissions cap by 45% starting in 2014. RGGI […]
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