Sticking a battery on your home solar system seems like the simplest idea in the world. You could use it to ride through power outages, or run appliances on stored solar power […]
EV Myths and Realities, Part 1—The Battery Crisis
There’s been much debate over the past days, weeks, months, years, and decades over the viability of electric vehicles (EVs). But Tesla’s Model S is a fast, luxurious, and frankly stunning sedan […]
Lower Oil Prices – Not a Good Sign!
Are lower oil prices good news? Not really, if it means the world is sinking into recession. We know from recent past experience and from common sense that higher oil prices are […]
June Plug-In Electric Car Sales: Volt Stays Strong, Leaf Low
Half of this year is now gone, which means it’s time once again to look at sales of plug-in electric cars–both for June and for the first six months of 2012. Coming […]
Monthly coal- and natural gas-fired generation equal for first time in April 2012
Recently published electric power data show that, for the first time since EIA began collecting the data, generation from natural gas-fired plants is virtually equal to generation from coal-fired plants, with each […]
Cut The Price Of Solar In Half By Cutting Red Tape
By Barry Cinnamon A myth persists that solar power is too pricey. The reality is that in many states _ such as California, New York and Hawaii – solar is already cheaper […]
Natural Gas Liquids are Following Natural Gas Off a Fracking Cliff
The unprecedented boom in natural gas supplies over the last few years as been one of the few tail-winds for the US economy over the last few years, as plummeting natural gas […]
First Solar Bonds Financing $4.6 Billion U.S. Panel Boom
Underwriters from Bank of America Corp. (BAC) to Credit Suisse AG and Citigroup Inc. (C) for the first time are close to converting sunlight into cash to pay bond investors. Similar to […]
Locked-in: The Financial Risks of New Coal-fired Power Plants in Today’s Volatile International Coal Market
Coal “lock-in,” rather than rational investments in coal power, is one of the largest global threats today. This lock-in results from high capital costs and long asset lifespans associated with coal-fired power […]
The Citicorp Energy Projection – a Gentle Cough
Gasoline prices remain high, and Reuters recently noted that there are enough countries with civil unrest, technical problems and bad weather that there are around a million barrels a day of possible […]
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