The municipal bond–power purchase agreement (PPA) model might not have just rolled off the lot, but it still has that new car smell. A former NREL colleague first looked into this unique […]
PACE To The Rescue? Popular Solar Program Goes Statewide In CA
Property-assessed clean energy (PACE) finance is alive and well in California, where a brand-new PACE program has debuted with the initial participation of an unprecedented 14 counties and 126 cities. The CaliforniaFIRST […]
Strait of Hormuz is chokepoint for 20% of world’s oil
International crude oil and liquefied fuels movements depend on reliable transport through key chokepoints. In 2011, total world crude oil and liquefied fuels consumption amounted to approximately 88 million barrels per day […]
Electric grid operators monitoring drought conditions
Prolonged drought can affect power plants that rely on large volumes of fresh water for a variety of reasons. Though there have been few reported problems this year, lower water levels are […]
SEIA Sheds Light on Tax Treatment of Solar Financing
There has been a lot of dialogue on this site about the future of solar financing and the tax treatment of various solar financing scenarios, and we at the Solar Energy Industries […]
Battery Performance Deficit Disorder
Batteries fail—as certainly as death and taxes. Rechargeable batteries at least offer the possibility of repeating the cycle, so are in this sense more like recurrent taxes than death. But alas, the […]
Drought has significant effect on corn crop condition, projected ethanol production
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has reported a significant rise in the proportion of poor and very poor corn crops this summer, due largely to the extreme drought across much of […]
Geothermal Energy’s Trouble Competing With Solar
A geothermal power plant can deliver electricity day or night and help California utilities meet the state’s renewable energy mandate. But geothermal energy developers in California are feeling a bit left out […]
The Case for Energy Efficiency
The Case for Energy Efficiency – William Pentland – Forbes.
Bioethanol or Biodiesel: Europe Hesitates over Indirect Impact of Green Fuel
For years Europe has encouraged motorists to use diesel over petrol in its efforts to cut carbon dioxide emissions. Now, as the focus switches to introducing renewable fuels, it is proving far […]
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