Along with the emergence of three distinct ownership models (customer-owned, third-party-owned, and utility-owned), the U.S. photovoltaic (PV) market has grown, over the last ten years, at an average annual rate of approximately […]
Who Owns Solar?
Negative wholesale electricity prices: possible, but rare
Under certain conditions, electric generators in regional transmission organizations (RTOs) actually pay to produce power as reflected in a price below zero. This situation can arise because some types of generators, such […]
Solar Hot Water is Where the Money Is
There are about 200 million solar water heating (SWH) systems in the world. There are about one million systems in the U.S. Year-on-year numbers, even during the recession, showed SWH to be […]
Accurate Wind Assessments: Pinning Down Performance | Wind Technology Magazine Article
Accurate pre-construction assessments are critical to securing project financing and ensuring investor confidence. However, North America’s wind power industry has developed a reputation for producing energy below levels predicted by pre-construction wind […]
Analysis: CO2 market has failed to promote cleaner energy
Europe’s emissions trading scheme has failed to create incentives for utilities to use cleaner energy fuels, meaning that governments will have to switch to simpler tools, such as subsidies and regulation, to […]
The U.S. Has A Natural Gas Glut; Why Exporting It As LNG Is A Good Idea
The emergence of shale gas has caused natural gas prices in North America to drop to the lowest levels seen in decades. Shale gas resources elsewhere in the world, however, have not […]
Riyadh’s OPEC Whip Risks Russian Backlash
The Secretary General of OPEC, Abdalla El-Badri couldn’t have put it any better in Vienna today, ‘there are genuine demand uncertainties’. To prevent further ‘demand destruction’, OPEC has decided to keep official […]
This Week In Petroleum Summary
Yesterday, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) issued its June Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) , which included significant downward revisions to the crude oil and petroleum product price forecasts for the second […]
From the Union of Concerned Scientists, a Framework for Reducing Oil Consumption
The Union of Concerned Scientists, a nonprofit American watchdog group, released a framework document this week for reducing the projected oil use of the United States by half over 20 years. On […]
IEA Report: Natural Gas Is Not The Answer To Climate Problem, Existing Cleantech Is — And It Could Save $100 Trillion By 2050
The once staid International Energy Agency continues its string of blunt, must-read reports laying bare the reality of our climate and energy system. While so many “experts” and politicians make hand-waving pronouncements […]
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