The EPA has primary responsibility for administrating the Federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2). Administrative responsibilities include setting annual targets for blending renewable fuels into petroleum motor fuels and monitoring U.S. Refiners’ and […]
Renewable Unreliability and German Energy
Solar and wind advocates often point to the falling electricity prices in Germany as a sign that the Energiewende is working and intermittent renewables are not as expensive and impractical as critics […]
7 Known Energy Facts which are Actually Untrue
Mark Twain once said, “It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” And, there are many, many things that […]
Upstream spending spree to slow in 2014
Major energy companies have focused on new projects during the shale boom, buying up large swaths of acreage. But that spending spree won’t continue in 2014, according to an analysis from Deloitte. […]
Oil giants will pay more for UAE oil as 75-year pact ends
The largest U.S. and European oil companies will pay more for Abu Dhabi crude when the end of a 75-year partnership reduces their direct stakes in the emirate’s output, according to two people with […]
Small scale battery storage costs tipped to fall quickly
Overcoming the challenge posed by the intermittent nature of renewable energy continues to be a major roadblock to high levels of renewable penetration and a stick with which doubters of clean energy […]
How Does Population Decline?
The Climate Change Fork blogs of December 24, 2013 and January 2, 2014 asked why the prospects for world population growth varied so widely – from today’s population of some 7 billion […]
Few transportation fuels surpass the energy densities of gasoline and diesel
Energy density and the cost, weight, and size of onboard energy storage are important characteristics of fuels for transportation. Fuels that require large, heavy, or expensive storage can reduce the space available […]
California Starts Work on Electric Car-to-Grid Policies
In another series of efforts to foster a new, sustainable energy future and further the state\’s leadership in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the California Independent System Operator Corporation (ISO) released a blueprint […]
Solar beats natural gas in landmark US judicial ruling
An administrative judge in the US state of Minnesota has ruled solar generation to be a better investment than natural gas for electric and natural gas utility, Xcel Energy. The judgment is […]
