You won’t hear the utilities say it, but with just a bit of attention to detail, TOU can save households money on electricity. via Renew Economy http://reneweconomy.com.au/2013/how-time-of-use-pricing-works-to-cut-my-power-bills-99636?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-time-of-use-pricing-works-to-cut-my-power-bills-99636

A major new study in Geophysical Research Letters by 19 researchers — primarily from NOAA and the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) — shows that the natural gas fields […]

For the past decade, commercial production of jet biofuel has become of major interest to international airlines.Renewable Jet A-1 biofuel has two alluring aspects.First, it is a “drop in” fuel – blended […]

The development of the shale gas deposits in the United States, led by the drilling and fracking of horizontal wells into the Barnett Shale of Texas at the turn of the century, […]

via Bit Tooth Energy http://bittooth.blogspot.com/2013/08/tech-talk-oil-supply-oil-prices-and.html

All new electricity generation proposals received in the last 12 months have been either for large scale wind farms or solar facilities. But rooftop solar continues to dominate and the energy market […]

If the wind is up and the light is right, the market is sure to iron out the kinks in the renewables ‘intermittency problem’ – if, indeed, there is one. via Renew […]

This post is based on a talk I gave as an “undistinguished speaker” to the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) oil finders lunch in Aberdeen a few weeks ago. This will […]

Regulators have imposed millions of dollars in civil penalties against energy companies that risk the dependability of the U.S. electrical grid since new rules following the 2003 Northeast blackout made such fines […]

Money is flowing back into wind after a first-quarter hiatus stemming from policy uncertainty. The Q2 2013 venture capital investment of $210 million dwarfed the Q2 2012 $16 million VC funding, according […]