As I review the financials of one of the largest shale producers in the United States, Whiting Petroleum (WLL), I can’t help but notice the parallels to the .COM era of 1999 […]

Achieving efficiency gains associated with residential heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) upgrades is frustratingly variable. Too often, equipment with published efficiency ratings in excess of 95% struggle to achieve actual performance […]

The U.S. could be exporting anywhere between 0.2 trillion cubic feet and 10.3 trillion cubic of liquefied natural gas by 2040, according to the latest government projection. via Fuel Fix http://ift.tt/1J6Ab6r

Hawaii’s utility says can get to 70% renewables by 2030, and save ratepayer money. Could cheap energy storage get it to 100% by 2040? via Renew Economy http://ift.tt/1dmHtZR

Developing shared solar programmes could boost the US rooftop market and represent as much as 49% of distributed PV sector in 2020, according to a new report by the US Energy Department’s […]

With oil prices sinking enough that drillers may soon see a more favorable tax rate, North Dakota lawmakers approve a new framework. via Rigzone.com: Latest News Headlines http://ift.tt/1JLTXE4

Ned Molloy explains the benefits of having ownership of physical barrels — and how companies that do so are still competing in trading with those armed only with information — in this […]

AES subsidiary AES Energy Storage manages the largest fleet of grid batteries in commercial service, with 86 megawatts of storage capacity in operation, 50 megawatts in construction, and 210 megawatts in late-stage […]

Earlier this month, Moore’s law — the prediction that the number of transistors on an integrated circuit would double every two years — turned 50 years old. It so happens that the […]

This week, California utility regulators issued a long-awaited proposal to reform the complex, multi-tiered rate structures for residential customers of the state’s big three investor-owned utilities. And as solar advocates expected, it […]