Reducing energy consumption by 50% by 2050 sounds like a fanciful target. But here are two simple steps to this goal, which aren’t actually so magical. via Renew Economy http://ift.tt/1GRcOP1

Water is perhaps the world’s most important resource, and one of the most common resources. For decades water was regarded as a common good, and it was plentiful enough that in most […]

Pairing solar with grid-connected batteries is likely to become the most economically attractive option for residential and commercial customers in key US markets between now and 2040, a new report says. via […]

How grid-connected solar-plus-battery systems will compete with traditional electric service, and why it matters. via Renew Economy http://ift.tt/1Gn80C8

OPEC has been the most talked about international organization among investors, analysts and international political lobbies in the last few months. When OPEC speaks, the world listens in rapt attention as it […]

The United States remained the world’s top producer of petroleum and natural gas hydrocarbons in 2014, according to EIA estimates. U.S. hydrocarbon production continues to exceed that of both Russia and Saudi […]

Battery storage could make peaking gas plants – currently an essential tool for meeting variations in peak demand – virtually redundant. It’s just one of a number of changes predicts as storage […]

Forget the threat of solar and battery-equipped customers defecting from the grid. The real threat for utilities unwilling to adapt to grid-connected customers installing ever-cheaper solar and energy storage technologies is “load […]

One of the papers included in the Brookings Panel on Economic Activity looked at how the shale gas boom has affected the U.S. economically. Shale gas has indeed lowered natural gas prices. […]

Although securitization has been limited in the residential solar sector thus far, most in the industry believe it’s an inevitability. But if more banks are going to package portfolios of solar projects […]