The world of renewable energy finance is vast: encompassing everything from venture capital funding for innovative start-ups, to research and development (R&D) and manufacturing expansion spending, to project finance and all the […]

Think back to early 2004. Oil cost around $40 per barrel—on the high side compared to the previous few decades but not much out of the ordinary. Gasoline still cost under $2.00 […]

Coal prices in China declined by 16% in 2013 as the economy cooled and the government stepped up efforts to curtail air pollution, according to Bloomberg. China is the largest producer and […]

CMU study finds that letting the utility decide when and where to recharge an electric car can save the owner from $70-120 annually on their power bill. via EVWorldwire http://ift.tt/L1EvM7

Energy costs in Japan are reaching a critical point. The economy is growing too slowly to offset the burden of increased commodity energy imports. Renewables will add further costs. Bringing the country’s […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Millions of Americans are feeling the pinch of a propane shortage this week as brutal cold exposes the supply vulnerabilities of a fuel that heats homes, schools and […]

Beginning in December 2013, new tables and maps in the Electric Power Monthly provide detailed accounting of generator additions and retirements, as well as their effects on total capacity by fuel and […]

All things considered, the world’s biggest batteries do not seem especially big. Here is a list of the ten largest grid-connected battery storage projects based on the U.S. Department of Energy’s Global […]