Machine drives, which are primarily electric motors, pumps, and fans, account for about half of the manufacturing sector’s delivered electricity use and 8% of the sector’s total fuel consumption. Their wide use […]

From a climate perspective, the shale gas revolution is essentially irrelevant according to multiple energy-economy models. Fracking is a massive diversion of resources and money that could have been better used deploying […]

As the US addresses possible debt default and government shutdown, the underlying reason for the predicament is generally not clear. The story in the press has been conflicts between the Democrats and […]

The fuel cell industry has been the next big thing for nearly as long as it’s been around. Invented in the early 19th century, fuel cells are an efficient and clean way […]

While energy wonks across America start talking about the “disruptive challenge” of new technologies on the grid edge, nowhere is it more real and now than in California.  California has the most […]

California’s status as the vanguard in pushing energy storage technologies onto the power grid is now official. On Thursday, the California Public Utilities Commission unanimously approved its proposed mandate (PDF) that will […]

Before the end of the decade, low-priced American liquefied natural gas is expected to surge onto the global market and, potentially, cause a dramatic shift in worldwide gas market fundamentals. But the […]

Adani’s $1.25bn debt issuance will test the fossil fuel market, revealing who’s comfortable buying a claim on a coal port in this day and age. via Renew Economy http://reneweconomy.com.au/2013/stranded-assets-anyone-testing-times-for-the-fossil-fuel-market-55317?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stranded-assets-anyone-testing-times-for-the-fossil-fuel-market-55317

Wednesday (Oct 16) is World Food Day, a day marked by the United Nations to highlight the obstacles facing the global food industry, as well as the most viable solutions for surmounting […]

The surge in oil drilling has drawn money and men like a magnet to run-down communities that haven’t seen a boom since the 1980s. But leaders and residents here are increasingly mindful […]