One of the things I’ve found amusing while researching this series on geothermal is how much the sector’s rhetoric mirrors the natural gas and nuclear industry’s. It’s not the flex they think […]
Natural Gas Prices Drive Electricity Costs Upward
Consumers in New York are incensed by high electricity bills and even higher ones if the electric companies get their rate hike requests approved. British electricity customers are also unhappy with their […]
US storage installations increased 33% in 2024 finds Wood Mackenzie
The US energy storage market set a new record in 2024 with 12.3GW of installations across all segments, according to the US Energy Storage Monitor report released by the American Clean Power […]
Why solar and batteries are the new “baseload”, and now the engine room of the energy transition
One of the world’s biggest investors in renewable energy infrastructure says the falling cost of solar and batteries is pushing the green energy transition to a “tipping point”, and will underpin the […]
New Zealand Heads for 100% Renewables!
In an exciting new announcement, the New Zealand Electricity Authority predicts that their electricity grid will be 100% renewable by 2040. New Zealand has four major energy suppliers — Meridian, Contact, Genesis, […]
Michigan nuclear plant shows the challenges the U.S. will face in safely restarting old reactors
The Palisades nuclear power plant in Covert, Michigan, Feb. 24, 2025. Spencer Kimball | CNBC COVERT, Mich. — A nuclear power plant on the shores of Lake Michigan is aiming to make […]
Utility energy efficiency investment hit record $8.8B in 2023: ACEEE
In a rebound from early COVID-era declines, utilities invested a record $8.8 billion in energy efficiency in 2023, the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy said Tuesday in its assessment of state […]
Rooftop solar PV could supply two-thirds of world’s energy needs, and lower global temperatures
Covering rooftops across the planet with solar panels could deliver 65 per cent of current global power consumption and almost completely replace fossil fuel-based electricity, and it could also lower global temperatures […]
C&I solar grows 18% in the United States in 2024
Distributed solar fell 11% in 2024, dragged down by the residential segment, according to Ohm Analytics’s report on the fourth quarter of 2024. However, signs of recovery emerged with a strong fourth […]
FERC reaffirms approval of Southeastern SEEM market
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Friday reaffirmed transmission rules that govern the functioning of the Southeast Energy Exchange Market, a trading platform for utility companies such as Southern Co., Dominion Energy […]
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