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Why FERC’s energy storage ruling is important

By PI News Feed on January 25, 2012

The Federal Regulatory Energy Commission recently passed a mandate to support energy storage technologies that can provide quick bursts of power to the grid to help it run more smoothly. This new rule could […]

Why Wind Power Doesn’t Work

By PI News Feed on January 21, 2012

A very interesting report out of Holland which has in it a little point which shows why wind power simply doesn’t work in any attempt to deal with climate change. My apologies, […]

Energy efficiency: still awesome, still ignored

By PI News Feed on January 21, 2012

There was a brief, heady time in the late ’00s when it seemed like energy efficiency was finally going to get the spotlight. For years — decades, really — efficiency geeks lamented […]

WEC scenarios envision radically different transport sector by 2050

By PI News Feed on January 21, 2012

The World Energy Council’s (WEC’s) ‘Global Transport Scenarios 2050’ report highlights the role of governments in providing a sustainable future for the global transport sector. The WEC expects transport fuel demand in […]

Gartner Forecasts 100,000 Electric Car Sales in U.S. in 2012 | Clean Fleet Report

By PI News Feed on January 21, 2012

Gartner, the largest technology market research firm, is forecasting 100,000 electric car sales in 2012 in the United States. Yesterday, I took in the presentation at the SV Forum and then talked […]

Are we on the cusp of a third industrial revolution?

By PI News Feed on January 19, 2012

Imagine the internet, only for energy. Imagine that, as well as tens of millions of personal computers all linked together, exchanging information this way and that, you had tens of millions of personal […]

Pay-As-You-Go Solar Could Provide Clean Electricity to 1 Billion People

By PI News Feed on January 19, 2012

Up to 1 billion people in the world still lack or have unsteady access to electricity. For these people, kerosene, a dirty petroleum product, is usually the fuel of choice–or more accurately, […]

Polysilicon Prices Hit Record Low in 2011; Will Head Even Lower, Enabling $0.70/W PV in 2012

By PI News Feed on January 19, 2012

[Its a god-damned Revolution….  TB] In 2011, the solar industry saw global oversupply drive PV prices to record lows, with crystalline silicon (c-Si) module prices falling from $1.80 per watt at the […]

Situation Normal, All Fracked Up: Obama embraces fracking

By PI News Feed on January 19, 2012

Last week, the Obama administration gave what may be its first formal statement favoring hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, of natural gas in a report, Investing in America (pdf). Until now, the Environmental […]

Electricity Declines 50% as Shale Spurs Natural Gas Glut

By PI News Feed on January 18, 2012

A shale-driven glut of natural gas has cut electricity prices for the U.S. power industry by 50 percent and reduced investment in costlier sources of energy. With abundant new supplies of gas […]

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Are We On The Cusp Of A Global Energy Crisis?

50% Of Proved Oil Reserves May Have Just Vanished

Why Chevy Volt sales matter less than you think

Natural Gas »

Permian Drillers Are Struggling To Keep Output Flat

Meet The Biggest Losers Of The U.S. Shale Bust

[Closed] DISCUSSION: With Gas So Cheap and Well Drilling Down, Why is Gas Production so High?

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