Plugin vehicles are all the rage in the Chinese auto market. Plugins scored over 658,000 sales last month, up 31% year over year (YoY). That pulled the year-to-date (YTD) tally to over […]
Is Banning Natural Gas Stoves Wise?
There is a U.S. movement to ban natural gas stoves for cooking to reduce CO2 emissions, but are there downsides that we should consider? What is the cost of natural gas stove […]
ERCOT Issues First Level 2 Emergency Alert Since Winter Storm Uri
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) on Sept. 6 issued an Energy Emergency Alert 2 (EEA 2) after grid conditions quickly deteriorated around sunset (7:30 p.m.) as demand soared […] The […]
SEIA and Wood Mackenzie: US to add record 32GW of new solar capacity this year
Encouraging solar installations Two of the sectors to have grown the most in the second quarter of the year were the residential and utility-scale segments. The residential sector installed 1.8GW of new […]
The Climate Crisis Is Wreaking Havoc On The Insurance Industry
Three prominent US Senators have demanded that the Treasury Department begin to collect and analyze data on the effect of the climate crisis on the insurance industry. The call comes during a […]
The Scale Of Solutions: Finding Balance Between Hydropower And Rivers In Nepal
Rafts and kayaks drift down the Karnali River in western Nepal. getty Next week the Supreme Court of Nepal is hearing a case focused on whether to move forward with construction of […]
Price over performance: Why green energy is different than previous technology revolutions
Robin Gaster is president of Incumetrics and a visiting scholar at George Washington University. He serves as a nonresident senior fellow at ITIF’s Center for Clean Energy Innovation. As the climate changes around […]
Vaca Muerta Oil Boom Could Change Argentina’s Economic Landscape
In a surprise development, there are indications that the economically strife-torn country of Argentina will emerge as a major regional energy player. The exploitation of the 7.5 million Vaca Muerta shale formation […]
The Final Curtain For Incandescent Light Bulbs
Thomas Edison’s incandescent light bulb, which has been used for lighting for more than a century, is now effectively banned in the United States. As part of an energy conservation drive, the […]
Ninth Circuit largely upholds FERC PURPA reform decision affecting small solar, wind
Dive Brief: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday upheld the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s 2020 revamp of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act, a law designed to […]
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