Last year, the United Nations sent out a grim warning: The world has a very short 10-year window to act to avert catastrophic and irreversible climate change. Not surprisingly, the clean energy […]
BP, Shell and investment giants call for Texas zero flaring regulations. Will others follow?
By Ben RatnerThe first time I saw a natural gas flare in the oilfield was in 2015. Our team at Environmental Defense Fund was beginning to study methane emissions and collaborate with […]
New Thin Film Thermoelectric Can Harvest More Waste Heat
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) material scientists have created thermoelectric generators that can harvest waste heat from previously inaccessible sources, such as pipes with complex geometries. Thirteen quadrillion (3600 terawatt-hours) BTUs of […]
Federal Consortium for Advanced Batteries is Inadequate to Address the Crisis in American Advanced Battery Manufacturing
On Thursday, September 10, the Advanced Manufacturing Office of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the creation of the Federal Consortium for Advanced Batteries (FCAB) to accelerate development of a domestic industrial base […]
UK Regulator Accused of Playing Politics Over ‘Perverse’ Price Controls
The debate over the next round of price controls for U.K. transmission companies was always going to be a heated one. In July, Ofgem, the U.K.’s electricity and gas regulator, published its draft […]
China’s Nuclear Energy is Still Less Expensive Than Solar and Wind
Zheng Mingguang, Chief Engineer, SPIC said that nuclear energy in China is still less expensive than renewable energy. The CAP1400 power generation costs are 6 cents/kilowatt and cogenerated heat is USD6 per […]
Trump Administration Shocks Oil Industry With Biofuel Waiver Decision
After shocking the oil industry with last week’s extension to a coastal drilling ban offshore Florida, Georgia, and a handful of other states, the Trump Administration said on Monday that is has […]
BP: Oil Demand Growth is Dead
The world is past the era of growing crude oil demand, BP said in its annual energy outlook report, which was released today. The message of the outlook, according to media reports, […]
It’s Time to Incentivize Residential Heat Pumps
The United States has made significant progress decarbonizing the electricity sector in recent years, and as the grid continues to get cleaner, cities and states are turning their attention to other sectors, […]
‘Nowhere near fast enough’: Solar to play dominant role but energy transition lagging behind
Global solar capacity could top 10TW by 2050. Image: Lightsource BP. Solar will dominate the power generation alongside wind in the coming decades as electrification rapidly escalates, but the energy transition is […]
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