Australia is posed to build an electricity network with 100 percent renewable energy, that is both affordable and secure, and that utilizes existing technology. The Australian National University has published a […]
US Solar Market Has Record-Breaking Year, Total Market Poised to Triple in Next 5 Years
The U.S. solar market had its biggest year ever in 2016, nearly doubling its previous record and adding more electric generating capacity than any other source of energy for the first time […]
Can U.S. Shale Fight Off Rising Costs?
Shale drilling has become a lot cheaper over the past three years, with new drilling techniques, efficiency gains and learning-by-doing helping to lower breakeven costs. The IEA says that U.S. shale has […]
4 Charts Explaining Latin America’s Impending Solar Boom
Latin America is making its mark on the global solar map. In 2010, the region barely had a solar market to speak of. In 2021, the region is expected to have more […]
Mongolia Investing Nearly $1 Billion To Develop Downstream Capabilities
The proposed refinery, to be located in the Sainshand soum (district) in the province of Dornogovi, is forecast to cost around $700m, with a further $264m to be spent on pipelines […]
Musk Guarantees Tesla Technology Can Solve South Australia’s Power Deficit
Elon Musk bets his company, Tesla, can bring over 100 megawatts of energy to South Australia’s grid via battery in 100 days, according to a recent Twitter exchange the Silicon Valley […]
100 years ago, Alexander Graham Bell warned us about the ‘greenhouse effect’
Back in 1917, the inventor of the telephone foresaw a future where coal and oil were replaced by renewable fuels. Alexander Graham Bell at the opening of the long-distance line from New […]
Utility Experience Blows Away Concerns About Wind Power
The Southwest Power Pool said last week that it met 52.1 percent of the electricity demand in the sprawling transmission organization’s service territory with windpower during a portion of the overnight period […]
Is The U.S. Becoming Overdependent On Natural Gas?
The story sounds familiar. For decades, oil and natural gas drilling have been proceeding and creating prosperity for those involved. At some point, significant earthquakes occur in areas where they were […]
China’s Use of Methanol in Liquid Fuels Has Grown Rapidly Since 2000
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, based on Argus Media Group China is the global leader in methanol use and has recently expanded methanol production capacity. Since the early 2000s, China’s methanol consumption […]