Republican leaders in Congress say they’ll use an obscure rule called the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to roll back the Methane Waste and Prevention Rule as early as next week. The rule, […]
Wind Outpaces Coal in Europe, Beats Hydro in North America
Chalk up another set of data points in favor of wind power’s cost effectiveness against its mainline competitors of coal and hydropower, from both sides of the Atlantic. Last week, Europe’s wind […]
Brent Crude Namesake Oilfield Moves Toward Total Decommissioning
Shell applied on Wednesday to begin decommissioning the entire Brent oilfield—the namesake of ‘Brent crude’–in the North Sea, in a project that could take up to a decade to complete. While […]
Permian Drilling Costs Surge: Are The Days Of Cheap Oilfield Services Over?
It was only a matter of time before drilling, fracking, and oilfield service providers for the oil and gas industry started raising their prices to reflect the improving prospects for their […]
Wind Power Could Blow Past Hydro’s Capacity Factor by 2020
Legacy hydroelectricity — clean, dispatchable and cheap — has long dominated the renewable energy sector as a dependable workhorse. But by the decade’s end, wind may end up wearing the capacity factor […]
Brent Crude Namesake Oilfield Moves Toward Total Decommissioning
Shell applied on Wednesday to begin decommissioning the entire Brent oilfield—the namesake of ‘Brent crude’–in the North Sea, in a project that could take up to a decade to complete. While […]
Solar Power And Electric Vehicles To Halt Growth In Oil And Coal By 2020
The Tesla Motors “Gigafactory” in Nevada, will more than double global Li-ion battery production, one reason battery prices are falling so rapidly. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg After a terrible couple of years, this […]
How About Using that Captured Carbon?
These “shoes without a footprint” were made from carbon that was captured from power production. Photo courtesy NRG Imagine if the carbon dioxide (CO2) that emerges from smokestacks at coal- and natural […]
Small, Distributed Solar Companies Are Retaking the Industry. Here’s Why
Powerhouse is a solar startup incubator in Oakland. The effort was founded by the industry veterans Emily Kirsch and Danny Kennedy, both of whom have ridden through the many ups and downs […]
Microgrids on the March: Utilities Are Building Out New Business Models to Make Islanding Work
Pulling a cohesive narrative out of the DistribuTech conference’s thousands of participants and menagerie of electrical doohickeys is like synopsizing James Joyce’s Ulysses. Amid the cacophony, however, a few trends emerged. The […]
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