A group of car companies and hydrogen suppliers have pledged to invest $10 billion over the next 5 years to promote fuel cell research and hydrogen fueling infrastructure. But why? The post […]
Solar Is the Largest Employer in U.S. Electric Power Generation Industry
Solar employment accounts for the largest share of workers in the electric power generation sector, according to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). In a new report “U.S. Energy and Employment Report,” […]
AES’ New Kauai Solar-Storage ‘Peaker’ Shows How Fast Battery Costs Are Falling
AES Distributed Energy will build a solar-plus-storage "peaker plant" on the Hawaiian island of Kauai that stands out both in capacity and power price. The project, if approved by state and local […]
New Projects Show Carbon Capture Is Not Dead
Carbon capture and storage has had a hard time finding love. The technology is easy to dismiss because of its expense. It’s too green for those on one extreme, too tied to fossil […]
NuScale Submitted a Modular Nuclear Design to the Feds—Now It Has to Wait 40 Months for Review
Forbes: NuScale First to Submit SMR Nuclear Application to NRC NuScale Power is a company with a mission — to build the first small modular nuclear reactor in America. As of now, they […]
Super-Emitters Are Real: Here are Three Things We Know
Super-Emitters Are Real: Here are Three Things We Know January 17, 2017 by EDF Energy Exchange Leave a Comment As part of our landmark 16-study series and ongoing work in measuring methane […]
$25 Trillion Investment Needed To Meet Future Oil Demand
The world needs to invest US$25 trillion in new oil-producing capacity over the next 25 years to meet growing demand, Saudi Aramco’s chief executive Amin Nasser said at the World Economic Forum […]
EPA Accuses Chrysler Of Diesel Emissions Cheating
The EPA accuses Chrysler of using software to shut down pollution controls on its diesel engines, allowing them to emit higher than permitted levels of ntirous oxides. Chrysler vehemently denies the allegations. […]
How Am I Supposed to Live Without You? – A Major Shift in Marine Fuel Rules
Shipping companies now know that within three years all vessels involved in international trade will be required to use fuel with a sulfur content of 0.5% or less—an aggressive standard, considering that […]
Despite the Hype, Batteries Aren’t the Cheapest Way to Store Energy on the Grid
Tesla Powerwall installed in a garage. There are many different kinds of energy storage technologies, each with its own advantages and drawbacks. Lithium ion batteries are the most popular form of storage […]
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