A new paper from the nonpartisan Brookings Institution finds net energy metering is not a financial drain on the electric grid, as some utilities argue. Brookings’ review of literature on the costs […]
The Changing Face of CHP Customers
What method of distributed electricity generation is energy-efficient, cost-effective and well-established in the U.S.? More so than wind or solar, or a combination of them with storage, it is actually co-generation, or […]
How Renewables Are Competing in the Wholesale Market Without Mandates
State renewable portfolio standards have long been the top driver of U.S. utility-scale solar and wind energy growth — until now. This year, for the first time ever, more than half of […]
How Fast Could the Market for Electric Vehicles Grow?
Various policy driven scenarios show electric vehicles gaining market share over the next few decades but with the turnover of the vehicle stock taking longer. I recently argued that BP’s projections showing […]
Energy costs for German industry fall sharply since 2010
Öko-Institut and DWI have produced a new cost indicator for industry. The researchers find that German industry bills are down by 10 percent relative to 2010, the year before Chancellor Merkel’s nuclear […]
Sierra Leone signs agreement with UK government to deliver 250,000 home PV systems
More in News, Power Plants, Grids, Off-Grid, Markets & Finance, Policy, Financial & Legal, Africa & Middle East Sierra Leone signs agreement with UK government to deliver 250,000 home PV systems The […]
Renewables on the rise for Germany’s ‘Big Four’ utilities, conventional generation suffers
An RWE PV plant in Hungary. Image: RWE. Germany’s ‘big four’ utilities have all referred to the growing importance of renewable energy in their business models in reporting their latest financial results. […]
Jane Weissman Steps Down as IREC President/CEO
Larry Sherwood Appointed Successor The Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) today announces that Jane Weissman will step down as IREC president and CEO on June 30, after leading the national not-for-profit since […]
Why China’s Wind Energy Underperforms
China accounted for 36 percent of global investment in renewable energy last year, pouring $102.9 billion into non-hydro renewables such as wind and solar power. The country is a laggard, however, […]
When We Can Expect The Next Oil Shock
The scenario above shows an Oil Shock Model with a URR of 3600 Gb, EIA data from 1970 to 2015, and the Annual Energy Outlook (AEO) 2016 early release […]
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