Whether you’re a utility or a rooftop solar company, you probably believe there’s a mismatch between today’s electric rate designs and the value of distributed PV. The trouble is that utilities and […]
Bakken Flat But EIA Predicts Decline
The North Dakota Industrial Commission has published the July production data for The Bakken and for all North Dakota.(Click to enlarge)Bakken production was down 5,430 barrels per day while all North Dakota […]
Shale drillers spending most of their cash paying off high debt
North American oil explorers have only hedged about 11 percent of their oil production in 2016. That’s well below the 28 percent of oil production they’ve hedged in the third quarter of […]
BMW Going All-Electric
The age of electric vehicles may finally be upon us – or at least that’s what BMW is banking on. BMW recently announced that it will convert all models to electric drive […]
The Biggest Red Herring In U.S. Shale | OilPrice.com
Rig productivity and drilling efficiency are red herrings.A red herring is something that takes attention away from a more important subject. Rig productivity and drilling efficiency distract from the truth that tight […]
Output per miner-hour rises as smaller coal mines close
Coal mining productivity increased in 2013, averaging 5.5 short tons per miner hour, reversing a trend of declining productivity since at least 2000. Preliminary data from the Mine Safety and Health Administration […]
States Are Doing a Poor Job of Measuring Net-Metering Caps, According to Report
Earlier this summer, NV Energy told solar installers that a 235-megawatt limit on net-metered solar would be met by the end of July. The limit was meant to last through at least […]
Value of Battery-Backed Solar in California: 25 Cents per Kilowatt-Hour
Determining the value of batteries that can store, shift and dispatch solar energy requires some complex calculations, not to mention no small amount of faith in the future of real-world regulations and […]
LNG projects still moving toward oversupply, Wood Mackenzie says
The capacity currently being built is enough to meet the world’s LNG needs until about 2022 and will likely lead to a short-term glut when it comes online. via Fuel Fix http://ift.tt/1KQbLlh
Asian LNG price face steep fall as storm brews
Asian liquefied natural gas prices could fall a further 25 percent in coming months as new supply, falling demand and weaker oil prices put it on par with iron ore and coal […]
Prometheus Institute 