Jim Hughes, the CEO of vertically integrated solar developer First Solar, spoke at the Edison Electric Institute meeting in New Orleans two weeks ago. (Please forgive the late filing, I lost my […]
America Will Achieve Its Sunshot
Solar energy will be cost competitive with fossil fuels by 2020, if not before, the director of the Department of Energy’s Solar Technologies Office said in New York Thursday. And the remaining […]
The EPA Just Cracked Down On Carbon Emissions From Big Trucks
The EPA is calling for significant cuts in emissions from heavy duty vehicles. The post The EPA Just Cracked Down On Carbon Emissions From Big Trucks appeared first on ThinkProgress. via ThinkProgress […]
Desperate Venezuela (2): Fire Or Ice?
The situation in Venezuela is unsustainable. The lack of medicine, the high crime rate, scarcity of basic consumer goods are creating an anger that can’t be assuaged. How can a government that […]
How Driverless Cars Will Upend Energy Markets
What began as one of ten “moonshot ” projects for the company is now proceeding steadily as Google intends to test prototype models of its self-driving vehicles on public roads this summer, […]
Suncor scales back, signaling end of oil sands megaprojects
Crude’s price slump, pressure to get off fossil fuels and tax increases in Alberta are adding to high costs and a lack of pipelines, prompting producers from Suncor Energy Inc. to Imperial […]
Rooftop solar to cut total grid demand to zero in South Australia
Energy market operator says rooftop solar will grow to the point where there is zero demand from the grid in South Australia during midday hours, and could provide one third of all […]
Dancing In The Dark – Gulf Coast Condensate Splitter Economics Update
Average margins for a Gulf Coast condensate splitter have been about $5/Bbl better in 2015 than they were in 2014 but are still about $4.75/Bbl worse than an equivalent Gulf Coast 3-2-1 […]
Refiner margins unable to fully offset low upstream earnings for integrated oil companies
First-quarter 2015 financial results for globally integrated oil companies show that total earnings were $22 billion (54%) lower than first-quarter 2014. Lower crude oil prices contributed to a decline in profits in […]
California Is Getting Serious About Distributed Generation
California has had a bit of a contradictory approach to wholesale distributed generation, with policymakers saying all the right things but not doing what was needed to promote it. It looks like […]
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