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Crude production at three major U.S. shale oil fields is projected to fall this month for the first time in six years, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said Tuesday. via Fuel Fix […]

Retail electricity prices rose just over 3 percent in 2014, the largest increase since 2008. The increases were variable across the U.S., according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The […]

For first time, the rise in global greenhouse gas emissions has stopped, even as global economic growth continues. The IEA credits the impact of solar and wind energy, as well as hydro. […]

Even with an early start, nuclear power is surpassed by wind power in China and India, and will soon be overtaken in Brazil, South Africa. via Renew Economy http://ift.tt/1Cln6qR

We covered how California utility regulators and grid operators are rewriting the rules for demand response, the practice of reducing energy use in homes and businesses to meet grid needs. Now the […]

New Oxford University report identifies world’s coal-fired power stations most at risk of becoming ‘stranded assets’. The result not good news for Australia. via Renew Economy http://ift.tt/1EEJGuL

The Obama administration has big expectations for the American wind industry. According to a new report by the Department of Energy, with continued technological advancements, cost reductions and improvements in siting and […]

According to the latest U.S. Solar Market Insight report, released this week, solar PV system installation prices dropped between 9 percent and 12 percent in 2014, depending on market segment. Residential The […]

Despite the popular narrative that we keep hearing, the U.S is not running out of crude oil storage. Yet there are those who are predicting that oil prices are going to fall […]

As oil prices have fallen, so has the margin export projects hope to capture by selling cheaper U.S. gas onto the global markets. via Fuel Fix http://ift.tt/1C5XRXM