A Nature article from early December questioning how long the North American natural gas boom could really last earned stinging letters this week from the EIA and University of Texas researchers. via […]
Big Utilities Begin to Warm to Rooftop Solar Energy
NRG Energy recently announced a major foray into California’s residential solar market, with a goal to have 35,000 to 40,000 home solar installations by the end of 2015. The development is indicative […]
The One Chart That Shows Why 2014 Was a Breakthrough Year for Utility-Scale Solar in America
Over the next two years, America will build roughly 13 gigawatts of utility-scale solar PV plants. When up and running, those projects will surpass the country’s cumulative solar capacity across all sectors […]
Solar And Wind Power Are Changing Net Load Shapes In CA
As more solar and wind electric generating capacity is added in California, the California Independent System Operator (CAISO), the electric grid operator for most of the state, is facing an increasingly different […]
Despite lower crude oil prices, U.S. crude oil production expected to grow in 2015
The recent decline in crude oil prices has created the potential for weaker crude oil production. EIA’s Drilling Productivity Report includes indicators that provide details on the effect low prices may have […]
The End Of Oil Price Stability
Whether you’re troubled or cheered by the recent plunge in oil prices below $60 a barrel, there’s a message embedded in the decline: get used to it. I’m not talking about cheap […]
Electric Vehicle Charging Station Incentives Increased In Several US States
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Why US Shale May Fizzle Rather Than Boom
The Shale Revolution may not really end up being a revolution after all. A new study in Nature finds that the estimates for shale gas production could be vastly overblown, and production […]
Rig count falls as oil prices continue slide
A new report showed that producers had slowed the pace of drilling for oil as the commodity fell further fell further $60 per barrel on Friday. via Fuel Fix http://ift.tt/1zIBEx0
Why Top-Down Efficiency Programs Are So Expensive and What We Can Do About it
According to the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, Massachusetts is once again the nation’s most energy-efficient state, largely based on the perceived success of its ratepayer energy efficiency programs. But what […]
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