BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Air pollution, chiefly from coal-fired power plants, cost society up to 189 billion euros ($235 billion) in 2012 – equal to the gross domestic product of Finland, the European […]
The Unwelcome Reality For U.S. Coal Exports
U.S. coal export capacity is running well below capacity, and as such, exporting coal from the U.S. west coast is a losing strategy. That comes from a new report put out by […]
Carbon Sequestration: Where Will All the Carbon Go?
It is becoming increasingly likely that our society will need to remove large quantities of CO2 from the atmosphere in order to prevent climate change. The question then becomes: how are we […]
How Energy Secure Are The EU And UK?
In a recent post, A Beginners Guide to Blackouts, I drew attention to the fact that keeping the lights on in Britain was to a large extent dependent upon our ability to […]
Why US fracking is biggest red herring in history of oil
Leading funds manager Jeremy Grantham says US fracking boom hiding fact that oil industry in terminal decline and will be replaced by renewables. via Renew Economy http://ift.tt/1ym9J3i
Networks fret over threat of mass grid defections
Networks push case for tariff changes, arguing that houses with rooftop solar getting generous "cross subsidies" from non solar users, and suggesting that cost of going off-grid is more than 5 times […]
Report: U.S. airlines stagnate on improving fuel efficiency
The domestic airline industry made no net improvements on fuel efficiencies last year, raising questions about its ability to cut carbon emissions. via Fuel Fix http://ift.tt/1BNMl4o
The US Shale Breakeven Price Debate
My favorite quote by H.L. Mencken is ‘a cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin‘. A bit morose, I know, but this appeals to the […]
Hawaii to Test Smart Water Heaters as Grid Resources
Hawaiian Electric is trying out all sorts of distributed energy assets to help it manage its solar-impacted island electricity system, including behind-the-meter batteries, and smart-meter-enabled energy disaggregation. But one of the cheaper […]
Obama’s punt on renewable fuel sets up fights in court, congress
The delay, announced Friday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, follows months of fighting between refiners and ethanol producers over a proposal by the agency to lower the quotas for ethanol, biodiesel […]
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