President Barack Obama’s 2016 budget proposal is out; enjoy it while it lasts. The budget proposal features a significant boost in federal spending for green-energy technologies and carbon-critical policies – all initiatives […]
Can Microinverters Stabilize Hawaii’s Shaky Grid?
Hawaii leads the nation in rooftop solar penetration, with nearly one in nine customers, a total of about 51,000, tying their PV systems into the state’s island power grids. About three-fifths of […]
How The Economy Is Tied To Energy
How does the economy really work? In my view, there are many erroneous theories in published literature. I have been investigating this topic and have come to the conclusion that both energy […]
US Wind Installations Pick Up in 2014, but Industry Faces Yet Another Cliff
Bloomberg: U.S. Wind Power Quadruples in 2014 as Texas Leads Installations Installations of wind turbines in the U.S. more than quadrupled last year led by growth in Texas, as developers took advantage […]
The Shift Toward a Decentralized, Distributed Electric Grid Is Already Underway
The electricity sector is headed for a dramatic transformation at the edge of the grid, where utility meets customer. Like the evolution of markets such as telecommunications and computing, the phases of […]
Oil rig count falls by 94 in biggest drop since 1987
Petroleum producers released 94 oil rigs this week as sub-$50 oil continued to wreak havoc on the oil industry, Baker Hughes reported Friday. via Fuel Fix http://ift.tt/1zf752G
The Case for Long-Duration Storage: Net Electricity Load in Calif. Is 5 Years Ahead of Schedule
On January 11, 2015, a rather unremarkable Sunday earlier this month, the California Independent System Operator’s daily duck curve was approximately 1,500 megawatts below where it is projected to be in 2020. […]
China’s Coal Consumption Fell in 2014
For the first time this century China’s coal consumption has fallen, according to data from both the Chinese Coal Industry Association and the National Energy Administration. The amount remains in question, with […]
Impact of Falling Oil Prices on LNG
LNG is liquefied natural gas, cooled to a temperature of -260° F, for the purpose of compression and transportation. International shipments of LNG by container ship are generally price-indexed to crude oil, […]
Demand Response Will ‘Win Hands Down’ if Taken Up by Supreme Court, Says Former FERC Chair
Jon Wellinghoff, former chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, did not mince words when talking about the potential outcome if the U.S. Supreme Court decides to review FERC Order 745, which […]
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