We have all heard of the “shale revolution”. It has been touted as the energy panacea of our time. Given the extreme hype, one would expect that such enthusiasm would translate into […]
A new dawn: Deutsche Bank on why solar has already won
Deutsche Bank says solar market is massive, will generate $5 trillion in revenue by 2030. It describes solar plus storage as next the killer app, and says even in India will be […]
Dutch government says sorry for gas field causing quakes
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Dutch government apologized on Monday for ignoring risks posed by earthquakes caused by production of natural gas in the northern province of Groningen. via Reuters: Environment http://ift.tt/1BzuEnU
Trends in Texas Wind Generation, Driving Habits, and Network-enabled Devices
Apparently, the Queen of England sent her first email in 1976, some 14 years before the World Wide Web was born. I learned this while reading about the growth of ‘smart’ devices, […]
Let’s Get Real: The Energy Efficiency Industry Can Do Better
In my last Greentech Media article, I looked at the limitations of top-down energy efficiency programs and began to lay out a pathway toward a market where energy efficiency is treated as […]
Oil Import Dependence Not Aways Economic Disadvantage, Study Finds
According to research by the Cologne Institute for Economic Research energy imports should not be “understood as a threat to the security of energy supply and an economic disadvantage” per se. The […]
Big utilities charge into distributed energy, one step at a time
Australia’s biggest two utilities have decided they want to own the rooftop solar on homes and business, and maybe the storage and EVs too. RE interviews the executives behind the strategies, and […]
Petroleum refinery outage in California highlights markets’ quick price reaction
On February 18, an explosion and fire occurred at ExxonMobil’s refinery in Torrance, California. The Torrance refinery, the third-largest refinery in Southern California, has about 20% of the region’s fluid catalytic cracking […]
How and why utilities make solar look expensive
The utility’s 2014 resource plan suggests that it hasn’t grasped (or refuses to seize) the opportunity. Although they forecast growth in renewable energy by 600 megawatts (MW) in the next 15 years, it’s only […]
Wind generation seasonal patterns vary across the United States
Wind plant generation performance varies throughout the year as a result of highly seasonal wind patterns. Nationally, wind plant performance tends to be highest during the spring and lowest during the mid- […]
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