South Australia wants royal commission into nuclear industry, but admits nuclear generation not viable in Australia – confirmed by new studies highlighting nuclear’s soaring costs. via Renew Economy http://ift.tt/1utQbwI
Oil Joins The Debt Crisis Roiling The Rest Of The World
Sub-prime is a toxic expression applied to low-grade mortgages and their role in the 2008 financial crisis, but sub-prime could be making a return with the world awash in debt at a […]
US no. 2 to China in clean energy investments in 2014
Clean energy is growing again in the U.S. as investments in renewables increased in 2014 after a two-year decline. via Renew Economy http://ift.tt/1zUlx0m
Guest post: A lesson from the history of oil
Steven Kopits is the president of Princeton Energy Advisors, and contributes guest posts to The Barrel. In an interview with Bloomberg TV, BP CEO Bob Dudley took a bearish view on the […]
NREL examines trade-offs of owning versus leasing a solar PV systems
Golden CO (SPX) Jan 29, 2015 Two new reports from the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) examine the economic options customers face when deciding how to finance commercial or residential […]
How Much Will Low Oil Prices Stimulate Demand?
One of the main factors that will determine the depth and duration of the current slump in oil prices is the extent and timing of a resulting rebound in demand. It is […]
Clock Runs Out On Clean Coal
Clean coal is dead. While the notion of coal being a source of “clean” was a bit oxymoronic to begin with, the Obama administration perhaps put an end to the dream for […]
Renewable Energy Beats Natural Gas for New Capacity in 2014
It was a close race, but in the end new generating capacity from renewable sources beat out new natural gas capacity by 1.16% in 2014. Of the 49.81% of new capacity from […]
Energy Quote of the Day: ‘Do not Grow Food or Grass Crops for Ethanol or Diesel or Cut Down Trees for Electricity’
The World Resources Institute, a respected environmental think tank issued a report arguing against the widespread use of biofuels. While acknowledging that waste biomass, such as food waste or urban tree trimmings […]
Clock Runs Out On Clean Coal
Clean coal is dead. While the notion of coal being a source of “clean” was a bit oxymoronic to begin with, the Obama administration perhaps put an end to the dream for […]
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