Incat in Tasmania has completed a battery electric fast ferry for service between Argentina and Uruguay, thanks to European technology. The post New Passenger & Car Ferry From Incat Is 100% Electric […]
Solar and storage program forecast to save all Massachusetts ratepayers $313 million per year
Solar plus storage can also offer winter reliability improvements and limit gas consumption, finds a report from Synapse Energy Economics and the Solar Energy Industries Association. From pv magazine USA Continued growth […]
The Critical Failure Point in Modern High-Efficiency Solar Cells
There is a specific, sharp smell that hits you when walking through a high-volume solar module assembly line. It isn’t the clean, clinical scent of silicon or the metallic tang of glass. […]
Ain’t This The (Reserve) Life – E&Ps Struggle to Maintain Reserve Life Under the Cash-Return Model
In the upstream oil and gas world, “reserve life” — calculated via the Reserve Life Index — is one of the simplest and most widely cited metrics. But behind the RLI lies […]
Modelling spot prices in a post-coal grid, when big batteries will become the price setters
Electricity prices can be kept near today’s levels in a post-coal National Electricity Market, but need a system where batteries become the dominant price-forming technology. The post Modelling spot prices in a […]
Peak Oil Is Not Dead: Reviewing the IEA’s World Energy Outlook for 2025
A month ago, media all over the internet went crazy repeating the following headline (or a similar one) over and over: “IEA scraps Peak Oil, says oil demand will continue growing until […]
BNEF flags potential global solar slowdown in 2026 as China cools
BloombergNEF (BNEF) projects a slight year-on-year dip in global solar additions in 2026 as China’s growth eases, even as installations elsewhere continue to rise. From pv magazine USA For the first time […]
Europe’s Carbon Market Must Look Ahead
Since its creation, Europe’s carbon market has delivered significant emissions cuts, directed substantial resources toward clean-energy technologies, and become a model for other systems worldwide. But rising energy prices are fueling political […]
Stand By Me – E&Ps Foresee Little Change in Capex Plans, But Production Continues To Grow
U.S. E&Ps continue to ignore political pressures to “drill, baby, drill,” sticking rigidly to capital discipline and trimming their drilling-and-completion activity. But that hasn’t kept production from inching up as E&Ps continue […]
Wind, solar and batteries smash output records in midst of pre-Christmas heatwave
Near-record demand creates important window into how much renewable capacity is available across the system when load is high. The post Wind, solar and batteries smash output records in midst of pre-Christmas […]
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