Parabolic troughs and dry-cooled towers deliver similar value for concentrating solar power (CSP) plants, despite different solar profiles, a new report by the Department of […] via SolarIndustryMag.com http://ift.tt/1kC9mxL
New Report Navigates Solar Securitization
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Big Oil Sheds Assets to Fix Balance Sheets
The oil industry may be in the midst of entering a new phase of high costs and slower growth. New oil discoveries are harder to come by, and the scramble to replace […]
US Should Heed Renewable Integration Lessons from Europe or Face Consequences, Says NARUC Panelist
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NRDC and U.S. Utilities Urge Grid Payments for Rooftop Solar
The Natural Resources Defense Council and the U.S. utility industry’s trade group are jointly calling for a new rate structure to account for customers that generate their own power with rooftop solar […]
One of the world’s great investment thinkers is convinced fracking is causing earthquakes
“To me at least the connection is clear and statistically certain… far more certain than anything I ever see in the stock market or the economy.” That’s Jeremy Grantham, the highly-regarded co-founder […]
Commercial Energy Storage Market to Surpass 720MW by 2020
The next six years will mark the beginning of a long-term, viable growth opportunity for commercial energy storage, according to GTM Research’s newest report, Distributed Energy Storage 2014: Applications and Opportunities for […]
2013 wind energy installations stall in US, surge in China
Policy uncertainty buffeted the world’s wind energy industry in 2013, somewhat slowing overall capacity additions, but strong headwinds appear ready to lift the industry to new heights in 2014. This look back, […]
Frackers are guzzling water in drought-plagued areas
Fracking is a thirsty technique — and most of the fracking underway in the U.S. is occurring in regions suffering from drought. That’s according to a new analysis by Ceres, which reveals […]
New Study Finds Oil Sands Pollutants Underestimated by Official Estimates
The emission levels of some pollutants from the Athabasca oil sands may be higher than previous official estimates, according to researchers at the University of Toronto. The focus of the study, polycyclic […]
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