The move could signal yet another shift in Germany’s power mix, as renewables boom and expected electricity prices for 2014 drop. The post Germany’s Largest Utility Ditches Two Long-Term Contracts For Coal […]
How the $5 billion bankruptcy of a Chinese coal company’s could trigger financial panic
For years now, economists have worried that China’s debt has pushed it to the brink of financial crisis. But if China is insolvent, why haven’t there been any big defaults yet? Here’s why: […]
Conservative Donors Pump $1 Billion A Year Into Climate Denying Groups, Study Finds
The first extensive study of groups that oppose action on climate change found they have received more than $900 million a year from 2003-2010, with the number growing every year. The post […]
Can the cost of solar in the US compete with Germany?
A recent Deutsche Bank report projects global newly installed photovoltaic (PV) capacity will reach 50 GW annually in 2014, a roughly 50-percent increase over anticipated new installed capacity during 2013. Germany’s been the longtime […]
China doubles pace of adding renwables amid pollution cut
China doubled the pace of adding renewable energy capacity in the first 10 months of the year as the government worked to cut pollution in its largest cities. Including nuclear power, the nation […]
CA Regulators May Challenge Utilities for Blocking Hybrid Solar-Storage Systems
In California, state regulators are getting ready to resolve a long-running conflict between the state’s big three investor-owned utilities, their customers, and companies that want to add batteries to solar PV systems. […]
Has Concentrated Solar Power Run Out of Steam in the US?
Planning for new concentrated solar power (CSP) development in the U.S. almost disappeared in 2013 as developers turned to smaller, more achievable PV installations. “The 2013 trend in CSP is that not […]
Big Oil anticipates 10-fold surge in carbon cost
International oil producers are girding for carbon emission costs that may surge to almost 10 times the current prices in Europe, the world’s largest greenhouse gas market, as governments around the world […]
Graph of the Day: The inevitable decline of coal-fired generation : Renew Economy
On Monday, the Union of Concerned Scientists released an update of our 2012 ground-breaking analysis, Ripe for Retirement, examining the economic viability of US coal generators compared with modern, cleaner alternatives. Our […]
Latest CPUC Report on Cost of Renewables in California
The California Public Utilities Commission prepares quarterly reports on the status of the state’s Renewable Portfolio Standard. The latest was released in November. You can read the whole thing here (pdf). Some […]
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