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 […]
Obama’s New Budget Does Stricken Oil And Gas Industries No Favors
President Barack Obama’s 2016 budget proposal is out; enjoy it while it lasts. The budget proposal features a significant boost in federal spending for green-energy technologies and carbon-critical policies – all initiatives […]
Can Microinverters Stabilize Hawaii’s Shaky Grid?
Hawaii leads the nation in rooftop solar penetration, with nearly one in nine customers, a total of about 51,000, tying their PV systems into the state’s island power grids. About three-fifths of […]
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