Wind and solar power comes and goes with the weather, and requires new technologies and techniques to smoothly integrate into power grids that must keep supply and demand in perfect balance at […]
A Deeper Look into the Fragmented Residential Solar Market
Who sells residential solar PV in California? How many companies operate in this market? What fraction of the market is controlled by the largest companies? How is this changing over time? In […]
UBS Analysts: Solar Will Become the ‘Default Technology of the Future’
Within a decade, solar photovoltaics could account for 10 percent of electricity supply globally, beating out coal and nuclear as "default" power generation technologies. That’s the conclusion of a new analysis from […]
This Merger Could Signal Big Changes In Nuclear Energy
France has long been at the forefront of nuclear power as one of the biggest users around the world. But the recent announcement that French nuclear giant Areva would merge its reactor business with […]
EIA: Major U.S Shale Plays Have Peaked, Expect Decline To Kick In
The EIA has released its latest Drilling Productivity Report. There were some interesting data presented in the report. (Click to enlarge)They say the Bakken peaked at 1,311,703 barrels per day in March […]
Improved Living and Energy Use Reduction
A lot has been written recently about the decoupling between GDP and energy. This decoupling (shown for the IEA New Policies scenario below) is generally viewed as a central part of the solution to […]
Lies, Damned Lies and Modeling: Energy Efficiency’s Problem With Tracking Savings
The efficiency industry is systematically plagued by an outdated way of measuring performance — partly because efficiency is hard to track compared to energy generation, and partly because of the industry’s inability […]
Will Battery Storage Create an ‘iPhone Moment’ for Australia?
There is no doubt that Australia is going to be at the leading edge of battery storage, due to the huge number of solar panels already on household rooftops, high electricity costs […]
The IMF Just Destroyed the Best Argument Against Clean Energy
Fossil fuel supporters have insisted that wind and solar are far “too expensive” to replace fossil fuels. A recent report published by the IMF has put a price on the direct and […]
Renewables Will Boom Under EPA’s Clean Power Plan, EIA Finds
It’s not a surprise that regulating carbon emissions from power plants will be a boon for clean, renewable energy. But the U.S. Energy Information Administration has traditionally offered cautious outlooks for renewables, […]
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