Disclosure: Long BEP, HASI. via Forbes – Energy http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomkonrad/2013/10/23/nrg-yield-a-little-green-a-little-income/
Rising Energy Costs Lead to Recession; Eventually Collapse
How does the world reach limits? This is a question that few dare to examine. My analysis suggests that these limits will come in a very different way than most have expected–through […]
GTM Research Reveals Top 4 Trends in Residential Solar
Although the residential market is the smallest solar sector in the U.S., it’s the only segment that has seen growth consistently with no seasonal booms or lapses over the last few years. […]
Russia to Focus on LNG in Effort to Reduce Dependence on European Market
Historically Russia has relied heavily on the European market to send its natural gas exports and earn huge revenues that make up most of the government’s annual earnings. However, fed up with […]
Russia Threatened by Shift in Global Energy Markets
A shiny new liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal is set to open in the Polish port of Swinoujscie next year. Three-thousand kilometers to the east, Chinese President Xi Jinping leap-frogged across Central […]
A Resource Superpower on the Verge of Total Failure
I had a notable conversation a few months back with a friend regarding doing business in India.He remarked that unlike many places in the world, corruption and bureaucracy here have gotten worse. […]
The End of Cheap Water? – State of the Planet
Across the country, Americans are paying more for water than they did a decade ago, even as water utilities fall into debt and water infrastructure deteriorates, according to a recently released Columbia […]
The numbers don’t add up to U.S. energy independence
Energy independence sounds good, and that’s why politicians and oil company executives love to say the words. It’s so easy to say, but oh so hard to actually accomplish, which is why […]
Global Hydropower Set To Exceed $75 Billion Through To 2020
A new report recently published by analyst firm GlobalData has predicted that global cumulative hydropower installed capacity is expected to increase from 1,064 GW last year to 1,407 GW in 2020, and […]
Study: No Long-Term Climate Benefit From Shale Gas Revolution
Claims that shale gas will significantly reduce US carbon emissions are based on hand-waving and wishful thinking. That’s because those claims assume natural gas is replacing coal only, rather than some combination […]
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