Is utility-scale solar close to crossing a pivotal price threshold? Utility Xcel Energy last month submitted a proposal to Colorado regulators that identifies 170 megawatts of solar and 450 megawatts of wind […]
The NEM Battle Rages On: Who Pays for the Electrical Grid?
If you are a customer with solar on your rooftop, maybe you don’t sit around mulling the AC waveform quality on the distribution grid that connects to your home or business. But […]
Could Solar Heating and Cooling Ever Catch Up With PV and Natural Gas?
“Why even consider using electrons to heat water when there is so much more demand for them in traditional electricity generation and in electric transport?” asked Heliodyne CEO Ole Pilgaard, Chair of […]
Tesla v. ICE-age Cars: Which Would You Rather Maintain?
Compared to your average IC engine automobile, the drivetrain on the Tesla Model S requires little if any maintenance. via EVWorldwire http://www.evworld.com/news.cfm?rssid=31388
Lithium Battery Prices May Drop, But Electric Car Prices Likely to be Slow to Follow
Hodgson Russ and Aaron Saykin consider the impact of falling lithium-ion battery costs as they are likely to impact electric car prices. via EVWorldwire http://www.evworld.com/news.cfm?rssid=31389
Coal Use Falling, Proof of Progress to Low-Carbon Future
Although it is easy to get caught up in the vastness of the volume of fossil fuels we continue to consume, we are increasingly being presented with positives as we move – […]
Top four U.S. coal companies supplied more than half of U.S. coal production in 2011
In the past two years, more than half of U.S. coal production was attributable to the top four coal producers, the result of changes in regional production as well as decades-long trends […]
Energy Darwinism: Fossil fuels and utilities at risk
New report from Citi says trillions of dollars of energy investments across the globe are at risk because dramatic changes taking place in technology and fuel costs are not understood. “This is […]
New California Net Metering Study Appears to Be DOA
A controversial new study on the costs and benefits of net metering requested by California regulators appears to be obsolete on delivery and may be objectionable to both the solar and the […]
California clean-tech entrepreneurs have gone corporate
The time-honored Silicon Valley trajectory of the California technology entrepreneur who scores funding from a fabled Sand Hill Road venture capital firm and then becomes Zuckerberg-wealthy in a Twitter-worthy initial public offering […]
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