From 2009 through 2014, U.S. solar PV installations grew at a compound annual growth rate of over 60 percent. This resulted in a 2014 market that was 12 times larger than it […]
We Don’t Need New Energy Storage Innovations
Recently, there’s been a lot of talk about energy storage being a "holy grail" for solving the problems of deeper renewables saturation in the U.S. power grid. It seems inevitable that someone […]
Energy Quote of the Day: On ‘No Regret’ Negative Emissions Technologies
A new report from Oxford University says that the most promising “Negative Emissions Technologies” (NETs) for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in the near term are also among the simplest: afforestation, […]
New York and California are building the grid of the future
New York and California are betting big in different ways on distributed energy resources, solar and storage. via Renew Economy http://ift.tt/1EqLW56
Energy efficiency improvements have largely offset effect of more, larger homes
The growth in residential energy use has slowed to below the rate of household growth, meaning that per-household energy consumption has decreased. Analysis of EIA’s Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS) conducted since […]
How Hybridization Can Boost the Economics of Energy Storage
European energy storage players are taking a leading role in developing hybrid systems that can cover several applications at once, improving investment returns. Companies such as Bosch and Younicos have recently unveiled […]
OPEC Production Cut May Not Be Needed After All
U.S. tight oil production may fall 600,000 barrels per day by June 2015 based on reasonable projections of current rig counts. I compared the decrease in rig counts that began in late […]
The myth of the dark side of Germany’s Energiewende
German coal generation and CO2 emissions would have been even higher if Germany had not phased out its nuclear power and embarked on its remarkable renewable energy path. via Renew Economy http://ift.tt/1AjFGLU
Solar, what solar, says BP in its energy market outlook
If BP is basing its business model on its energy outlook, it has major problems. The huge report makes just four mentions of solar, claiming it will not be competitive with gas […]
Oil Limits Could Undermine Our Entire Economic System
Many readers have asked me to explain debt. They also wonder, “Why can’t we just cancel debt and start over?” if we are reaching oil limits, and these limits threaten to destabilize […]
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