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 […]
How The Economy Is Tied To Energy
How does the economy really work? In my view, there are many erroneous theories in published literature. I have been investigating this topic and have come to the conclusion that both energy […]
US Wind Installations Pick Up in 2014, but Industry Faces Yet Another Cliff
Bloomberg: U.S. Wind Power Quadruples in 2014 as Texas Leads Installations Installations of wind turbines in the U.S. more than quadrupled last year led by growth in Texas, as developers took advantage […]
The Shift Toward a Decentralized, Distributed Electric Grid Is Already Underway
The electricity sector is headed for a dramatic transformation at the edge of the grid, where utility meets customer. Like the evolution of markets such as telecommunications and computing, the phases of […]
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