The numbers don’t lie—but politicians and industry bigwigs do. While pundits still wax poetic about an era of American energy independence, Bill Powers, author of the book "Cold, Hungry and in the […]
Not Just Hydropower: Energy Needs Water And Water Needs Energy, Report Finds
It takes water to create energy, and energy to move water. The extent to which these two modern-life giving forces are interwoven is rarely considered. A new report lays out the significance […]
Three Regulatory Models That Could Help Utilities Embrace the Future
The basic business approach used by much of America’s electric power sector has changed little over the past 100 years. Electric utilities operated state granted monopolies on electric sales, but were regulated […]
How the Keystone XL Pipeline Tests the Administration’s Resolve on Climate Change
On the day of his second Inauguration, in January, Barack Obama delivered an address of unabashed liberal ambition and promise. As recently as early April, before the realities of the world and […]
Water Risk on the Rise
Twenty percent of global GDP already is produced in water-scarce areas. In the absence of more sustainable water management, the share could rise to 45% by 2050, placing a significant portion of […]
Boulder Looks to Solar as It Debates Creating Utility
In an effort to create its own renewably-powered utility, Boulder, Colo., is reaching out to the solar industry to explore how the city will transition from its current electric supply from Xcel Energy to […]
Twenty (Important ) Concepts I Wasn’t Taught in Business School – Part I
Business as usual as we know it, with economics as its guide and financial metrics as its scorecard, is in its death throes. The below essay is going to appear critical of […]
Most electric generating capacity additions in the last decade were natural gas-fired
The June 16 edition of Today in Energy examined the wide age range of all electric power generators for all fuels; today’s article looks specifically at natural gas-fired generators. At the end […]
Lazard: 50% reduction in cost of renewable energy since 2008
Renewable energy becoming more cost-competitive with fossil fuels isn’t news – as technology improves and more clean power generation comes online, electricity without emissions gets cheaper. But one new analysis reveals just […]
Undeveloped oil and gas reserves across the globe worth $760 billion
The U.S. shale revolution opened up leagues of new resources over the past half-decade, but North America’s discovered reserves add up to just 7.6 percent of the world’s untapped potential, according to […]
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