Prometheus Institute

Cost-effectiveness testing is such a complicated and often boring topic that it gets overlooked as one of the key barriers to achieving our energy efficiency goals. The fact is, the days of […]

Governor Andrew Cuomo just announced $165 million financing for New York State’s $1 billion Green Bank. Once the initial funds are approved by the public service commission, the Green Bank will look […]

Ask a utility representative and an energy storage vendor to tell you how to measure the costs and benefits of grid storage, and you’re likely to get two very different answers — […]

Many assume that it’s cheap labor that gives Chinese companies an edge at producing solar panels that cost less than those that come out of Europe or the United States. But a new study […]

A little known market in ethanol credits arose after financial institutions amassed millions of them — just as refiners were looking to buy more credits to meet an expanding federal requirement.      […]

Word last week that offshore oil players may not be impressed with Brazil’s massive pre-salt prospects. At least, not as impressed as Brazilian officials think.Several industry players under the banner of the […]

The plan represents the most concrete response yet to growing criticism for allowing the country’s air, soil and water to degrade to abysmal levels.      via NYT > Environment http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/13/world/asia/china-releases-plan-to-reduce-air-pollution.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

The levelized cost of renewable energy in America has fallen by more than 50% over the past four years, a Lazard analysis shows. via Renew Economy http://reneweconomy.com.au/2013/analysis-50-reduction-cost-renewable-energy-since-2008?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=analysis-50-reduction-cost-renewable-energy-since-2008

As my last post said, market fundamentals predict prices pretty well when there are minimal threats to oil supplies.  This was certainly true in the 1990s, when there was almost no surplus […]