The first trickle of fuels made from agricultural waste is finally winding its way into the nation’s energy supply, after years of broken promises and hype promoting a next-generation fuel source cleaner […]
SolarCity Announces Pricing of Securitization
SolarCity(R) (SCTY) today announced the pricing of the offering by its wholly-owned subsidiary, SolarCity LMC Series I, LLC, of $54,425,000 aggregate principal amount of Solar Asset Backed Notes, Series 2013-1 (the \”notes\”). […]
U.S. Oil Consumption Falls Off Cliff
Since reaching a peak of nearly 21 million barrels per day (bbd) from 2004-2007, U.S. oil consumption has fallen off a cliff. It descended below 19 million in 2009 and then after […]
Food for All
With food prices doubling in the past decade, food security is back on the international agenda. But, given that we already produce more than twice the number of calories required by the […]
It’s Time for Grid Planners to Put Distributed Resources On Par With Transmission
Assembly Bill (AB) 327, which California Governor Jerry Brown recently signed into law, sets an important precedent for the rest of the country. Surprisingly, that precedent does not have anything to do […]
The Odd Couple: Natural Gas and Renewables
The talk in Texas is about using its newly discovered shale gas abundance and its growing renewables capacity synergistically. But is natural gas a bridge to renewables or an environmental sin? […]
EIA: Oil prices will decline in 2014 as US production soars
Prices for crude and oil-based fuels, which have been declining in recent weeks, will continue to fall through the end of the year and will average lower in 2014, according to a […]
Enjoy Our Domestic Oil Abundance While It Lasts
The oil industry has a long history of getting ahead of itself. If you believe some of the early prognostications about hydraulic fracturing, we now have as much as 100 years worth […]
Graph of the Day: Global solar PV installs to double, hit parity by 2020
New forecasts estimate solar PV will be cost-competitive with retail power prices in nearly every market by 2017; annual installations will double by 2020. via Renew Economy http://reneweconomy.com.au/2013/graph-of-the-day-global-solar-pv-installs-to-double-hit-parity-by-2020-2020?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=graph-of-the-day-global-solar-pv-installs-to-double-hit-parity-by-2020-2020
World will need 48% renewables by 2035 to address climate
The International Energy Agency says the world will likely need to have around 48 per cent of total electricity generation sourced from renewable energy sources by 2035, if it is to meet […]
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