Investment banks are worried about high-cost coal mines and ports becoming stranded assets in the next decade. So should Queenslanders be worried too? via Renew Economy http://reneweconomy.com.au/2013/if-coals-in-trouble-why-build-more-coal-ports-56078?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=if-coals-in-trouble-why-build-more-coal-ports-56078
The mix of fuels used for electricity generation in the United States is changing
The mix of fuels used to generate the electricity in homes, factories, and businesses across the United States has changed in the past few years as coal, still the largest single fuel […]
Solar Energy and the Electrical Grid
Everywhere you look, the off-grid clean energy market is booming. Sub-Saharan Africa is seeing 300 percent compound annual growth in off-grid lighting; Bangladesh is putting up 30,000 to 40,000 solar home systems every month; and d.light, a […]
Solar Energy and Financing Construction
The energy finance community has been eagerly anticipating the introduction of solar asset-backed securities – “solar securitization,” – for at least three years, and may be waiting for another year or more. […]
US Coal Energy and Industry Transition\
Developing EPA carbon regulations could shutdown most U.S. Coal Power possibly within 25 years. A previous Part 2 Post describes how 80% of Coal Power could be feasibly replaced by expanding Wind+Solar Power […]
Customer Costs and Solar Installation
It’s no news to anyone in the solar industry that although module costs have plummeted, soft costs for solar — like permitting, installation, and customer acquisition — have remained high in the […]
Deforestation and California Policy
Jerry Brown didn’t show up to last week at the ceremony where he was to receive the Blue-Green Alliance’s “Right Stuff” award. But who did? A crowd of protestors condemning the Governor […]
Energy Storage and Renewable Grid Assistance
Clean Energy Group\’s new Resilient Power Project is helping states figure out how to provide resilient power to critical infrastructure, so that needed services can be provided during a natural disaster that […]
US utility trade body told to confess or condemn in ‘dark money’ row
The Edison Electric Institute (EEI), which represents all investor owned utilities in the US, has been urged to confess or condemn the use of so-called “dark money” to pay for campaigns against […]
Electric Vehicle Myths 4: Chemistry Is Not Electronics
“ The potential for electric vehicles has stimulated hundreds of companies to jump at the challenge of improving battery technology. Like the bulky original cellphones and tissue-box-sized calculators, batteries will shrink in size, […]
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