Prometheus Institute

A question that seems to come up quite often is, “Are we going to have inflation or deflation?” People want to figure out how to invest. Because of this, they want to […]

New solar technologies are offering the prospect of baseload solar energy to power mines and other remote industrial facilities – for less than current fossil fuel alternatives. The miners are curious, and […]

Solar towers with storage are poised to deliver dispatchable energy whenever customers want it, and at a cost competitive or even cheaper than new fossil fuels. Is this about to change the […]

GENEVA 3 July 2013 – The world experienced unprecedented high-impact climate extremes during the 2001-2010 decade, which was the warmest since the start of modern measurements in 1850 and continued an extended […]

A study conducted by the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute has shown that over a lifetime of ownership, diesel-fueled vehicles tend to have a lower cost of ownership than conventional gasoline-fueled […]

For years, the cumulative amount of distributed generation (DG) on the grid was akin to a drop of water in a glass.  That is, a tiny drop in a big glass.  But […]

Charting all sources and sinks of human carbon emissions since 1750, this graph shows how hard oceans, plants and soils are working to absorb it. via Renew Economy http://reneweconomy.com.au/2013/graph-of-the-day-the-importance-of-carbon-sinks-87549?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=graph-of-the-day-the-importance-of-carbon-sinks-87549

Since October 2012, electric power companies have announced the retirement of four nuclear reactors at three power plants. The four reactors have a combined capacity of nearly 3,600 megawatts (MW). The recent […]

This is a guest post by Andrew McKay, who is a trained ecologist and currently works in fisheries in New Zealand. In his spare time he writes about peak oil and energy […]

The industrial sector, which encompasses manufacturing, mining, agriculture, and construction, accounted for almost a third of total U.S. energy use in 2012. Energy-intensive manufacturing accounted for a little more than half of […]