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The World Bank’s proposal to end coal financing should help pave the way for a decentralised clean energy ‘grid’ to eradicate fuel poverty. via Renew Economy http://reneweconomy.com.au/2013/world-bank-coal-and-the-right-side-of-history-59247?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=world-bank-coal-and-the-right-side-of-history-59247

Are microgrids the key to climate resiliency? It’s a question being asked with a new sense of urgency since Hurricane Sandy. I recently attended a forum on microgrids and storage held by NY-Best and […]

Many European countries could see a decrease in electricity generating capacity and an increase in electricity prices thanks to climate change. That’s the overall finding from a new study out of the […]

A fragmented system, with conflicting interests, poses hurdles for improvements that the past three presidents have called a priority.      via NYT > Environment http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/13/us/ideas-to-bolster-power-grid-run-up-against-the-systems-many-owners.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Only 1.2GW of nuclear generation capacity was installed last year globally compared to 32GW of solar, according to a report proclaiming the end of the “nuclear renaissance”. via News – PV-Tech http://www.pv-tech.org/news/solar_overtakes_nuclear_in_global_energy_output?utm_source=pvtech-feeds&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=news-rss-feed

OPEC has, for years, insisted that it is an economic organization and not a political one. But few observers would disagree with the suggestion that pretty much everything in OPEC is political. […]

With U.S. crude oil production at the highest level in two decades, outstripping pipeline capacity, the United States is relying more on railroads to move its new crude oil to refineries and […]

Coal’s share of total domestic power generation in the first four months of 2013 averaged 39.5%, compared with 35.4% during the same period last year, according to the Energy Information Administration [EIA]…. […]