As solar projects are becoming more prevalent in the U.S. and more people are interested in going solar at home and work, the U.S. needs to explore new strategies for financing solar. […]
ACORE Study Looks at How to Scale Renewable Energy Investment in US
via Renewable Energy World http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2013/06/acore-study-looks-at-how-to-scale-renewable-energy-investment-in-us?cmpid=rss
Staying afloat as assets get stranded
Stranded assets – assets that are unexpectedly or prematurely devalued, converted to liabilities or written off – are part of the creative destruction that drives capitalism. Asset stranding of this kind regularly […]
‘Peak Car’…It’s All Downhill From Here
There have been a number of recent research reports addressing the notion of ‘Peak Car’ – whether driving has peaked per person in the US. So here are a bunch of interesting […]
Implications of a Higher Estimate of Social Cost of Carbon
Carbon pollution harms the economy much more than the federal government previously estimated, according to the Interagency Working Group on Social Cost of Carbon. While researchers continue to look for ways to […]
Drilling rigs in the Eagle Ford – and everywhere else
Texas continues to have an enormous slice of worldwide drilling activity, as companies hunt for crude oil and natural gas in formations across the state. The state has 843 drilling rigs – […]
A Whole New Way of Thinking About Geothermal
Geothermal is rebranding itself. “Since the first geothermal project in 1905 in Italy, the industry has always positioned itself as baseload and crafted power purchase agreements to maximize that one attribute,” said […]
Exelon Still Blaming Wind PTC For Nuclear Challenges, Exelon Still Wrong About It
Exelon recently shelved plans to expand nuclear capacity at their LaSalle and Limerick plants, taking a $100 million hit and once again reverting to the tired old strategy of blaming subsidized wind. […]
Using Technology to Reduce Solar Industry Soft Costs
Soft costs are hindering solar industry growth in the U.S. What people can’t seem to agree on is why this is happening, or what to do about it. via Solar Energy News […]
How Resource Limits Lead to Financial Collapse | Our Finite World
Resource limits are invisible, so most people don’t realize that we could possibility be approaching them. In fact, my analysis indicates resource limits are really financial limits, and in fact, we seem to […]
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