When people think Hawaiian paradise, usually beaches, sun and trade winds come to mind. The price of energy? Not so much. The state actually has the highest electric rates in the nation, […]
Is the Typical NDIC Bakken Tight Oil Well a Sales Pitch?
In this post I present the results from dynamic simulations using the typical tight oil well for the Bakken as recently presented by the North Dakota Industrial Commission (NDIC), together with the […]
Verizon’s $100M Fuel Cell and Solar Power Play : Greentech Media
Verizon has just pledged $100 million to the premise that solar power and fuel cells can pay for themselves over time. On Tuesday, the telecommunications giant said it would invest $100 million […]
Fuel Cells 2013: Bloom Energy’s Reality Distortion Field : Greentech Media
First, here’s an updated list of the top three profitable, publicly held fuel cell firms: 1. 2. 3. How do you assess the health of an industry? Is it whether it’s growing? […]
International Energy Agency Shows Coal Power Is Growing Faster than Solar or Wind
Despite remarkable growth, solar and wind power aren’t making a dent in carbon emissions, says a new report from the International Energy Agency. Coal consumption is growing too fast to offset any […]
Hydrogenics Secures Utility-Scale Energy Storage Project
Hydrogenics, an Ontario-based fuel cell equipment manufacturer, inked a deal with E.ON, Germany‘s largest investor-owned electric utility, to install a 1 megawatt “power-to-gas” energy storage system in Hamburg, Germany. The energy storage […]
An update from the ethanol/RINs battleground: hitting physical markets
A few updates from the intersection of RINs and ethanol. It’s starting to look like there have been physical market reactions to the rising price of RINs. First of all, the price […]
EU on Track to Meet 2020 Solar, Wind, Renewables Targets, But…
EU on Track to Meet 2020 Solar, Wind, Renewables Targets, But… The newest European Union (EU) statistics from Eurostat show its member nations are on track to meet their renewables targets but […]
Report: Solar takes 100% share of new US grid-connected electricity in March – PV-Tech
Report: Solar takes 100% share of new US grid-connected electricity in March – PV-Tech Solar energy has achieved a milestone after it emerged that for the first time, solar accounted for all […]
Austin Energy’s Value of Solar Tariff: Could It Work Anywhere Else?
Last fall, Austin Energy become the first utility in the U.S. to offer a “Value of Solar Tariff” (VOST) to its residential electricity customers. The VOST rate is presented as an alternative […]
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