The June 16 edition of Today in Energy examined the wide age range of all electric power generators for all fuels; today’s article looks specifically at natural gas-fired generators. At the end […]
Renewable energy becoming more cost-competitive with fossil fuels isn’t news – as technology improves and more clean power generation comes online, electricity without emissions gets cheaper. But one new analysis reveals just […]
The U.S. shale revolution opened up leagues of new resources over the past half-decade, but North America’s discovered reserves add up to just 7.6 percent of the world’s untapped potential, according to […]
Cost-effectiveness testing is such a complicated and often boring topic that it gets overlooked as one of the key barriers to achieving our energy efficiency goals. The fact is, the days of […]
Governor Andrew Cuomo just announced $165 million financing for New York State’s $1 billion Green Bank. Once the initial funds are approved by the public service commission, the Green Bank will look […]
Ask a utility representative and an energy storage vendor to tell you how to measure the costs and benefits of grid storage, and you’re likely to get two very different answers — […]
Maybe the kids are back to school, but grid operators haven’t said goodbye to summer just yet. PJM Interconnection set a peak power record for September on Tuesday of 144,370 megawatts, with […]
Many assume that it’s cheap labor that gives Chinese companies an edge at producing solar panels that cost less than those that come out of Europe or the United States. But a new study […]
A little known market in ethanol credits arose after financial institutions amassed millions of them — just as refiners were looking to buy more credits to meet an expanding federal requirement. […]
Word last week that offshore oil players may not be impressed with Brazil’s massive pre-salt prospects. At least, not as impressed as Brazilian officials think.Several industry players under the banner of the […]
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