Battery developer Eos Energy Storage claims to have solved key problems holding back a battery technology that could revolutionize grid energy storage. If the company is right, its zinc-air batteries will be […]
An international team of scientists says it’s figured out how to slow global warming in the short run and prevent millions of deaths from dirty air: Stop focusing so much on carbon […]
On 15 February 2011 Mercer’s Responsible Investment (RI) team launched Climate Change Scenarios – Implications for Strategic Asset Allocation, a free public report. In the months following its release, Mercer held discussions with […]
With a glut of shale gas on the market, natural gas prices continue to tumble in the U.S. And they’ll only fall more throughout the year. According to the U.S. Energy Information […]
Battery Price & Performance = BottleneckThere is a common thread to how new technologies are developed and then commercialized. They dont just emerge low-priced and 100% finished. They typically begin at low […]
A major part of the United States’ misguided policy on ethanol usage came to an end as the $6 billion-a-year ethanol subsidy dies via The Oil Drum | Ethanol Subsidy Ends; Will […]
When the sun goes down over large swathes of the developing world, the 1.3 billion people currently living without access to an electricity connection are plunged into darkness. According to figures from […]
“Nanosolar’s progress – or lack thereof – revealed at 4th Thin Film Summit USA” by Matthew Feinstein at Lux Populi, the Lux Research analyst blog, was released around the same time as […]
General Motors just announced a quasi-recall of the 8,000 Volt plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) made to-date in order to address the battery fire issue. Technically, it is a “Customer Satisfaction Program,” done proactively […]
Despite a tumultuous year for the renewable energy industry, global investment reached a record $260 billion in 2011 while the United States reclaimed the top spot from China, according to a report […]
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