Total natural gas use for power generation in the United States was down 14% during the first seven months of 2013 compared to the same period in 2012, mostly because of higher […]
Emissions and costs of power plant cycling necessary for increased wind and solar calculated
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Used Generators For Sale – Critical Power Exchange
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First U.S. Nuclear Power Closures in 15 Years Signal Wider Problems for Industry
As the economics of building plants and maintaining old ones erode, some experts see little hope for an industry being touted by some as a climate savior. By Elizabeth Douglass A string […]
Water as a Commodity
Recently, I have been writing a lot about water- I feel honored that one of the local papers here in Brooklyn, Our Time Press, picked up one of my posts in its […]
Clean Energy and the Grid | The Energy Collective
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Energy Poverty and Skinny Grids
Energy efficiency, not the falling price of solar, has done the heavy lifting when it comes to unlocking the economics of distributed clean energy for the poor. The reduced demand from LEDs […]
FuelCell Energy Eyes the Grid Support Market
After decades of struggle, the American fuel cell business may finally have its day in the sun — and then provide critical grid support when the sun goes down. Greentech Media’s Eric […]
Civil War Between Utility-Scale Solar and Rooftop Solar?
Utilities have a new ally inside the solar industry amidst the battle over net metering and the true value of solar power. First Solar has defended changes to net energy metering (NEM) […]
Economic Forecasting in a Time of Diminishing Oil Supplies
What will the world economy be like ten years from now? Or fifty years from now? Is it something that we can forecast by looking at the past, assuming that past tends […]
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