Renewables projects throughout Europe faced compressed power prices as demand dropped this year. Image: Solarcentury. Instances of negative power pricing more than doubled in Europe in the first nine months of this […]
California Town Tests New Model for Microgrids, With Statewide Implications
In California’s Salinas Valley, the small city of Gonzales is planning a $70 million microgrid to provide a business park with round-the-clock reliable power at cheaper than utility rates, and overcome a grid […]
Green Hydrogen Projects Are Surging, But Are They Feasible?
Proposed green hydrogen projects are surging across the globe as governments seize opportunities afforded by post-pandemic green stimulus packages. Rystad Energy research shows the global pipeline of utility scale green hydrogen developments, […]
Behind California’s Rolling Blackouts: Planning and Market Failures
California’s two days of rolling blackouts in August were the result of disconnects between its existing grid reliability constructs and the needs of an increasingly solar-powered grid, and its failure to prepare for a regional […]
Economic development depends on both access to energy and the quality of that access
There is a strong link between access to energy and economic well-being and prosperity. The importance of energy access is embodied in the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7 which seeks to […]
The EU cannot ‘go it alone’ on Border Carbon Adjustments
Border carbon adjustments (BCAs) are technically difficult to design and politically challenging to implement. If BCAs are going to succeed, the European Union (EU) will need to engage trade partners from the […]
Can the US Catch Up in the Green Hydrogen Economy?
The U.S. needs a massive green hydrogen industry to decarbonize its electricity, transportation and industrial sectors, and major investments and policy changes today to enable it to grow to its full potential in the decades […]
Is Wave Energy Ready to Climb Out of the ‘Valley of Death’?
A clutch of wave power developers is hoping to shake off the technology’s forever-round-the-corner reputation with commercial-scale arrays that could be in the water next year. AW-Energy, a Finnish developer, is looking […]
Will California’s Ban on Gas Cars Boost America’s Flat EV Market?
California plans to ban new internal-combustion vehicles by 2035. But are electric vehicles ready to take their place? We know that there are dozens and dozens of more models of electric cars […]
The Geopolitical Impact Of A Natural Gas Revolution
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict – Now, Turkey is sending its Syrian mercenaries to another reigniting conflict zone: The battle over Nagorno Karabakh between Azerbaijan and Armenia. Renewed fighting erupted on September 27th […]
