On-site consumption of PV output is invisible to the meter, and shows up as a reduction in electricity consumption. Does this matter? Yes, it does. The post How electricity meters distort the […]
Texas RRC Tightens Permitting Rules for Permian Disposal Wells
The Railroad Commission (RRC) of Texas has issued new regulations on permitting disposal wells in the Permian Basin. The Commission said in a media release that the guidelines were based on scientific […]
TVA is first US utility to apply for an SMR construction permit
Dive Brief: The Tennessee Valley Authority on Tuesday became the first American utility to submit a small modular reactor construction permit application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The application is a key […]
Maritime shipping decarbonization update: off-course and behind schedule
Is getting to zero getting to be more fantasy than reality for the world’s commercial shipping fleet? If that journey’s progress updates are any indication, then, yes, reaching that zero-carbon destination remains […]
ICF sees 25% load growth by 2030, up to 40% price increase
Dive Brief: U.S. electricity demand could grow 25% from 2023 to 2030 and 78% by 2050, driven in the near term by artificial intelligence data centers, new manufacturing capacity and widespread electrification […]
America’s climate brain drain is real — and it’s just getting started
Joe Curtatone is president of the Alliance for Climate Transition. While China now leads the U.S. in the number of patents, the United States has long been the global leader in scientific […]
Modular Geothermal Power: Gradient’s Scalable Solution for Oil and Gas Sites
As the world transitions toward renewable energy sources, geothermal power has emerged as one of the most promising, yet underutilized, options in the clean energy portfolio. Unlike solar and wind, […] The […]
I Want to Break Free – Gray Oak Expansion Helping to Ease Permian-to-Corpus Crude Oil Congestion
The pipelines carrying crude oil from the Permian Basin in West Texas to the Corpus Christi area have been as jammed as an urban highway on the Friday before Memorial Day weekend. […]
Iraq’s first solar-powered village begins operating
Iraq’s first fully off-grid solar-powered community, developed by the Rwanga Foundation, was inaugurated earlier this week. The village features almost 200 solar panels that will power homes, a mosque, a school and […]
Nuclear has highest investment risk; solar shows lowest, say US researchers
Nuclear power plants exceed construction budgets by an average of 102.5%, costing $1.56 billion more than planned, according to a study by Boston University’s Institute for Global Sustainability. A new study by […]
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