The U.S. Energy Information Administration reports the first projected rise in the generation of coal-fired electricity since 2014. It’s small, but it shows that the U.S. Congress has been unable to get anywhere with respect to the transition from fossil …
Slight Uptick in U.S. Coal-Fired Electricity Generation Read More »
Question: From the Wall Street Journal: Texas’s deregulated electricity market, which was supposed to provide reliable power at a lower price, left millions in the dark last week. For two decades, its customers have paid more for electricity than state residents …
As expected, the Environmental Protection Agency delivered its proposal to scale back fuel economy standards to the White House yesterday.
In the U.S., new capacity for electrical power generation will consist almost exclusively of solar, wind, and natural gas this year, according to the Energy Information Administration. And actually, if the new gas plants don’t come online this December as …
Staying Excited About Moving To Cleaner Energy Sometimes Requires Work Read More »
Those interested in “following the money” when it comes to energy and the environment will be interested in this animated global map, which visualizes 20 years of US oil import data (in 20 seconds), collected import data from the US …
In response to my piece “Heard It At the Low Carbon Investors Conference, frequent commenter “MarcoPolo” writes: Nobody is saying that research and investment into alternate energy technologies, is dead. Nor would any reasonable person suggest that alternate energy technologies, …
Is the Migration to Renewable Energy a Revolution or an Evolution? Read More »
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reports that renewable energy rose to a historic high in the first quarter of 2011 – now producing at a greater rate than nuclear power. Renewable energy sources (biomass/biofuels, geothermal, solar, hydro, and wind) …
