Tag: LCOE

I’m on the email distribution list for PennEnergy’s reports on the energy industry as a whole, and, while I don’t buy the reports, I like to read the free summaries.  Linked above is an interesting one on the levelized cost …

PennEnergy’s Report on Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) Read More »

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Recently, my good friend and long-time 2GreenEnergy supporter Tom Konrad introduced me to his colleague Shawn Kravetz, founder of Esplanade Capital, a hedge fund that’s been “focused” on the solar energy market (pardon the pun) since 2006.  When I met …

Esplanade Capital To Present Key Concepts in Solar Energy Investments Read More »

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Here’s an article that speaks to the on-again-off-again aspect of legislation in the U.S. with respect to incentives for renewables – in this case, wind energy.  Apparently, it’s hard to find sources of capital when there are last-minute, unpredictable changes …

Wind Energy's Last-Minute Extension of the Production Tax Credit Read More »

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In response to my rant on New Jersey’s decision to put tiny installations of solar photovoltaics atop 175,000 power poles, at a cost of $200 million, senior energy analyst Glenn Doty writes: The LCOE (levelized cost of energy) gets really …

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Here’s an article that does a good job discussing voter suppression – to be sure, off-topic for a clean energy blog by a long shot.  I bring it up only because it ends with words that resonate with me: “It’s …

Clean Energy Actually DOES Lie In Our Future — It's Only a Question of Time Read More »

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I’ve been thinking about my up-coming meeting with Dr. Raj Pachauri, who, among other things, serves as the chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).  Pondering this in advance of the meeting, I wonder what I would do, …

Energy Policy – Hitting the Broad Side of the Barn Read More »

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About my recent piece on my preparations for an interview with the Cato Institute, frequent commenter and very smart fellow Carl B. Freedman notes: It seems you are ready to cede the high ground on many of these points when …

Determining the True Cost of Renewable Energy Read More »

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