Blog Profile / The Energy Collective
| URL : | http://theenergycollective.com/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Utilities / Energy | |
| Posts on Regator: | 3459 | |
| Posts / Week: | 31.1 | |
| Archived Since: | April 4, 2011 | |
Blog Post Archive
Nuclear Energy Plant Too Expensive to Compete With Natural Gas?
On Saturday, the Tampa Bay Times published a lengthy piece that argues the two reactor installation proposed for Levy County, Florida is a more expensive option than a natural gas power plant.
Renewable Energy and the Smart Grid: The Natural Gas Conundrum
Natural gas is a fuel for electricity generation that serves as a bridge to a Smart Grid that fully integrates renewables and energy storage into the energy portfolio.
Energy Innovation: Tesla's May Trifecta of EV Triumphs
With the EV industry reeling from grim news regarding Coda’s bankruptcy announcement and Fisker Automotive’s apparent demise, Tesla Motors is basking in a trifecta of great news stories that emerged from their camp.
RGGI Still Falls Short of Real Carbon Pricing
RGGI’s new cap not only falls short of creating real price pressures due to its closeness to baseline emissions, its excessive compensatory measures, and its failure to deal with leakage, but also runs the risk of locking in emissio...
Energy Policy and Liquified Natural Gas: To Export or Not to Export?
President Obama is preparing to decide how much liquified natural gas (LNG) from the the U.S. boom in shale natural gas production it makes sense to export. Economically and geopolitically a lot hangs in the balance.
Bill McKibben Mistaken on German Solar Energy
Munich getting half of its energy from solar panels is quite simply impossible, for the simple reason that the majority of energy consumption is not in the form of electricity.
The Cost of Wind Energy, Part I
I wanted to find a means of estimating the cost of a one million mega watt (Mgw) wind generator and compare that to the cost of one million Mgw of nuclear generation capacity.
Carbon Bubble a Turning Point for Climate Change Action?
If the prospect of serious limits on greenhouse gas emissions translates into a real risk of stranded assets for fossil fuel companies, carbon may become the next housing bubble.
Fracking and Water Pollution: Remembering First Study to Establish "Definitive" Link
David Biello over at Scientific American had a story in 2011 that looked at research establishing a link between methane contamination in well water and nearby hydraulic fracturing of shale rock.
Spectra Natural Gas Pipeline: Another Controversy?
A new pipeline promises new natural gas supplies for New York City. Some tout the economic and environmental benefits that will come from it. Others decry the potential problems it brings.
Breakthrough Renewable Energy Forecasting Coming to Grid by 2015
Breakthrough renewable energy forecasting technologies may be two years away from revolutionizing the efficiency of wind and solar generation on America’s grid.
EU to Hit China Solar Panel Makers With Anti-Dumping Tariffs
The European Union is moving ahead with tariffs on imported Chinese solar panels in an effort to protect its own module makers, imposing anti-dumping charges similar to those imposed last year by the U.S.
Banks Now Asking for Data on Fracking Risks
The data are being requested to shine a light on how oil and gas companies are managing environmental risks and community impacts in their fracking operations.
California Shared Renewable Energy Bills Pass Major Hurdle
Where California goes, so does the rest of the country. We don’t have enough shared renewables laws in the US. Passing these bills would set a great example and help spread renewables beyond just California.
Bloom Energy Raises $130M More for Fuel Cell Future
Fuel cell "startup" Bloom Energy just raised $130 million more in venture capital, taking total funding to beyond $1.1 billion for this firm and makes it one of the all-time leaders in venture capitalization.
A Mother’s Day Climate Change Message from the Moms Clean Air Force
In honor of Mother’s Day, remember our daughters and sons will soon be running this country; we can show them, by working right alongside them, that being a responsible parent means being an engaged citizen.
Nuclear Energy: What Does Kewaunee's Future Hold?
Shortly after 11 AM on Tuesday, May 8, 2013, the operators at Dominion Resources’ Kewaunee Nuclear Power Station opened the plant’s output breaker, disconnecting the turbine generator from the grid for the last time.
How Is Expanding Oil and Gas Production Consistent with Addressing Climate Change?
An all-of-the-above approach to energy encompassing oil and gas, along with renewables, carbon sequestration, nuclear power and efficiency is fully consistent with addressing climate change.
Energy Demand: Devaluing Oil
Why should we give so much value to oil when we have the proven technology to use other fuels? By giving value to other fuels we would reduce the value of oil, lower prices and even out the playing field in a true open market.
Carbon Dioxide Hits New Highs: Living In a League Where Batting 400 Is Not Good
Carbon dioxide concentrations have hit 400 parts per million for the first time in at least three million years, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced today. That’s 40 percent more than the CO2 level in the air...Show More Summary