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The Great Energy Disruption

January 31, 20177 years ago George Harvey 0 Comments

Nearly 10 months ago, Tony Seba, author of the 2014 book Clean Disruption of Energy and Transportation, posted a video on YouTube, “CleanDisruption.” In both, he projected that a nearly complete disruption of the energy business would begin in 2020 and be well underway by 2022, the year he projects for distributed solar power with battery backup to fall below the cost of transmitting electricity. It is a point at which centralized power plants, if they are to compete with solar-plus-storage, will have to provide power for free. He believes that all centralized electric power producers will be obsolete by 2030, as will conventional cars and utility companies.

The Real Cost Of Energy Storage, According To Lazard

January 22, 20168 years ago RMI 41 Comments

Originally published on RMI Outlet. By David Labrador In November 2015, financial advisory firm Lazard released its first-ever Levelized Cost of Storage Analysis (LCOS). Well known for its Levelized Cost of Energy Analysis (LCOE) analysis—now out in version 9.0—Lazard publishing an analysis of storage is a major sign that it … [continued]

Energy Storage Industry At “Inflection Point,” Says Investment Bank Lazard

December 3, 20158 years ago Giles Parkinson 23 Comments

Originally published on RenewEconomy. In its first in-depth analysis on the costs of energy storage, US investment bank Lazard says storage is already competitive in some situations – particularly at the utility scale and in providing services such as frequency regulation that was previously the province of conventional fuels. Lazard … [continued]