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Saudi Aramco Wants To Stop Time, Slow Tesla & Electric Vehicle Progress Via More Efficient…

July 31, 20187 years ago Matt Pressman 0 Comments

Big Oil isn’t ready to cede the automotive market to companies like Tesla. After all, vehicle electrification poses a potential threat to their business. Just how serious is that threat? Wood Mackenzie, one of the world’s most influential oil consultancies, forecasts (via Financial Times) that oil demand will peak within 20 years due to a “tectonic” shift in the transport sector as electric vehicles gain traction.

Ohio Residents Exercise Community Choice to Bill Themselves for Public Solar — Episode 56 of…

July 30, 20187 years ago John Farrell 0 Comments

As consumers, we all want choice: the freedom to decide our own best interests and where our dollars go. In the energy sector, however, there are not always options to choose from. Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) frees communities to collectively choose their energy supplier. In Ohio, one city is stretching its freedom to choose even further.

Where Are New Grid Tech Investments Going?

July 25, 20187 years ago George Harvey 0 Comments

On July 24, Mercom Capital Group (MCG) released its “Q2 2018 Battery Storage, Smart Grid and Efficiency Funding and M&A Report.” The report is available online, though it is a bit pricey at $299 to $499.

Mercom Capital Group is a highly regarded clean energy consulting firm with worldwide influence. Its new report provides a picture of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and other funding that took place during the second quarter in the fields of battery storage, smart grid, and energy efficiency.

Want To Estimate A Building’s Carbon Footprint? A New Online Tool Will Do Exactly That

July 24, 20187 years ago Carolyn Fortuna 0 Comments

Being able to anticipate a building’s carbon footprint from design to construction can make a real difference in GHG emissions.

Green Ontario Turns An Ugly Shade Of Brown

July 23, 20187 years ago Michael Barnard 0 Comments

Doug Ford has taken Ontario’s reasonable set of environmental policies and a transformation that was positive overall and is regressing it rapidly, ignorantly and with likely much more expensive overall results.

Global Energy Spending Totaled $1.8 Trillion In 2017 As Clean Energy Investment Dropped 3%

July 20, 20187 years ago Joshua S Hill 0 Comments

Total global energy investment fell by 2% in 2017, totaling $1.8 billion according to the International Energy Agency’s World Energy Investment 2018 report which was published this week, which also showed $750 billion was spent on the electricity sector, compared to only $715 billion on oil & gas supply, while investment in renewables and energy efficiency fell by 3%.

Babcock Ranch In Florida Is To Sustainable Living What Tesla Is To Sustainable Transportation

July 15, 20187 years ago Steve Hanley 0 Comments

Babcock Ranch in southwest Florida has been designed from the ground up to be America’s first 100% sustainable city powered by solar energy. It features electric shuttles, 50 miles of walking trails and a farm to table program for residents.

What Does It Mean When Everybody Is Cheating On Emissions Standards?

July 15, 20187 years ago Steve Bakker 0 Comments

If you’re keeping up with all the post-Dieselgate news, you know that more and more automakers — to one degree or another — are being discovered to have falsified emission standards and/or fuel economy data. Here’s a list of makers who have either admitted to emissions wrongdoing, or have been accused of it.

Cooling People In A Hotter World Could Consume All Of World’s Renewable Energy By 2050

July 13, 20187 years ago Steve Hanley 0 Comments

A report from the University of Birmingham suggests there will be so many cooling devices in the world by 2050 that it will take all the world’s available renewable energy to power them all.

Blockchain Technology – A Threat to Distribution Network Operators?

July 11, 20187 years ago Guest Contributor 0 Comments

Network operators should get involved soon in blockchain technology. If they miss the digital revolution, it will threaten their business model in the longer term and they could end up becoming pure network asset owners without operational responsibilities, writes Marius Buchmann of Jacobs University.