The top seven industrialized countries (Group of Seven, or G7)—whose carbon dioxide emissions total 25% of the world’s output—decided at a meeting in Germany today to phase out their use of fossil fuels by the end of this century. It’s a breakthrough move on climate change and a strong signal … [continued]
Originally published on EIA. EIA’s analysis of the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed Clean Power Plan (CPP) shows that renewables play a critical role under a range of different market conditions and policy assumptions. The key difference across the various scenarios analyzed involves the timing and the extent that wind and … [continued]
Originally published on Clean Energy Resource Teams. By Joel Haskard From now until December 31st, 2016, anyone who owns or leases a plug-in electric vehicle in Great River Energy’s service territory will have their electricity supplied by 100% renewable wind energy. You can learn more about Revolt by visiting the … [continued]
Originally published on RMI Outlet. By Laurie Guevara-Stone California’s three largest investor-owned utilities will soon go through a major electricity rate reform. Currently the state uses a four-tier inclining block rate in which heavy electricity users push into the upper tiers where they pay quite a bit more for those … [continued]
The new EPA fracking report was not designed to make friends in the oil and gas industry, it’s a cry for help that underscores an information black hole.
Fuel bills form the second largest expenditure for the Indian Railways, following the salaries of its employees. Indian Railways (IR) consumed over 17.5 billion kWh of electricity during 2013–14. This corresponds to about 4000 MW — which is almost 1.8% of India’s power generation capacity. IR is the country’s single largest high speed diesel … [continued]
A report issued by Deutsche Bank last month noted that solar power yieldcos will play a major role in driving revenue and profit growth for project developers around the world. The Deutsche Bank investment note stated that solar power stocks have already outperformed the S&P Index by 20-25% this year … [continued]
The eastern state of Odisha is the latest among a number of Indian states that have begun updating their renewable energy policies in response to the ambitious target of 175 GW by 2022 announced by the central government. The state government of Odisha has announced a target to add 3 GW … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. During a somewhat recent earnings call to discuss Tesla’s 4th quarter results, CEO Elon Musk made the comment that Tesla possess “a secret weapon on the demand side” that could “work against the dealers.” Following that comment… Tesla has just revealed a mobile store concept that … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Volkswagen’s new Golf GTE Sport plug-in hybrid (PHEV) concept is a recently unveiled carbon-bodied sports-car concept that, according to the company, aims to bridge “the gap between road cars and racing sport cars.” Based on what’s been revealed, that characterization doesn’t sound too far off … [continued]
