Originally published on ClimateProgress by Jeff Spross Aging and inefficient plants, competing energy sources, and the looming reality of climate change are all catching up with the coal industry. According to a new report from the Union of Concerned Scientists — updated from 2012 numbers — as much as 17 percent of coal-fired power in … [continued]
Editor’s note: I write about solar and wind power obsessively, almost every day. Still, FERC’s recent numbers came as a bit of a surprise to me. Over 28% of new US power capacity in Q1 was from large-scale solar installations (small- and medium-scale installations would actually boost solar’s percentage of … [continued]
Now, I think everyone knows that coal is going down. It’s too expensive. Especially if you take its health costs into account. But some (i.e. the US Energy Information Agency) don’t seem to have a clue as to how fast it is going out, and and many also don’t seem … [continued]
