Energy-efficiency startups just need access to existing data—on electricity usage, housing characteristics, renovations and financing—to unlock hundreds of billions of dollars in savings, two founders of startups said in Chicago Tuesday.
"One of the…
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Despite official predictions that the U.S. energy boom will pop like a bubble in the next 20 years, people engaged in drilling for oil and gas—from the financiers to the frackers—see no end to boom times or low gas prices, industry insiders said in…
by Jeff McMahon
Even by his own description, Ken McLeod is an unusual teacher. His primary training is in Tibetan Buddhism—he met his teacher Kalu Rinpoche in 1970— but instead of adhering to that or any particular lineage, McLeod incorporates…
The Natural Resources Defense Council, known for slapping lawsuits on big polluters, thinks power utilities are worth saving from a solar-powered death spiral, an NRDC official said in Chicago Monday. An Exelon executive welcomed the help.
Solar…
Americans remain at higher risk for a radiological disaster as long as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission remains under the influence of the nuclear-power industry, an expert on nuclear safety and security said in Chicago Thursday.
"It's common…
Almost half of the engineers employed by power and utility companies will become retirement eligible this year, according to analysts from Deloitte Consulting, and venerable old electric companies are finding it increasingly difficult to attract new…
Utilities that rely on nuclear fleets and speculative coal plants are most vulnerable to the solar-powered "death spiral" roiling the electric industry, Morningstar analysts conclude in a report to institutional investors.
Utilities like Exelon and…
[Updated with comment from Hawaiian Electric Company.]
Utility companies have been looking for new regulations and higher connection charges to save them from a "death spiral" spurred by a surge in rooftop solar installations. Instead, says former…
Market interference by petro states spurred the energy revolution led by fracking, according to the head of commodities research for Citigroup—and that revolution is bound to spread around the world.
As it spreads, governments will find it more…
Updated with comment from Renewable Fuels Association.
Investors expect the Environmental Protection Agency to back down from a proposal to reduce the amount of ethanol blended into gasoline this year—but reducing ethanol content may be the only way…
