Gartner has predicted that by 2020 the largest electric power company will be an Uber-like behemoth that will not own assets but will simply manage energy suppliers and energy consumers in an open market. This […]
The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (PUCN) has announced new net metering rules and rates for residential customers. The order implements a structured transition to cost based rates for net metering customers over twelve years. […]
The U.K. electricity industry has been through privatization and changing regulation. From privatization to consolidation to expansion the market has seen cyclical consolidation and expansion. The structure of the industry that has evolved has become […]
According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA) since 2005 renewables have risen from 8% of total electricity generation in the U.S. to 13% in 2015. In 2015 non-emitting sources, renewables and nuclear, provided a record […]
The “levelized cost”, which is the present value of the total cost of building and operating a generating plant over its financial life, aims at making the costs of different generation technologies comparable. The US […]
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) has just released its International Energy Outlook 2016 (IEO2016). IEO2016 projects that world energy consumption will increase by 48% between 2012 and 2040. China and India are expected to […]
Methane is one of the more potent greenhouse gases for global warming. The concentration of methane in the atmosphere stabilized from about 1999 to 2007, but since 2007 began rising again. A recent study suggests that […]
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has released Failure to Act: Closing the Investment Gap for America’s Economic Future, which is a 2016 update to 2013 report Failure to Act: The Impact of Infrastructure […]