IEEFA India: Peak Coal Demand in 10 Years
Nov. 21, 2017 (IEEFA) — New research by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis sees India within a decade of peak thermal coal demand. In a report published today—“India’s...
View ArticleReport: Renewables Will Drive ‘Steep Decline’ in Australian Electricity Prices
The Guardian: Modelling commissioned by the Turnbull government as part of its efforts to back in the national energy guarantee says renewables will drive the first wave of price reductions under the...
View ArticleIEEFA Germany: Czech Company That Got a Vattenfall Giveaway Wants More
When you take something off somebody’s hands at a discount price, especially when a shrewd seller is involved, common sense dictates that you might expect there to be some strings attached. Shouldn’t...
View ArticleHelp Wanted: Wind and Solar
Minneapolis Star Tribune: As utilities rapidly increase the amount of power they get from wind farms, workers willing and able to climb hundreds of feet to keep turbines running smoothly are in high...
View ArticleWind Farms Are Overtaking Coal-Fired Electricity in Texas
Houston Chronicle: Wind power, by one important measure, surpassed coal last week to become the second-largest electricity source in Texas, yet another milestone in the state’s march toward greater...
View ArticleMomentum Toward Decentralized Electricity Generation in Emerging Markets
Bloomberg New Energy Finance: Advances in distributed technologies at the frontiers of the energy system can provide power where the traditional grid is non-existent, inadequate, expensive or too...
View ArticleAdvances in Electricity-Storage Technology
Utility Dive: 2017 could go down as the year regulated utilities took the lead in energy storage. Several of the most notable energy storage projects this year were done by or for regulated utilities....
View ArticleOn the Blogs: ‘The Last Days of Coal?’
Alibra Shipping: At least 15 countries have joined an international alliance to phase out coal use for power generation before 2030. Britain, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Italy, France, the Netherlands,...
View ArticleNew 800-Mile Midwestern Power Line Expands U.S. Wind Market
Midwest Energy News: Finished in late September after more than a decade of planning and construction, the 800-mile-long CapX2020 transmission project has prompted more than 3,600 megawatts of clean...
View ArticleTransition Is Enveloping U.S. Electricity Sector
Wall Street Journal: The rapid rise of wind and natural gas as sources of electricity is roiling U.S. power markets, forcing more companies to close older generating plants. Wholesale electricity...
View ArticleIEEFA Guest Commentary: The Sensible Path Forward for South Africa’s Eskom
South Africa’s national power utility, Eskom, would do well by its ratepayers and investors to decommission its older coal-fired power stations and consider curtailing construction of its controversial...
View ArticleGoogle Adds to Wind Deals With New Contracts in Iowa, Oklahoma, and South Dakota
Bloomberg News: Google, the biggest corporate buyer of renewable energy, is buying even more — 536 megawatts of wind power from four different power plants. The Alphabet Inc. unit agreed to buy 196...
View ArticleEditorial: Wisconsin Coal Plant Is Closing for Good Reason
Wisconsin State Journal: Coal is not coming back. Sorry, Wyoming, West Virginia and other states that mine the fading fuel. Wisconsin, which imports most of its energy, is shutting down another coal...
View Article‘Just the Beginning’ as Australia Flips Switch on World’s Largest...
Reuters: Tesla Inc switched on the world’s biggest lithium ion battery on Friday in time to feed Australia’s shaky power grid for the first day of summer, meeting a promise by Elon Musk to build it in...
View ArticleTexas Coal Plant at Risk of Shutdown Has Lost Half Its Appraised Value
Goliad (Texas) Advance Guard: The merger announcement Oct. 30 between Coleto Creek Power Plant owner Dynegy and the Vistra company has raised questions about the future of the plant. Fears that it...
View ArticleCoal’s Share of U.S. Electricity-Generation Market Dips to 29.4%
SNL: Coal’s share of U.S. generation sank below 30% in September. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s latest “Electric Power Monthly” released Dec. 1, over the same period,...
View Article$40 Billion Investment Opportunity Seen in U.S. Wind-Farm Upgrades
GreenTech Media: North America’s aging fleet of wind turbines could lead to a surge in operations and maintenance spending through 2030, according to a report released this month by IHS Markit. The...
View ArticleAnother Coal Plant Closes in Upper Midwest
Wisconsin Public Radio: An energy company is shuttering another coal-fired power plant in Wisconsin. WEC Energy is closing its plant in Green Bay, and it comes on the heels of the company closing...
View ArticleGeneral Electric, Citing Shrinking Demand for Fossil-Fuel Generated Power,...
Reuters: General Electric Co is axing 12,000 jobs at its global power business, the struggling industrial conglomerate’s latest effort to shrink itself into a more focused company. The U.S. company...
View ArticleEditorial: Propping Up U.S. Coal
New York Times: The fate of this boondoggle rests with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, an independent regulator that is not bound to do what the administration wants. Its five commissioners —...
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