Renewable Energy

Power generation for Dummies: How to compare costs for renewables, fossil fuels

Power generation cost projections suggest natural gas will grow rapidly, followed by wind America is debating what power generation should look like in the future and that discussion involves costs, primarily LCOE and LACE, according to the US Energy Information Administration. LCOE (levelized cost of electricity) and LACE (levelized avoided cost of electricity) are widely used to […]

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Renewable energy revolution? More like a crawl

Energy transitions are slow and create own technical, economic and social challenges America in 2015 finds itself almost in a new energy reality. It recently became the world’s second–largest extractor of crude oil, and since 2010 has been the leading producer of natural gas, whose abundant and inexpensive supply has been accelerating the retreat from coal as a national source of electric power.  Some see this as

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Clean Power Plan increases use of natural gas for power – study

Clean Power Plan results in more natural gas to generate American electricity A new study says the proposed Clean Power Plan rule from the Environmental Protection Agency will see natural gas overtake coal by 2040, with a significant rise in renewable energy, too. A recently released analysis from the US Energy Information Administration shows that the main compliance strategy to lower

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California solar is 5% of state power generation in 2014

California solar more than all other States combined California solar reached a milestone during 2014:  The first American State with more than five per cent of its annual utility-scale electricity generation from utility-scale solar power. According to the Electric Power Monthly, published by the Energy Information Administration, California’s utility-scale (1 megawatt (MW) or larger) solar plants generated a

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California renewable energy plants moving forward on federal land

California renewable energy plants in Mojave, Southern California deserts The state and federal governments will move forward on less than half the desert land initially designated for California renewable energy plants, officials said Tuesday, leaving millions of acres in limbo as local governments decide how they want to handle large-scale solar, wind and geothermal projects. Regulators

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