Tag: Energy Matters

From the current edition of “Energy Matters” from the American Energy Society: There is a correlation between oil prices and geopolitical unrest: low prices creates tension; conversely, tension can lead to contracting supply and rising prices.

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Two items from today’s edition of “Energy Matters” from the American Energy Society with my comments beneath each: – Solar: The US rooftop solar industry contracted in 2017 – after 16 straight years of gains. Meanwhile, Tesla is now in second place to SunRun …

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If you’re looking for a summary of news from the entire energy industry: fossil fuels, nuclear, renewables and all the peripheral technologies, you may want to check out Energy Matters; regular 2GreenEnergy readers will note that I quote something this source at least …

“Energy Matters” Offers Some Good News, But As Usual, There’s More To the Story Read More »

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From Energy Matters: “Natural disaster” Noun, def:  A “weather or climate effect that causes at least $1 billion in damages” (on a relative scale).

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Here’s something that will put a smile on a few faces, i.e., those investors whose meager integrity and broken moral compass enables them to support coal as an energy source.  According to Energy Matters: Nearly all publicly traded US coal …

Burning Coal Is Choking Our Planet and Its People, But Strangely, That’s OK Read More »

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Here’s an interesting note I came across in the newsletter “Energy Matters,” a publication of the American Energy Society, describing the process through which the Trump administration, through the Energy Department, has started withholding money for grants already approved by …

American Energy Society Calls Out U.S. Department of Energy’s Horrific Lack of Integrity Read More »

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Someone asked me the other day if the on-again/off-again tax treatment that the solar and wind industries receive from Congress is hurting the forward progress of this sector.  She was referring to reports like this one from Energy Matters, a …

U.S. Congress Bedevils Renewable Energy–Even When It’s Trying to Help Read More »

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