Energy efficiency is a strange “fuel.” You don’t get a monthly efficiency bill like you would for, say, heating oil or natural gas. But efficiency — or the lack of it — can have as big an impact on your [...]
What does an oil price shock have to do with subprime mortgages? Well, consider this: the global economy found itself on the edge of the abyss in 2008 when reality — in the form of wildly overvalued mortgage securities — [...]
As industries mature from the go-go startup era with a zillion different business models, you tend to see a lot of consolidation. Bigger, better capitalized companies snatch up firms with technologies and services that complement their own, and offerings become [...]
One challenge in connecting more renewables to the grid is how to balance fairly predictable demand with the more unpredictable nature of on-and-off sources like wind and solar. Beyond that challenge, though, is another one that doesn’t always get as [...]
The renewable energy industry might be suffering growing pains, but the key word there is “growing,” not “pain.” For all the challenges the clean-power sector has faced in the past year — fast-dropping prices for solar panels, stiff competition from [...]
A common complaint in the “new normal” aftermath of the global financial crisis is that banks, despite receiving massive bailouts, aren’t lending … especially not to small-business owners or individuals. But would they be more likely to issue loans if [...]
With so many developing countries launching green economic policies, how can anyone still argue that renewable energy, efficiency and sustainability are luxuries we can’t afford in an age of austerity? That’s the bottom-line message in “Towards a Green Economy: Pathways [...]
The solar power industry, already taking both political and economic hits in the US, is now reeling in the UK as rumors are confirmed about the government’s plan to cut feed-in tariffs (FiTs) in half. Citing both the dramatic drop [...]
Smart-metering and smart-grid companies tout their technologies as a cutting-edge way to boost efficiency, but a blunter, lower-tech type of efficiency has taken center-stage at Itron, which this week announced a series of cuts and other measures to cut spending. [...]
For all the hand-wringing over the “death” of a low-carbon economy and the overwrought criticism of government spending on clean energy, sustainable technologies and strategies enjoy public support that’s not only widespread but growing. And, believe it or not, there’s [...]
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