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How Proposed EPA Changes Could Reshape U.S. Clean Energy Markets
health and welfare, creating the Endangerment Finding, requiring the EPA to ... Fund, and state GHG emissions standards. Revisiting the finding, combined ... for energy markets and development. Obstacles to Repealing the
Artificial Intelligence for Smart Buildings
norm, and Rahul Mangharam is making demand-side energy flexibility ... vortexes, the price can jump from $25/ MWh to $2,680/MWh, and the grid ... in the grid. And 70 percent of electricity is consumed by heating and
How Big a Threat Is the Supreme Court to Biden’s Climate Agenda?
President Joe Biden has set an ambitious clean energy and environmental agenda that includes a $2 trillion infrastructure and climate plan, and a renewed commitment to the Paris Climate agreement. To achieve his
Distributed Energy: Utilities’ Existential Challenge?
savings and environmental benefits. Yet every kilowatt hour of electricity ... prospect of flat and even declining electricity revenue, concerns over their future economic health, and the reliability of the electric power supply we
The Partisan Threat to U.S. Energy Regulation
majors like Exxon, BP, Shell and others for a national price on carbon. As Americans’ concern over climate change has spread and bloomed into full-fledged anxiety, oil and gas companies have come to the realization that sooner or later
How Can We Improve the Efficiency of Electricity Pricing Systems?
customers like utilities buy power from generators —are both complex and ... and price of electricity production. These bids can account for fuel costs, environmental taxes, and other operations and maintenance costs
Impact of Solar Lighting Kits on the Lives of the Poor
humankind, and specifically half of Africa, does not have access to electricity and is constrained to live without clean and reliable lighting ... health, and costly in the long run. Grid-based lighting solutions are
Negative Emissions Won’t Rescue Us From Climate Change
month, is jarring stuff. It describes the extensive environmental and ... exactly what we need to do to hold warming to 1.5 degrees and minimize climate change and its impacts. Summing up, the path to least climate impact
Part 3: Philadelphia Energy Solutions Investors Prioritized Stronger Investments
to find that many of the challenges stressing PES were known and anticipated by its investors. And, reasonably, these investors sacrificed PES ... , investors knew the PES asset was distressed and in need of capital investment
Wither the Rooftop Resi Market?
foray into the residential solar market was abandoned, and the recent ... of some entrants to gain traction and the challenges even of those who are succeeding, what lessons and conclusions can we draw so far from the