Nov 6, 2017 | Rates and ServiceWith the expected retirement of several aging plants and the continued growth of wind power, the production of electricity from wind turbines may soon supersede that from coal in Texas. That’s the word from University of Texas-Austin research fellow Joshua Rhodes, who...
Jun 28, 2016 | Policy and ReformA team of UK scientists recently designed a fuel cell powered by urine. In Grand Junction, Colorado, garbage trucks and street sweepers run on natural gas extracted from human waste. The same is true for buses in Stockholm, Sweden. Bio-energy from corn crops, wood...
May 19, 2016 | Policy and ReformCould solar power fall victim to its own success? That appears to be the underlying suggestion from two solar analysts who examined the industry’s long-term prospects. The problem relates to “value deflation,” a theoretical concept from economics — but one with...
