As the world moves towards the electrification of the transportation sector, demand for oil will be replaced by demand for electricity. Read more in visual capitalist The EV Impact on Oil Consumption By Selin Oğuz was last modified: June…
Fossil fuels have long dominated the industry for one major reason: price.Traditionally they were a lot less expensive than other types of energy, but much has changed.The price of solar energy alone has fallen by 89% in the past 10…
Stem, an energy storage startup in Millbrae, California, offers a model for how grids and individual users can save money by installing electricity load management systems–i.e. batteries. Stem has installed or has under contract large-scale lithium ion batteries in 600-plus…
The electricity industry is in the midst of a transformation, as technology and innovation disrupt traditional models from generation to beyond the meter.What consumers want and expect from their energy providers has also evolved rapidly. A sizeable portion of today’s…
Defying one of the most fundamental laws of conductors, researchers have identified a metal that conducts electricity without conducting heat.This discovery is of fundamental importance for understanding the basic electronic behaviour of novel conductors. Read more in science alert …
In six years, Costa Rica plans to be carbon neutral. It’s getting closer to that goal: In March, the government announced that the country has been running on nothing but renewable electricity in 2015. learn more in fastcoexist Costa Rica…
The Institute for Globally Transformative Technologies (LIGTT) at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab has been thinking about that and recently published 50 Breakthroughs: Critical scientific and technological advances needed for sustainable global development. learn more in fastcoexist 51 Breakthrough Technologies…
Energy industry analysts say the only good explanation for the decline in solar stocks is that oil prices are way down, from $114 per barrel of Brent crude last June to about $45 per barrel today. If oil competed with…
First, the good news — break out the champagne! The overwhelming majority of new U.S. electrical capacity is coming from wind and solar, according to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. FERC just released its monthly analysis for February, and the…
