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This week, I’m in San Francisco to host the first gathering of global energy ministers since last December’s climate negotiations in Paris. These leaders represent countries that make up 75 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. The focus of these meetings will be to expand international collaboration in clean energy research, development, demonstration and deployment to… Keep reading →

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If we’re going to solve the challenge of climate change, drive economic growth and ensure energy security,  we need to make a rapid shift to clean energy — not just here in the United States, but around the world. That’s why the Energy Department helped launch the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) in 2010. CEM is a… Keep reading →

Northern Lights Glow Over Alaskan Pipeline

WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced today funding for 24 American Indian and Alaska Native communities to deploy clean energy and energy efficiency projects. DOE plans to invest over $9 million in 16 facility- and community-scale energy projects in 24 tribal communities. As part of the Obama Administration’s commitment to partner… Keep reading →

Debate Continues into Future of UK Energy Generation

With a view to generate green energy by using new technologies, India and the United States have set up new Rs 500 million ($8 million) PACESetter fund. The fund will support the Promoting Energy Access Through Clean Energy (PEACE), for which memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed by the two countries. This PEACE initiative will… Keep reading →

Recycled Sewage Boosts Sydney Water Supply

Among the most urgent concerns for the future is to have enough water to sustain a human population projected to reach 9.6 billion people by 2050.[1] The UN Millennium Development Goals recognize that access to water and sanitation is essential to economic development and poverty alleviation.[2] However, global consumption patterns indicate that we are becoming… Keep reading →

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Happy birthday, fracking! What a fantastic, 65-year ride it has been – and here’s to another 65 years and more. Advanced hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling launched an oil and natural gas renaissance in this country – bringing dynamic job creation, economic stimulus that radiates well beyond the oil and natural gas industry proper and… Keep reading →


Transformation of the ageing electric power grid in the US is inevitable and urgent; most people in the energy industry can agree on that.

But exactly at what pace and how the future electric system will look are hotly debated. Keep reading →


Energy efficiency and solar are the low hanging fruit for American companies both at home and overseas, former President Bill Clinton said yesterday.

“We should pick the low hanging fruit. It always begins with efficiency. We’re much more energy efficient than we used to be but we have not made a serious attempt to get it to scale,” Clinton said in the closing keynote of the National Clean Energy Conference in Las Vegas last week. Keep reading →

Let’s play a quick game of word association. Say the first word that comes to mind when you read the words “solar power.” I bet the first word was “Solyndra” or “market failure” or “the solar industry is a bust.” While you wouldn’t be forgiven for breaking the one-word-rule, you would be forgiven for the general sentiment. The media’s repeated and sustained coverage of Solyndra’s fantastic failure has fueled the public perception that the solar industry is dead. Keep reading →


North Carolina residents may see a bump in their electricity bills this spring.

Duke Energy announced today that it reached a preliminary agreement with North Carolina Public Utility Commission staff on an approximately $310 million increase in the customer base rates, about a 7.2% increase. If approved by the North Carolina PUC, the rate increase–based on 10.5% return on equity (ROE) and 53% equity component of capital structure–will take effect February 2012. Keep reading →

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