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Big Data Doesn’t Sleep: Demand Response Trends

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Power companies are training their customers to see electricity supply in a new way, with two-way flows of information and energy that can increase reliability and prevent the need for costly transmission building.

“Demand response is creating business intelligence” in which companies can understand their exposure to time of use as well as overall volume of use when it comes to electricity, Constellation Energy Senior Vice President for Demand Response Gary Fromer told Breaking Energy recently. Keep reading →

 /  Published May 7, 2012 at 11:30 AM

An Innovative Approach to Promoting Reduced US Petroleum Consumption

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Clean Cities TV is the educational internet TV channel of the US Department of Energy’s Clean Cities Program, which is dedicated to reducing US petroleum consumption in the transportation sector.

The channel was launched in 2011 with contributions from Clean Cities coalitions and stakeholders throughout the US. This video is a retrospective highlighting some of the successful petroleum consumption mitigation initiatives that various communities, corporations and organizations kicked off in 2011. Keep reading →

 /  Published May 7, 2012 at 11:00 AM

What Drives a Global Future for Natural Gas?

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Natural gas could reach the status of a globally priced and traded commodity within five years if sufficient shipping capacity is developed.

The use of natural gas in transport has the potential to change the role of energy infrastructure, politics and investing, but without the right mix of government policies and business commitment fuel consumption patterns will lag broader shifts that include a shift in consumption power to emerging economies. Keep reading →

 /  Published May 7, 2012 at 8:30 AM

Energy Conference Season Roundup: Podcast

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If you were interested, you could probably go to a conference discussing some aspect of the energy business every single day of the year. From huge halls to intimate boardrooms, the complexity and scale of the energy business makes meeting with competitors, partners and stakeholders compulsory.

While events continue throughout the year, there are two “rush” seasons when energy executives spend as much time in the air as on the ground. Starting in late January, financiers and policy experts seeking to firm up budget and regulatory priorities for the year ahead begin gathering in warm-weather destinations to discuss terms and seal deals. Keep reading →

 /  Published May 4, 2012 at 1:00 PM

The Electric Race from Extraordinary to Ordinary

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How a quest for a ten-fold improvement in batteries promises to make electric vehicles deliver on their remarkable potential.

The din that accompanied the birth of modern electric vehicles has quieted, despite a steady parade of new models and the ascent of gas prices to worrisome highs. The relative quiet is good news though, a sign that electric vehicles (EVs) are entering a critical period when the technology must evolve from exotic to everyday. Keep reading →

 /  Published May 4, 2012 at 11:50 AM

Analysis of the Senate Energy Committee’s ‘Clean Energy Standard Act of 2012’ http://go.usa.gov/V43

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Analysis of the Senate Energy Committee’s ‘Clean Energy Standard Act of 2012’ http://go.usa.gov/V43 EIAgov

 /  Published May 4, 2012 at 10:15 AM

EIA: Electricity Prices Rise Under Bingaman’s Clean Standard

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Coal would lose out big to nuclear and renewables, while average electricity prices would rise, under the clean energy standard proposed by Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Jeff Bingaman, the Energy Information Administration reported on Wednesday.

The Clean Energy Standard Act by Bingaman, D-N.M., would prompt average electricity prices to rise 4 percent by 2025 and 18 percent by 2035, as generators are forced to add more renewable and nuclear generation, EIA said. Keep reading →

 /  Published May 4, 2012 at 8:00 AM

Wall Street Bank Backs Residential Solar Fund

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The burgeoning US market for leased residential solar systems got some extra help on Thursday with the launch of a new fund to increase financing options for solar installers and their customers.

The fund, named MySolar, was created by Clean Power Finance, an online marketplace for solar financing; MS Solar Solutions Corp, a unit of the investment bank Morgan Stanley, and Main Street Power Company, a developer of solar systems and provider of power-purchase agreements. Keep reading →

 /  Published May 4, 2012 at 8:00 AM

Roubini: Iran is the Greatest Looming Threat

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Nouriel Roubini gives an audience no shortage of scenarios to keep them up at night, but his number one worry right now is the looming threat of Iran building nuclear weapons. Specifically, it’s the risk of a confrontation between Israel and Iran, or the United States and Iran, Roubini told Michael Milken in front of hundreds of onlookers at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Los Angeles Wednesday. Roubini, a notorious doomsayer and chairman of Roubini Global Economics, expects both Iran’s push into nuclear weapons and the pushback from Iran and Israel to ramp up in the second half of 2012.

 /  Published May 3, 2012 at 3:00 PM

Engine Manufacturing Giant Flight Tests New Technology

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A billion dollars of investment later, US engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney has begun flight testing its PurePower Geared Turbofan Engines. The new technology lowers fuel consumption, noise signature, greenhouse gas emissions and maintenance costs.

“The engine used a lot less fuel than we expected, we had to adjust the fuel load for the next flight,” Marc Kirner, Director of Flight Operations for Pratt & Whitney Canada told reporters at a recent media event in Hartford, Connecticut. Keep reading →

 /  Published May 3, 2012 at 2:00 PM
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