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Uneconomic Coal Could Be Squeezed Out Of European Union Power Markets By 2030
EI’s Silvio Marcacci says economics and climate policies are squeezing European Union coal generation, closing power plants and threatening huge stranded asset costs. Coal could be completely uneconomic in the EU as soon as 2030.
ERCOT’s Summer Peak Demand Forecast: New Investment, Generator Profits, No Blackouts
EI’s Eric Gimon discusses how the ERCOT summer peak demand forecast will weather tight supply margins and attract new investment without suffering blackouts.
China’s All In On Electric Vehicles: Here’s How That Will Accelerate Sales In Other Nations.
EI’s Chris Busch explores how China’s expansion into the global electric vehicles market will accelerate EV sales in other nations by driving down prices and spurring manufacturing competition.
Electric Buses Can Save America’s Local Governments Billions: China’s Showing Us How It’s Done
EI’s Silvio Marcacci highlights the trend of America’s largest cities converting their bus fleets from diesel to electric buses because they could save billions in fuel costs, and says China may hold the key to electrifying U.S. bus fleets.
Tallying Up Winners and Losers From Trump’s Rollback of US GHG Emissions and Fuel Economy Standards
Former EPA official Margo Oge says despite businesses, consumers, and environmentalists warning the Trump Administration against overreach on clean car standards the winners and losers of Trump’s rollback haven’t been clear – until now.
America’s Utility Of The Future Forms Around Performance-Based Regulation
EI’s Sonia Aggarwal says America’s utility business model has changed but performance-based regulation is helping regulators and forward-looking utilities build an affordable, reliable, clean grid.
Is Offshore Wind About To Hit Cost-Competitiveness In New York And New England?
EI’s Mike O’Boyle says offshore wind may seem like a pricey option, but it’s actually an extremely valuable investment that’s about to reach cost-competitiveness in New York and New England, creating thousands of jobs along the way.
The Power Market Fix We’ve Been Waiting For
A contributor to America’s Power Plan outlines a new power market fix based on equally valuing flexible generation and efficiency resources across a grid.
Cars Are Ruining Our Cities
EI’s Hal Harvey and the New York Times’ Justin Gillis highlight the growing trend of cities taking back control of their streets from cars to cut traffic and make them more livable and prosperous.
This Untapped Market Could Add 320 Gigawatts Of New U.S. Residential Solar Energy
Ei’s Silvio Marcacci outlines a new NREL report that shows the untapped low-income solar market could represent 320GW potential new solar capacity across America.