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  • Hawaii Power Companies to Deactivate Oil Plants, Ramp Up Renewables

    Three Hawaiian power companies plan to deactivate a total of 226 MW of oil-fired generating units, convert remaining baseload plants to cycling duty, and substantially ramp up use of renewables by 2016.

  • Power Sector Laments Europe’s Uncertain Future Energy Policy

    Energy policy in the European Union (EU) is in upheaval as concerns mount over the impact of energy costs on the competitiveness of the power industry.

  • Indonesia: Energy Rich and Electricity Poor

    Even though it enjoys sizeable coal and natural gas reserves, Indonesia struggles to provide electricity to its growing economy. Geography is its most obvious challenge. Others include evolving international markets and an energy sector that remains highly politicized.

  • Gas-Electric Integration “Swamps” All Other Issues

    Panelists at the ELECTRIC POWER 2013 Keynote and Roundtable Discussion in Chicago in May were consumed by the need to ensure future reliability by more closely integrating the gas and electricity markets. Acknowledged less directly were distortions created by renewable energy subsidies and mandates, onerous regulations affecting coal, and “irreversible” demand destruction caused by the success of energy efficiency and demand management programs. The elephant in the room was the continued demise of electricity markets.

  • Wind Resources Face Market and Policy Headwinds

    Natural gas prices and low wholesale electricity prices are creating headwinds for large-scale renewable projects such as wind.

  • Your Guide to the White House Climate Action Plan

    President Obama’s highly anticipated Climate Action Plan (CAP) released today outlines a wide variety of executive actions founded on three pillars: slashing U.S. carbon pollution through stringent rules for new and existing power plants while doubling renewables deployment and promoting fuel switching from coal to natural gas; preparing the U.S. for impacts of climate change; and leading international efforts to combat global climate change.

  • Obama: Climate Strategy to Be Driven by Natural Gas, Renewables

    President Barack Obama’s landmark speech on Tuesday outlining executive actions to combat and prepare for climate change backed the growth of natural gas and renewable power in lieu of carbon-heavy coal power, but he mentioned nuclear power only once—and only in the context of energy security.

  • Reactions to Obama’s Climate Action Plan Swift and Varied

    Amid the deluge of reactions to President Obama’s June 25 speech announcing wide-ranging executive actions to curb carbon emissions and prepare for climate change effects were some unexpected statements.

  • IEA: Renewable Generation Could Surpass Global Natural Gas Share, Double Nuclear by 2016

    Driven by the booming growth of generation from hydro, wind, and solar photovoltaics (PV), generation from renewables on a terawatt-hour basis is set to surpass that from natural gas and double nuclear’s share by 2016, becoming the world’s second-most important global electricity source after coal, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA).

  • Cape Wind Gets $200M Boost to Make Investment Decision This Year

    Cape Wind, North America’s first offshore wind farm, got $200 million in conditional funding from a Danish pension fund on Tuesday to help it reach financial closure this year.