Utility-Scale Solar, Part 2: Failed Promise
September 27, 2017Last week, Part I of this post challenged the declaration by DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)…
Utility-Scale Solar, Part 1: Still Uneconomical Due to Subsidies and Hidden Costs
September 21, 2017For decades, government and private interests have announced major breakthroughs with utility-scale (central station) solar. (Part 2 of this post…
Al Gore’s Energy Problems
August 25, 2017Climate alarmism was launched almost 30 years ago when the featured scientist before Al Gore’s Senate Committee on Energy and…
IER Statement on Department of Energy Grid Report
August 24, 2017WASHINGTON – Today the Department of Energy (DOE) released a new report on electricity markets and reliability, as directed by Secretary…
The Solar Value Cliff: The Diminishing Value of Solar Power
August 23, 2017Media headlines touting the falling costs of solar power do not tell the full story. While the manufacturing and installation…
Does the Developing World Want Solar Power?
August 22, 2017While some of the developing world leapfrogged to cellular phones without ever using landlines first, it does not have a…
