Renewables Surpass Nuclear Energy: The Rest of the Story
July 12, 2011Last week, the Sun Day Campaign released a news advisory with the provocative claim that for the first time renewable…
Why Free Market in Energy?
July 8, 2011The Institute for Energy Research (IER) is dedicated to the promotion of free-market solutions to America’s need for abundant and…
Salazar Applauds–But Solar Project Output Will Be a Fraction of Its Competitors
June 22, 2011On Friday, Secretary of the Interior Salazar praised a new solar project in California, expected to be the largest in…
Is 80 Percent Renewable Energy by 2050 Possible?—Depends on Who Is Making the Forecast
June 20, 2011The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is forecasting that renewable energy could reach almost 80 percent globally by 2050…
Energy Fact of the Week: Coal—Will It Stay or Will It Go Now?
June 16, 2011This blog was written by Steven Hayward and originally published on “The Enterprise Blog” American Electric Power’s announcement last week…
Solar Power: Two Worlds
May 12, 2011Two headlines in this week’s press underscore the two worlds of solar power—one economical/commercial and the other uneconomical/government-dependent. Solar Power…
