The Sun Will Always Shine, the Wind Will Always Blow
Active Energy Management via Solar And Wind: why intermittency is just a mid-level engineering problem “Wind and solar PV capacity has grown
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Short the (Expensive) Horses: The numbers behind fossil fuel’s decline
For all the strengths of the incumbent thermal fossil fuel system, mainly its energy density and transportability, it is not
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China’s Electric Conversion – The Energy Transition is Accelerating
China is taking a leadership role in solar and wind deployment for electricity generation: this will accelerate the global energy
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US Gasoline Demand – A Prime Driver Reverses
US Gasoline Demand has slumped so far in 2017 – that could start to matter a lot, as it drives global
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How to Underestimate EV Demand
As the auto industry enters version 2.0, forecasting future sales of EVs is a crucial piece of work. But most projections, especially from the oil industry, use
Continue readingThe First Law of Thermodynamics – Energy Is Becoming a Buyer’s Market
Energy cannot be created or destroyed, but can be altered from one state to another (1). Oil Supply Dwarfs Demand – Official
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For the UK, 2016 Was Likely the Year of Peak Demand for Internal Combustion Cars
The Car Market In the UK Has Now Fundamentally Changed 2016 probably marked the peak of sales growth for conventionally-fuelled, non-electric
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2017: 21st Century Energy Gets Underway
2017 is the year when all energy eyes will be on OPEC and the US, but that will miss the beginning
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The End of the ICE Age: The Internal Combustion Engine Could Soon Become A Stranded Asset
A number of forces, technical and economic, are conspiring to unseat the internal combustion engine (ICE) as the prime mover
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The Flat-Packing of Energy
The Emergence of a Less Fragile, More Flexible and Scalable Energy System Three reasons why the energy world is undergoing
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