
New York's Energy Czar on Transforming the Electricity System
Richard Kauffman has a lot of responsibilities as New York's "energy czar." He oversees multiple agencies and utilities, advises the governor on energy issues, and works closely with regulators in the...
12 Kesä 201540min

Are We Measuring Energy Use All Wrong?
We measure energy use with a commodity-based approach -- monitoring electrons, therms and gallons. But is there a better way to gauge the efficiency of the economy? Energy Economist Skip Laitner has b...
5 Kesä 201548min

Should Utilities Own the Solar Panels on Your Roof?
Whether the solar industry likes it or not, more regulated utilities in America are going to propose owning residential PV systems themselves. It's a controversial development. At our recent Solar Sum...
26 Touko 201530min

The 21st-Century Power System May Be Closer Than You Think
Discussion about changing utility business models has always been abstract. But with large utilities now getting hit financially by distributed energy, “Utility 2.0” is starting to seem much more real...
21 Touko 201550min

Peak Oil in an Era of Fossil Fuel Abundance
Over the last few years, analysts and academics worried about peak oil have been on the defensive. The fracking revolution has brought an abundance of oil and gas that no one thought possible a decade...
14 Touko 201550min

Tesla’s New Battery: Is the Market Ready?
Tesla’s new storage unit has everyone talking about distributed batteries. But is the U.S. market ready for them? This week, we’ll talk about what needs to happen on a regulatory level to take distrib...
7 Touko 201547min

SunEdison's CEO Talks Clean Energy Megatrends
Ahmad Chatila worked in the chip industry for 18 years before taking over as CEO of the semiconductor manufacturer MEMC in 2009. As a veteran of the industry, Chatila well understood the difficulties ...
4 Touko 201533min

Can the US Wind Industry Get Beyond Its Boom-Bust Cycle?
Wind has become a favorite target for politicians and conservative action groups looking end energy subsidies. But industry leaders are hitting back, saying they’ll only consider dropping the producti...
30 Huhti 201541min




















