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"Jobs, Jobs, Jobs" Rhetoric Hampers Renewable Development

November 4, 2011 by Michael Giberson
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If you believed what politicians say about green energy and jobs, you probably think they fit together like peanut butter and jelly squished between layers of bread. Has there been a renewable power subsidy announcement or ribbon-cutting ceremony where the word “jobs” was not featured in the first two or three sentences uttered by... [read more]

An Argument For Renewable Energy, And Response To Robert Bryce

June 16, 2011 by Steve Sacks
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On June 8, 2011, Mr. Robert Bryce, author of the recently published Power Hungry, The Myth Of Clean Energy And The Real Fuels Of The Future, wrote an Op-Ed piece to the New York Times. In the piece, Mr. Bryce argues that the recently signed mandate requiring a 30% renewable portfolio standard places too high a burden on society.... [read more]

One person's cost, another's opportunity

December 9, 2010 by Gernot Wagner
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Transitioning into a new, low-carbon energy future costs money. No doubt about it. Yet the flip-side of cost is opportunity. Pew just released a new study on Global Clean Power: A $2.3 Trillion Opportunity. Is this just a smart attempt at rebranding the inevitable, or is there more behind this? Costs now, savings later First, a quick... [read more]

Smoke filled rooms, solar power, and the long shadow of grid parity

November 9, 2010 by Michael Giberson
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An rambling complaint surfaced at TriplePundit.com (slogan: people, planet, profit.) linking a “number of articles questioning the economic viability of solar power [which] recently hit the streets” to “a new, well-oiled regime coming to power in Washington.” We could stop right here to consider that articles questioning the economic... [read more]

Electricity costs exhibits

November 6, 2010 by Barry Brook
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I note that there has been some interesting discussion here on costs of electricity, especial the comparative value of fossil fuels versus nuclear (and renewables). This is a point I will revisit from a number of perspectives over the next few months, because I agree with commenters like Arthur Dent, Peter Lang and DV82XL that this is a... [read more]

Sources of nuclear cost saving from small and advanced reactors

October 14, 2010 by Charles Barton
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There are eight primary sources of nuclear costs:The cost of the land upon which the nuclear power plant (NPP) is built. Costs related to designing the NPP Cost related to the materials from which the NPP is built.Labor costs related to manufacture and construction.The cost of obtaining regulatory approval Investment related costs (... [read more]

Solazyme CEO Clarifies Costs

October 10, 2010 by Robert Rapier
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Prior to publishing the previous essay, U.S. Navy Pays Big Bucks for Biofuels, the editor for Consumer Energy Report asked why I didn’t go with a more descriptive title like “U.S. Navy Pays $425 per Gallon for Biofuels.” I told him that the reason I didn’t is that the source clearly said that some of the money was for R&D, and there... [read more]

U.S. Navy Pays Big Bucks for Biofuels

October 8, 2010 by Robert Rapier
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On Earth Day, the U.S. Navy conducted a supersonic flight test of the "Green Hornet," an F/A-18 Super Hornet strike fighter jet powered by a 50/50 biofuel blend. (U.S. Navy photo by Kelly Schindler) The U.S. military is the single biggest consumer of fossil fuels in the world. Because of risks around price and supply security, they are... [read more]

Planning for an Energy Future: The Zero Carbon Australia Plan as Representative Example

September 27, 2010 by Charles Barton
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The creation of realistic plans for a viable energy future have, as of yet, received far to little attention. Energy goals should be tested with the creation of plans intended to demonstrate that the goals can be realized. Plans. in turn, should be subjected to rigorous criticism intended to test the plan's viability. This process... [read more]

Positive Lessons Extracted From Cooper's Paper On French Nuclear Experience

September 12, 2010 by Rod Adams
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I wrote yesterday about the press conference announcing the release of Dr. Mark Cooper's paper titled Policy Challenges of Nuclear Reactor Construction: Cost Escalation and Crowding Out Alternatives. Though I strongly disagree with the conclusions, I believe that the paper is worth reading because it can provide both cautionary... [read more]

The Simple Levelized Cost of Energy Calculator

September 9, 2010 by Charles Barton
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Never let it be said that the National Renewable Energy Lab has failed to do anything useful. While the NREL serves as a lobbying front for the renewable energy industry. The NREL has now come up with a tool for detecting the very frauds the NREL is selling, the Simple Levelized Cost of Energy Calculator. Hat tip to Scott and Cyril R.... [read more]

Investment Bankers Versus Engineers as Decision Makers - Response to Jerry Taylor of Cato Institute

April 14, 2010 by Rod Adams
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On April 9, 2010, Jerry Taylor of the Cato Institute paid me the compliment of responding to a post that I labeled as a "smoking gun". I gave the post that label since it provided an example of a man with evident ties to the fossil fuel industry working to discourage the use of nuclear energy. His post was published on MasterResource: a... [read more]

Nobel Prize Winner’s Must Read … with a significant omission

April 11, 2010 by A Siegel
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The New York Times Sunday magazine will feature a tour de force on climate economics by Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman. Entitled Building a Green Economy, a more appropriate title might be Climate Economics 101 and it should be required reading of every single Member of Congress and any journalist who writes on the issue of... [read more]

Clean Energy, Guaranteed: Why Nuclear Energy Is Worth the Cost

March 29, 2010 by Will Marshall
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One of the most frequent criticisms made against nuclear energy by its critics is its cost. Opponents of nuclear energy – many of them on the progressive side of the spectrum – have pointed to the tremendous expense of building reactors as a reason not to pursue nuclear energy at all.  Sure enough, it takes years and billions of... [read more]

How Reliable are Cost Estimates for Environmental Regulation?

March 8, 2010 by John Whitehead
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Tiffany Clements: Anecdotal information often drives a perception that environmental regulation is responsible for significant economic damage to regulated industries, including reduced productivity and lost jobs. Thus, opponents often claim that rules will be catastrophically costly. Proponents argue the contrary. A 2000 RFF analysis... [read more]