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Fewer Midnight (Coal) Trains to Georgia
Aging coal-fired generation presents a tremendous opportunity for our electricity system to transition away from fossil fuels and toward efficiency and renewables. One unexpected place that we are seeing this begin to happen is in Georgia.
Germany’s Renewables Revolution
While the examples of Japan, China, and India show the promise of rapidly emerging energy economies built on efficiency and renewables, Germany—the world’s number four…
Google Hangout: The Role of Energy Policy in the U.S.
It’s nearly impossible to work in the energy space without coming up against policy issues. In this Google Hangout, we engage in a discussion about the role of energy policy in the United States.
NRG Doubles Down on Distributed Generation
NRG Energy's vision for the future involves consumers disconnecting from their electric utility. What could possibly possess NRG to begin taking customers off the grid, launching a veritable coup d’etat against not only electric utilities, but against its own business models?
Plague Inc: Facing the Fossil Fuel Epidemic
The fossil fuel economy we've created and upon which our prosperity up until now has been built has the dangerous side effect we call global warming.