This article offers an interesting perspective and economic analysis of why ethanol fuel has not taken off despite lots of price supports. Essentially a lot of people bet wrong about what would happen with oil. There is a proposal for how to help the situation based on an report from the ICCT. california-contracts-for-difference_white-paper_icct_102016
Source: Lost Generation: ICCT’s financing scheme to jump start advanced biofuels at scale : Biofuels Digest
Posted in Macroeconomics, Managerial Econ, Microeconomics
This article shows an innovative approach to the problems of oil production, using solar to heat the recovery water. It saves more energy than all the electric cars in America, and eliminates use of enough natural gas to heat over 200,000 homes.
Correspondent Leslie Mansfield catches up with Ron MacGregor, President and CEO of GlassPoint Solar to talk about the blossoming romance of solar and oil in this PennEnergy Exclusive interview.
Posted in Managerial Econ, Production Operations, Strategy, Supply Chains, Sustainability
Tagged energy, petroleum, solar energy, sustainability
Can energy really be free? The price dropped to zero for a while in Germany. Day-ahead power prices became negative in a 30 GW wind.
Posted in Production Operations, Strategy, Sustainability, Uncategorized
Tagged energy, sustainability, wind energy
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