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What Lego—Yes, Lego—Can Teach Us About Avoiding Energy Project Boondoggles
In the late 1980s, Denmark’s government announced plans for a massive bridge and tunnel project, the largest infrastructure plan in the history of a country that had little experience building tunnels. Bent Flyvbjerg watched the announcement on the news with his father, who had worked in bridge and tunnel construction. “Bad idea,” his father said. […]
Read MoreNew Wind and Solar Are Cheaper Than the Costs to Operate All But One Coal-Fired Power Plant in the United States
A coal-fired plant near Gillette, Wyoming stands alone in the nation on one measure of economic viability—a positive distinction for that plant, but a damning one for coal-fired electricity in general. Dry Fork Station, with generating capacity of 405 megawatts, is the only coal plant in the country that costs less to operate than it […]
Read MoreFour Big Things to Expect in Clean Energy in 2023
In 2023, the country’s first super-size offshore wind farms will come online, or at least get close to it. U.S. sales of electric vehicles will continue to accelerate, likely hitting 1 million units per year for the first time. And, state lawmakers in Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan and Minnesota are poised to pass climate and clean […]
Read MoreFinally, Some Good Climate News: The Biggest Wins in Clean Energy in 2022
You can forgive people who work on U.S. energy policy for being tired this month. They have just sprinted, and sometimes slogged, through an extraordinary year of action and progress at the federal, state and local levels. “It’s been a big one, for sure,” said Autumn Proudlove, associate director for policy and markets at the […]
Read MoreOnce Cheap, Wind and Solar Prices Are Up 34%. What’s the Outlook?
Early last year, I thought the increase in wind and solar power prices was a blip. After all, one of the constants in my decade-plus covering energy was that wind and solar prices were in a near-perpetual state of decline. Not anymore. The trend is unmistakable. Prices are rising—by a lot. But the good news […]
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