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What A Dream I Had!

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No, this is not a story about a Simon and Garfunkel song. It is a story of a dream I had this morning in the precognition interstices between deep sleep and wakefulness. That is a place in our sleep cycle characterized by researchers as REM sleep, named for its rapid … [continued]

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Renewables as a Bridge to Gas? America’s Energy Logic Goes Backwards

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In recent remarks, John Ketchum, CEO of NextEra Energy, laid out a curious and somewhat baffling narrative: renewables should serve as a transition solution toward expanding natural gas generation. Yes, you read that correctly. After decades of framing gas as a so-called “bridge fuel” to a renewable future, the argument … [continued]

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Ember Claims Battery Storage And Solar Can (Almost) Do It All

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June 21 is the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere. Tomorrow, the days start getting shorter again. What better time for Ember, the clean energy advocacy folks, to release its latest battery report. Here’s the headline: “Batteries are now cheap enough to unleash solar’s full potential, getting … [continued]

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