by Judith Curry
A few things that caught my eye this past week.
U.S. energy politics
Obama signs energy efficiency bill into law [link]
In testimony to the Senate Energy Cmte, @TedGayer warns against overly prescriptive mandates for #energy efficiency: [link]
Oklahoma Becomes First US State To Defy EPA On CO2 Rules [link]
The political and legal fights shaping up over EPA’s clean power plan.[link]
Excellent analysis by legal scholar Richard Epstein: Clean Coal Plan in the EPA-dubious law, dubious economics [link]
The Clean Power Plan Is No Climate Fix [link]
Tesla
How Tesla’s energy storage play could take flight – or flop [link]
Why Tesla’s Powerwall is such a big deal: Market Will Grow 12X 2014-19 [link]
Mashable: Analysis of Tesla’s battery plans [link]
Solar/Battery Systems Unlikely to Threaten the Grid Anytime Soon [link]
Elon Musk and the insane demands of success. [link]
New energy technologies
Innovations signal a bright energy future: [link]
Neat/wild idea: use waste CO2 to create a giant underground battery [link] …
Liquid Batteries for Solar and Wind Power [link]
Nuclear
Do nuclear plants take long time to build? Not in China, 8 (!) plants coming online in 2015 & that’s just a start [link]
Renewable energy
Work begins on US’ first offshore wind farm [link]
Here’s why solar photovoltaic power is eventually going to be ubiquitous: [link]
Hawaii’s Advanced #Energy “Postcard From the Future” [link]
#Drought crimps hydroelectric power generation across Western U.S. [link]
Economics
How do electric utilities make money? [link]
JC note: politics and policy issue coming tomorrow. Do you prefer having energy split off as a separate edition (when warranted by news?)