New York’s Unstable Electric Grid
July 29, 2019New York’s Con Ed has had two major power outages within a two-week period—and the outages probably will continue given…
Metals Needed for Carbon Neutrality in Short Supply
July 2, 2019Solar panels, wind turbines, and electric car batteries are made from some of the most hard-to-get metals on earth— dysprosium, neodymium,…
Bloomberg’s Outlook Is Pessimistic on Coal and Nuclear
July 1, 2019Bloomberg’s New Energy Outlook 2019 projects that coal and nuclear resources will be greatly reduced from the generation mix by…
Plugged In Podcast #28: Mary J. Hutzler on the levelized cost of electricity
June 26, 2019Mary J. Hutzler, a Distinguished Senior Fellow at IER, discusses the recently released report on the levelized cost of electricity…
Quote – Keep the ‘Green New Deal’ out of city hall
June 10, 2019“Solar panels, for instance, are very difficult to recycle and contain harmful substances such as cadmium and lead that often…
China Controls Global Rare Earth Mineral Trade
June 5, 2019Rare earth minerals—a group of 17 elements with similar qualities—are used in hundreds of high-technology products and military equipment. Military…
