As the United States economy continues to struggle, many politicians and energy regulators have adopted a "green jobs" mantra. They espouse the view that policies mandating renewable resources will provide both environmental and economic salvation. Quite simply, forcing consumers to buy...

Indirect impacts associated with Illinois' RPS include a change in the laws concerning the planning and zoning for wind development, a market for renewable energy credits, and awareness of problems with the transmission grid.

A review of an econometric analysis relating the hourly Residual Supply Index to price-cost margins in the major EU electricity generation markets suggests that its predictive abilities may have been the result of modeling errors and that the RSI is, in fact, an irrelevant explanatory factor for...

The proposed 4,800 MW coal-fired power plant Medupi in South Africa demonstrates how different aspects of energy security can conflict with each other.

The enormous growth of wind energy in Illinois and around the country has led to a shortage of wind turbines. Turbine manufacturers have sold out their capacity into 2010. To the extent that Illinois manufacturing can integrate itself into the wind turbine supply chain, Illinois can enjoy the...