Month: October 2016

Transatlantic Perspectives on Energy Storage: Technology, Policy and Finance

Posted on October 23rd, 2016 by tagadmin

Energy storage will play a critical role in enabling the transition to low-carbon electricity systems, providing capacity, energy, and ancillary benefits to help secure a stable and reliable power supply. But even as the technology horizon evolves, the value of different storage technologies remains uncertain.

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Lower Oil Prices and the U.S. Economy: Is This Time Different?

Posted on October 8th, 2016 by tagadmin

Between June 2014 and March 2016, the inflation-adjusted price of oil dropped by 66%, yet average U.S. economic growth accelerated only slightly from 1.8% at annual rates before the oil price decline to 2.2% thereafter. The fact that this decline in the price of oil failed to translate into faster U.S. economic growth has puzzled many observers who expected a boom in the U.S. economy.

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