Week in review – Energy edition

by Judith Curry A few things that caught my eye this past week.
The EPA’s growing battle with the corn and ethanol industry [link]
6 new things happening with biofuels [link]
A new look for nuclear power [link]
How California plans to put distributed energy on the grid [link]
250 B.C. to 2015 & beyond, take a look back at where battery technology has taken us & where it’s going: [link]
A big new study finds that residential energy efficiency isn’t nearly as cost-effective as we thought: [link]  …
Efforts to trim the 10% of our greenhouse gas emissions that come from agriculture: [link]  …
All choked up: did Britain’s dirty air make me dangerously ill? Very interesting article, I was unaware of the diesel fuel issue [link]
Report: Cost For ERCOT and Xcel to Integrate Wind and Solar is Less Than Expected via @greentechmedia [link]
Can OPEC kill off the shale industry? [link]
Bangladesh & India sign boundary deal for cooperation on #nuclear power [link]
EPA study of US cost difference from hi/low greenhouse scenarios shows lag time of mitigation payoff: [link]  …
UNFCCC Lancet Commission: Tackling climate change could be the greatest global health opportunity of this century [link]Filed under: Week in review

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