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Adler: Government-sponsored Prizes Would Be Better Than Subsidies

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Michael Giberson “Direct government subsidies are a particularly poor way to encourage innovation,” writes Jonathan Adler in an article asserting that government-sponsored prizes would be better than subsidies at encouraging the development of low-carbon-emission energy technologies. Government subsidies tend to be dispersed on political criteria, rewarding large, politically connected incumbent firms, rather than innovative upstarts. …

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Another CFTC Energy Market Manipulation Charge – Marathon Oil Agrees to Pay $1 Million

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Michael Giberson Tom Fowler, at the Houston Chronicle‘s NewsWatch: Energy blog, reports on the latest CFTC energy market manipulation case: The alleged manipulation occured during the so-called “Platts window,” a 30 minute interval at the end of the trading day when the energy publishing firm Platts pulls data used to set prices for other foreign …

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Experimental Economics and Real-world Details

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Lynne Kiesling Yeah, what he said. I agree with Mike’s previous post about real-world detail and experimental economics (and thanks for mentioning the Electricity Journal article!). The wind tunnel metaphor is apt for the use of experimental economics to test market designs and policy proposals; testing them in an environment that captures the most salient …

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Self-assembling Nanotech Batteries

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Lynne Kiesling I’ve often wondered how nanotechnology can contribute to increased efficiency, load factor, and conservation of energy. My first thoughts were probably wrong; we don’t need nano-scale devices to perform remote monitoring and automated repair and self-correction within the wires network itself. Regular small-scale devices can do just fine for that. But here’s some …

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Making Clean Energy Pay

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Michael Giberson The Washington Post headlined a story in today’s edition, “In Ontario, Making ‘Clean Energy’ Pay.” From what I gather reading the article, they have in fact discovered how to make renewable energy pay in Ontario, at least if by “clean energy” you mean “other people’s wallets.” The story kicks off with a solar …

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“Le Parfait Est L’ennemi Du Bien” In Technology Choice

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Lynne Kiesling Last week Rob at Peak Oil Optimist commented on an environmental group’s position on the construction of an integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) power plant in the Pacific Northwest. They contend that the technology is just not needed because of other available means of renewable power and demand reduction. Rob correctly and nicely …

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