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Jun 5, 2015

Amartya Sen on austerity and the relevance of Keynes today

By Siddharth Singh, 5th June, 2015

Amartya Sen delivered a lecture on austerity at the Charleston Festival in Firle, East Sussex, on the 23 of May. He argued that Keynes is still relevant today, in spite…

Siddharth Singh in Culture of Energy

Aug 18, 2015

Energy Transitions: Changing Physical Forms

By Siddharth Singh, 18th August, 2015

An initiative on the geography of transport systems by Hofstra University (New York) hosts an interesting graph on energy transitions from the 1800s. Unlike most others which represent the…

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Oct 29, 2015

It is Time to Redefine Grid Parity and LCOE to Include Storage Costs

The Levelized Cost of Energy (LOCE) measures the cost of producing a unit of energy, such that all costs — from capital costs to running and maintenance costs — through the lifetime of the energy project, are…

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Jul 15, 2015

The fear and regulation of Artificial Intelligence

By Siddharth Singh, 15th July 2015

In the last several months, Elon Musk and Professor Stephen Hawking — two thought leaders in science and technology — have voiced their fear of Artificial Intelligence (AI). This…

Siddharth Singh in Culture of Energy

Nov 16, 2015

Solar and Wind Energy Consistently Beat Forecasts

By Siddharth Singh, 16th November, 2015

Forecasting is a often victim of our imaginations, constrained by historical observations and other biases. Economic modelers therefore make projections under a range of policy…

Siddharth Singh in Culture of Energy

Feb 12, 2015

The financial challenge of India’s solar push

By Siddharth Singh, 12th February, 2015

The Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) published a policy brief recently that looked at key issues that could prove to be hurdles in the implementation of Government of…

Siddharth Singh in Culture of Energy

Nov 6, 2015

Some Guy Bought 8000 Horses Before the Car Was Invented and Lost

By Siddharth Singh, 6th November, 2015

Markets do not care. Newer ways of doing things frequently create markets that end up consuming or displacing existing ones. This leads to both displaced…

Siddharth Singh in Culture of Energy

Apr 3, 2015

In an automated world, human error is a key source of risk

By Siddharth Singh, 3rd April, 2015

Humans make mistakes*. That should hardly come as a surprise.

With the International Federation of Robotics forecasting a massive uptake of…

Siddharth Singh in Culture of Energy

Aug 5, 2015

Why hiking minimum wages is a bad thing

By Saahil Parekh, 5 August 2015

Proposals for increasing minimum wages in many parts of the world are abound, and this issue is likely going to become a political issue in the upcoming US elections in 2016. The following graph from The…

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Mar 21, 2015

The impact of the eclipse on solar energy production

By Siddharth Singh, 21st March 2015

We take a break from our regular programming and bring to you a very different type of disruption. The graph below (sourced the European Energy Exchange) shows the impact of the…

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