Economics Archives - Cinnamon Energy Systems

Energy Prices are Through the Roof

Mar 29, 2022 | Cheap Energy, Economics, Fossil Fuels, Utility Companies

The Energy Show · Energy Prices are Going Through the Roof Ribbit or Croak. Which one are you? An urban myth has it that if you put a frog in a pot of boiling water it will instantly leap out. But if you put it in a pot filled with pleasantly tepid water and...

2022 Solar and Storage Predictions

Feb 7, 2022 | Economics, Solar Industry, Utility Companies

The Energy Show · 2022 Solar and Storage Predictions My 2022 solar and storage predictions came into clearer focus — although I didn’t like the picture — after the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) dropped a bomb on California’s solar and battery...

Why is Electricity So Expensive?

Dec 6, 2020 | Economics, Energy Politics, Utility Companies

Why is Electricity So Expensive? We can complain all we want about the absurdly high price of electricity, but this situation is likely to persist for two reasons. First, electric companies are government-sanctioned monopoly utilities. There is usually only one...

Covid-19 Impacts on the Solar Industry

Aug 5, 2020 | Economics, Energy Technology, Solar Industry

The Covid-19 crisis has disrupted solar and storage supply chains across all segments of the industry, initially devastated customer demand, reduced opportunities for the workforce, and caused permitting and interconnections to grind to a halt in many jurisdictions....

New Normal as we Recover from the Corona Virus

Jun 18, 2020 | Business, Economics, Solar Industry

Everyone is looking forward to a return to some degree of normalcy as we recover from the corona virus pandemic. But it is very hard to make sense what a new normal would be with all the conflicting information from health, economic and policy experts — not to...

Economics of Fossil Fuels

Oct 17, 2019 | Economics, Fossil Fuels

From time immemorial, the fuels that have powered human development have been governed by economics. The cheaper and more available fuels were, the more they were used. And as humanity evolves, we use more and more fuel to meet our energy requirements. We have...