What are the best ways to store energy (or, more specifically, electricity)? A 2024 update to my list of storage technologies that will help enable a zero carbon grid.

I'm only about five years too late on this thing, so I might as well get cracking...

Spoke to the CEO of #ForesightEnergy today who said physical coal prices need to rise to $85 to stimulate growth of IRB exports to Europe…

… Des ARA now around $73 tinyurl.com/l9ujgbm

As one analyst said later: “If [Foresight Energy] can’t get netbacks on exports, what with their low costs, who can?” tinyurl.com/l9ujgbm

Most at #IHSMcCloskey #CoalUSA2013 conference not predicting great things for US coal exports into Europe in 2013. Outlook down from 2012

correct link for story here (behind a paywall) tinyurl.com/n47o3y2

European parliamant passes backloading by 344 votes to 311. #carbon #CO2 #EU #ETS #eupol

Workers at Colombia’s Drummond are organising a meeting to vote on whether to continue the strike, sources say webcluster.montelpowernews.com/News/Story.asp… ($)

Brazil’s BTG Pactual confirms it will start trading commodities, including European power/gas, by end-2012 goo.gl/VoFpFu ($)

@JamesMasonMedia Test Match Special stop feeding your daughter then! surely she can wait till we've got past the follow-on...