BHP Billiton’s petroleum chief Tim Cutt has laid responsibility on the oil industry to find economic new supply sources and drive down costs in order to prevent a future spike in prices. […]
Power generation from coal and natural gas expected to temporarily converge this spring
EIA’s most recent Short-Term Energy Outlook forecasts that the amount of electricity generation fueled by natural gas in April and May will total just 3.5% less than the projected amount of coal-fired […]
We Are Witnessing A Fundamental Change In The Oil Sector
The U.S. oil production decline has begun. It is not because of decreased rig count. It is because cash flow at current oil prices is too low to complete most wells being […]
Smart Wires Clears Congestion and Allows More Renewables on the Transmission Grid : Greentech Media
Transmission grids are one of the biggest bottlenecks to growing the world’s share of wind and solar power. Transmission networks built to push power from central power plants at steady outputs, along […]
US Oil Production May Not Drop In Earnest Until 2016
Readers are keen to know when US oil production will begin to fall. This is not an easy question to answer but in the comments to last week’s rig count update some […]
The Case for Breaking Up Combined Gas And Electric Utilities
The same holding company should not be allowed to own natural gas and electric power utilities that serve the same geographic territories. The logic supporting this argument has three principal parts, which […]
Utilities and Renewables Integration and Customer Behavior
Forget the threat of solar and battery-equipped customers defecting from the grid. The real threat for utilities unwilling to adapt to grid-connected customers installing ever-cheaper solar and energy storage technologies is “load […]
Senators Try To Stop The Coming Oil Train Wreck
Spearheaded by the Senators from Washington State, legislation just introduced in the United States Senate will finally address the rash of crude oil train wrecks and explosions that have skyrocketed over the last two […]
Electricity’s Un-Natural Monopoly
The U.S. electricity system is undergoing the biggest change in its 130-year history, undermining the rationale for monopoly ownership and control. Until recently, electricity service was similar to water or roads, where […]
Norwegian green energy to power UK homes
Green power from Norway will be powering hundreds of thousands of UK homes from 2021, National Grid has said. Energy will travel via the world’s longest sub-sea electricity interconnector. The €2bn (£1.4bn) […]
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