“Shale perspectives” in Eastern Europe are challenged by delaying tactics of industry majors. Media coverage of shale gas development is positive but in Lithuania and Poland global oil & gas companies one […]
[Closed] DISCUSSION: Climate change could put $6 trillion in fossil fuel reserves at risk
The International Energy Agency last year warned that if humanity is to have any hope of avoiding catastrophic climate change, a third of the world’s fossil fuel reserves must be put off […]
New Players May Start Nipping at Dominant Firms in Building Energy Management
Both building energy management systems (BEMS) and enterprise energy management (EEM) have major roles to play in delivering distributed energy and demand response services. Together, these two technologies can reach across various […]
IEA Sees Wind Power Bouncing Back Big
Wind power growth has been slowing, but the IEA sees better days ahead, upping its 2050 target for global electricity generation to 18 percent. As we reported just yesterday, wind power has […]
High-Tech Manhole Covers Will Charge Parked Electric Vehicles
New York City startup HEVO Power aims to make charging an electric car as easy as finding a parking place. The company, collaborating with New York University, plans to roll out a pilot […]
Energy Economist: Chasing the Asian LNG arb
Arbitrages are common in the oil and gas world. One of the most long-standing was the Brent-WTI arb. In the old days – Before Shale – international marker Dated Brent, then a […]
The Use of the Social Cost of Carbon, So Far
Since 2009, the Obama Administration has been using the “social cost of carbon” (SCC) in cost-benefit analyses to justify regulations that reduce the use of energy from oil, coal, and natural gas. […]
Graph of the Day: Burning the carbon sink
My home is burning at the moment. Not the bricks and mortar I live in here in the UK, but the place I call home. The coastal region of New South Wales. […]
Fracking Goes To Sea: California Regulators Startled To Learn Of Offshore Hydraulic Fracturing
It still surprises many Americans when they learn that California, a state with perhaps the greenest of environmental reputations, remains home to offshore oil and gas production in waters better known for […]
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