If natural gas is going to save America, boost our economy, roll back carbon emissions and bring back our Golden Age of energy, we probably should determine if it can stand the […]
Can Natural Gas Weather The Cold?
Why China’s 2014 oil imports should recover from 2013’s hangover
Aside from improvements in global economic activity and industrial production, China could recover from a hangover in 2013. While domestic activity slowed throughout 2011 and 2012, the country continued to import oil […]
Report Says Clean Coal Tech Not Present-Day Reality
A new report compiled in consultation with the White House and a pool of clean-energy experts suggests that clean-coal technology is too embryonic to use as a base for America’s new climate […]
Australia networks look to battery storage to cut grid costs
Victorian network operator SP Ausnet has commissioned a 1MW/1MWh battery storage facility that could herald a new approach to dealing with peak demand, and avoid future costly network upgrades. SP Ausnet is […]
Graph of the Day: Rooftop solar returns outstrip stocks, property
Today’s Graph of the Day comes from leading Australian solar provider Energy Matters, which has released a table that compares the return on investment on rooftop solar in various state, and compares […]
Oil and natural gas import reliance of major economies projected to change rapidly
The 2014 Annual Energy Outlook projects declines in U.S. oil and natural gas imports as a result of increasing domestic production from tight oil and shale plays. U.S. liquid fuels net imports […]
Oil Glut Threatens US Shale Revolution
The year 2014 could pose a milestone for the U.S. oil industry. In its latest annual World Energy Outlook, the International Energy Agency predicted that the U.S. would become the world’s largest […]
Coal to SNG Conversion in China
In its latest Medium-Term Coal Market Report the International Energy Agency (IEA) forecasts a slowing of coal demand growth but no retreat in its global use. That won’t surprise energy realists, but […]
Peering Over the 2017 Horizon for Solar, Part 2: Beyond the ITC
To illustrate the importance of the post-2017 investment tax credit (ITC), we have provided the following tables to compare certain electricity offtake prices for solar with the cost of capital and required […]
Energy Efficiency Is About to Get a $200M Jolt From Wall Street
The pipeline for energy efficiency projects is set to get a big boost from institutional investors. Two organizations, Joule Assets and Kilowatt Financial, have unveiled separate $100 million funds for efficiency projects. […]
