Since October 2012, electric power companies have announced the retirement of four nuclear reactors at three power plants. The four reactors have a combined capacity of nearly 3,600 megawatts (MW). The recent […]
Drilling Faster Just To Stay Still: A Proposal To Use ‘Production Per Unit Effort’ (PPUE) As An Indicator Of Peak Oil
This is a guest post by Andrew McKay, who is a trained ecologist and currently works in fisheries in New Zealand. In his spare time he writes about peak oil and energy […]
The cement industry is the most energy intensive of all manufacturing industries
The industrial sector, which encompasses manufacturing, mining, agriculture, and construction, accounted for almost a third of total U.S. energy use in 2012. Energy-intensive manufacturing accounted for a little more than half of […]
Inflation, Deflation, or Discontinuity?
A question that seems to come up quite often is, “Are we going to have inflation or deflation?” People want to figure out how to invest. Because of this, they want to […]
Renewables Continue to Outpace Conservative Global Projections
The International Energy Agency is out with its latest medium-term outlook for global renewables. And once again, projections for installation and energy production have been revised upward. According to the IEA’s analysis, […]
Switching or Swapping Batteries, It’s Still A Costly Engineering Exercise
Katie Spense examines what’s involved in designing a car with the ability to swap batteries like the Tesla Model S. via EVWorldwire http://www.evworld.com/news.cfm?rssid=30639
Concept: Future Airliner Powered By Hybrid Engines
EADS E-Fan concept would combine single jet engine burning algae-produced biojet fuel and six superconducting electric fanjets on flights of up to two hours via EVWorldwire http://www.evworld.com/news.cfm?rssid=30640
What’s the Real Story With Clean Coal?
Coal-fired power plants are responsible for one third of all U.S. carbon dioxide emissions each year. Recently President Obama proposed a plan to combat climate change including a measure that will regulate […]
How Electric Vehicles Can Help Europe’s Ailing Economy
The report estimates that savings of between �58 billion and �83 billion a year in oil imports can be made by improving vehicle technology, among the other economic benefits. via EVWorldwire http://www.evworld.com/news.cfm?rssid=30619
Introduction to the Permian Basin — Part 1: Why is the Permian Basin important?
The Permian Basin is one of the US’s primary drivers of oil production growth. Market Realist provides an overview of this prolific hydrocarbon asset with a primer piece: “Introduction to the Permian […]
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