The debate over America’s Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS), and the role that advanced biofuels like sugarcane ethanol play in meeting our clean energy goals, has largely focused on what the Environmental Protection […]
Methane Leakage and Impact Measurement
Cornell professors Richard Howarth, Renee Santoro, and Anthony Ingraffea ignited a controversy in 2011 when they published a study claiming that, due to escaped methane, emissions from hydraulically fractured natural gas were […]
Natural Gas and Changing Industry
Ron, welcome. You are making a presentation at the Money-Show conferencein Orlando in late January. What is the gist of your presentation? Ron Muhlenkamp: The gist of my presentation is that natural […]
Can Natural Gas Weather The Cold?
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 […]
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 […]
Electric Cars May Change How the Power Grid Operates
CMU study finds that letting the utility decide when and where to recharge an electric car can save the owner from $70-120 annually on their power bill. via EVWorldwire http://ift.tt/L1EvM7
Energy Economist: The burden that Japan is facing in its higher energy costs
Energy costs in Japan are reaching a critical point. The economy is growing too slowly to offset the burden of increased commodity energy imports. Renewables will add further costs. Bringing the country’s […]
U.S. propane shortage hits millions during brutal freeze
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Millions of Americans are feeling the pinch of a propane shortage this week as brutal cold exposes the supply vulnerabilities of a fuel that heats homes, schools and […]
EIA now providing more detail on electric capacity additions and retirements
Beginning in December 2013, new tables and maps in the Electric Power Monthly provide detailed accounting of generator additions and retirements, as well as their effects on total capacity by fuel and […]
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