Fracking is a thirsty technique — and most of the fracking underway in the U.S. is occurring in regions suffering from drought. That’s according to a new analysis by Ceres, which reveals […]
Frackers are guzzling water in drought-plagued areas
New Study Finds Oil Sands Pollutants Underestimated by Official Estimates
The emission levels of some pollutants from the Athabasca oil sands may be higher than previous official estimates, according to researchers at the University of Toronto. The focus of the study, polycyclic […]
Coal Industry in Structural Decline
Arch Coal (NYSE: ACI) reported a big loss for the fourth quarter of 2013, its eighth straight. The numbers came in lower than many analysts expected and the company continues to struggle […]
Fuel-switching from natural gas to oil helps accommodate Northeast winter natural gas demand and price spikes (2/5/2014)
Recent extreme cold weather in the Northeast boosted natural gas demand beyond the capacity of the natural gas delivery system that supplies New York and New England. As a result, the spot […]
Japan Looks at Dozens of New Geothermal Power Plants
In the aftermath of the 11 March 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear crisis, the then ruling Democratic Party of Japan took all of the country’s 54 nuclear reactors offline before subsequently restarting two […]
China and Renewables
The new year brought some deserved celebration of the advance of renewable energy in China, as the government announced nearly 8 Gigawatts of wind power additions and 3.6 Gigawatts of new solar installed during […]
Lower emissions cap for Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative takes effect in 2014 – Today in Energy – U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
Last year, the nine states participating in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) cap-and-trade program for carbon dioxide (CO2) decided to lower the program\’s emissions cap by 45% starting in 2014. RGGI […]
However you figure it, fossil fuel subsidies are as high as ever
The exact worth of massive global fossil fuel subsidies is incredibly hard to figure. There’s no real consistency in the definitions of subsidies, or how they should be calculated. As a result, […]
U.S. uranium concentrate production rises as Megatons to Megawatts program ends
U.S. uranium concentrate production in 2013 is up 21% since 2011 after the start of three production facilities, one in 2013 and two in 2011. Production has ramped up to partially offset […]
A next-gen battery is coming soon to the power grid
2014 seems poised to be the year that next-generation battery technologies become more widely available for the power grid. On Tuesday a five-year-old venture capital-backed startup called Primus Power announced that it’s […]
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