When a boiler or furnace is working it turns fuel into usable heat. Because this occurs at varying efficiencies the price of usable heat can be very different than the price of […]
Fuel Costs of Home Heating
The Future of Energy Storage Is Behind the Meter
Today, energy storage is often described as new, emerging or risky. But tomorrow, one word will suffice: mainstream. In California, we have a near perfect storm of market signals moving the entire […]
Graph of the Day: Countries with dirtiest coal power : Renew Economy
Here’s a couple of stunning graphs we dug up in an HSBC analysis of the recently completed Warsaw climate talks. This focuses on the issue of coal, where one of the main […]
Germany expands renewables targets, considers ‘virtual baseload’
Germany is expanding its renewable energy targets under a grand coalition agreement by the country’s two major political parties, but is also toying with the idea of introducing the concept of “virtual […]
Libyan crude oil production levels influence international crude oil markets
Libya\’s oil sector has been crippled by prolonged strikes at key loading ports since the end of July, removing more than 1 million barrels per day (bbl/d) of crude oil from the […]
Emissions of Methane in U.S. Exceed Estimates, Study Finds
A new analysis of man-made emissions of the greenhouse gas in the United States showed they were about 1.5 times higher than prevailing estimates. via NYT > Environment http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/26/us/emissions-of-methane-in-us-exceed-estimates-study-finds.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
99 Percent Of New Electric Capacity Installed In October Comes From Renewable Energy
The U.S. added 699 megawatts of new capacity to produce electricity in October and 99 percent, or 694 MW, came from renewable sources. The post 99 Percent Of New Electric Capacity Installed […]
[Closed] DISCUSSION: Germany’s tiny renewables costs
This interesting and beautiful graph was recently published by the German Renewable Energy Agency (Agentur für Erneuerbare Energien). It shows the increases of energy costs per month for the average German household […]
Oil Sands and the Environment: Part II
There are two primary ways of extracting bitumen from the oil sands. In situ production involves injecting steam into the ground to heat up the bitumen which is then pumped out of […]
At the Wellhead: Venezuela’s upgraders are maxed out to handle its heavy oil
Venezuela has extensive heavy oil reserves, and increasingly, no way of treating it. It’s not a feedstock that can just get thrown into any refinery. Platts Venezuelan correspondent Mery Mogollon discusses that […]
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