“You’re hitting your head against a stone wall,” his advisors told him. A revolution and hostage taking in Iran destabilized global oil and energy markets. An accident at Three Mile Island halted […]
Fuel Crises and Choices
Then and Now: Mapping Fuel Choice in the 21st Century
Although we face similar energy challenges, crises, and opportunities we did in the late 1970s, things like climate change, globalization and the digital era have fundamentally changed the way we actually approach […]
What Utility Planners Need to Know About Solar
The road to bringing more distributed solar into the utility resource mix runs through long-term planners. Solar complicates utility planning decisions, according to the findings presented in Treatment of Solar Generation in […]
International shale plays likely to face water shortfalls
Lack of sufficient water for hydraulic fracturing may impede international growth of oil and gas production from tight formations. via Fuel Fix http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/11/08/international-shale-plays-likely-to-face-water-shortfalls/
Friggin’ in the Riggin’: Traders Claim Oil Price Manipulation
Before we start with this weeks news please do take a moment to look at our latest presentation which analyzes various developments taking place within oil & gas and predicts 5 areas […]
Top Climatologist Slams Science Magazine For Getting The Extreme Weather Story Very Wrong
Climate change makes many extreme weather events more frequent and intense, such as heatwaves, droughts, wildfires and superstorms, according to a growing body of literature. That’s why so many climate scientists and […]
More corn grown in U.S. this year than ever before. Thanks, biofuels.
Cars and cows are slurping up the largest corn crop ever grown in the U.S. With the fall corn harvest three-quarters done, traders are anticipating a yield of about 14 billion bushels, Bloomberg […]
Carbon Capture and Storage Can Cause Earthquakes, Making It ‘A Risky And Likely Unsuccessful Strategy’
New research suggests that carbon capture and storage (CCS) may be a far more limited climate solution than previously thought because it can induce earthquakes, which can cause CO2 leakage. We’ve known […]
Japan’s Solar Market Surge Blows Away Earlier Forecasts
The newly projected 350 percent growth of Japan’s solar market from 2012 to 2013 dwarfs estimates made earlier this year. “The Japanese feed-in tariff is one of the most lucrative in the […]
The Water Heater as Grid Battery, Version 2.0
The household electric water heater, long a quiet partner in utility demand response programs, is going through a series of makeovers that just might turn it into tool that can match the […]
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