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Now the U.S. Attack Chinese Wind Towers with Tariffs

Jun 01, 2012 at 16:25

The US Commerce Department has once again imposed anti-subsidy penalties on Chinese renewable energy imports, this time of utility-scale wind towers.The department issued a preliminary ruling on Wednesday…

How to Protect a Smart Grid from Threats in the Future

Jun 01, 2012 at 16:23

Cyber terrorism is the nightmare scenario for the energy industry. Fear, uncertainty and doubt (FUD) are the weapons of choice.  In the ‘good old days’ we worried about hurricanes, tornadoes,…

Curtain Closing on Canadian Crude

May 31, 2012 at 17:54

Shell announced plans to expand its oil sands operations in Alberta province by as much as 90,000 bpd and said similar efforts were under way to make the country's western…

Reports of Nabucco Pipeline's Death are Exaggerated

May 31, 2012 at 17:51

The refining director at BP caused a stir last week in Berlin when he was interpreted as saying the full version of the Nabucco natural gas pipeline was no longer…

Geothermal Energy Could Provide 20% of the UK's Electricity Needs

May 31, 2012 at 17:33

A recent study by the engineering industry consultants Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM) has concluded that by spending just £11 million a year to raise geothermal energy subsidies the UK could…

International Climate Talks Are Progressing, But Very Slowly

May 31, 2012 at 17:30

The climate negotiations are proceeding at an “unacceptable” pace, said UN climate chief Christiana Figueres today, but progress is being made.Speaking in Cologne at the opening of the…

Canada - More of the Great White North Up for Energy Development?

May 30, 2012 at 17:09

Quick – which is the U.S.’s biggest supply of non-OPEC oil? Canada - according to the U.S. Energy Administration, the United States total crude oil imports now average 9.033…

Behind the Low Oil Prices Lurks a Struggling Economy

May 30, 2012 at 17:05

As oil prices drop to below $90 a barrel this week, reaching a seven-month low, it’s fine to take heart in the accompanying dip in gas prices at the pump,…

Water Treatment Offers Good Investment Opportunities thanks to Oil & Gas

May 30, 2012 at 16:50

Investors are increasingly looking at the water treatment sector to tap expected growing demand for new water technologies, especially from the extractive industries.These industries use huge amounts of…

Russia's Dysfunctional Economy Fails to Attract Investment Vital for Energy

May 30, 2012 at 16:44

Russia is a difficult country to analyse. It is the largest nation on Earth, rich in natural resources and human resources. And yet it is burdened with dysfunctional government, a…

Serbia to House World's Largest Solar Farm, But Investment Climate Flounders

May 29, 2012 at 17:48

While Serbia prepares to build the largest solar park in the world, tax revenue incentives and European Union policy initiatives rather than a public desire to go green help to…

Easy Energy is Delaying Further Technological Innovation

May 29, 2012 at 17:44

Over the weekend I read a blog post by author Nicholas Carr describing what he calls the hierarchy of innovation.Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about…

Germany's Power Grid under Increasing Pressure

May 29, 2012 at 17:37

With a steep growth of power generation from photovoltaic (PV) and wind power and with 8 GW base load capacity suddenly taken out of service the situation in Germany has…

The Huge Renewable Energy Potential of Alaska

May 29, 2012 at 17:23

Alaska is a vast state that would stretch from California to Florida if superimposed over the lower 48 states; it has twice the shoreline of all the lower 48 states…

Energy & Risk: Why We Are Experiencing an Energy Boom

May 29, 2012 at 17:22

The convergence of forces creating profound changes in domestic energy production is being driven by technology, globalization, demographic changes and by economies turning things upside down. But only recently and…

Short-Term Politics Stifles Pentagon's Green Energy Ambitions

May 28, 2012 at 17:59

The US Defense Department consumes more energy than any other department or sector in the country, spending around $20 billion annually by some estimates; but ambitious plans to make it…

After Egypt's Presidential Elections, Can We Expect Changes in Energy Policies?

May 28, 2012 at 17:55

The Egyptian presidential election is the most important political development flowing from the “Arab spring,” with enormous implications for the entire Middle East.According to partial results on 25…

Making a Big Stink: Is That a Landfill or a Gold Mine?

May 28, 2012 at 17:45

Who here likes landfills? Hands up! What... no one? Don't worry, you're not alone. Almost no one like landfills, and it's not hard to imagine why. Mountains of garbage, sometimes…

How Index Buying Affects Crude Oil Futures Prices

May 28, 2012 at 17:39

In my previous post I described a new research paper with University of Chicago Professor Cynthia Wu on the Effects of Index-Fund Investing on Commodity Futures Prices.…

The War on Coal: A Lie Invented by the Coal Industry

May 28, 2012 at 17:30

Big polluters and their Congressional allies have created a new straw man to knock down with the invention of the so-called “War on Coal.” It is a multi-million dollar disinformation…

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