US energy: California’s cleaner dream
Perched on a rocky coastal cliff in central California, surrounded by rolling hills and a nature reserve, the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant has been a lightning rod for controversy Continue Reading
EIA’s Contradictory Oil And Gas Predictions For 2017
Monday’s drilling productivity report from the EIA shows the agency’s somewhat pessimistic expectations for domestic U.S. production. From October to November, the EIA estimates total new-well oil production in the Continue Reading
Blowing The Competition Away: The Wind Power Boom In The U.S.
Mid west wind turbines Wind energy is changing the economy of the Midwest. Wind is the fastest growing source of electricity in the United States, and about 70 percent of Continue Reading
Batteries May Trip ‘Death Spiral’ in $3.4 Trillion Credit Market
Energy storage technologies impact a quarter of corporate debt Fitch urges utilities to diversify to limit risk of disruptive Battery technologies starting to disrupt the electricity and automobile industries may Continue Reading
Greenpeace sues Norway over Arctic oil
Environmental group Greenpeace said Tuesday it filed a lawsuit against the Norwegian government for giving energy companies consent to drill in Arctic waters. The group’s Norwegian branch and regional advocate Continue Reading
EU meets on climate with countries in former Soviet sphere
For the first time, European ministers said they committed to working with non-member states near the eastern territorial border on greening up the economy. The first meeting of ministers for Continue Reading
Oil groups ‘threatened’ by electric cars
Oil companies face a “resoundingly negative” threat from a sharp growth of electric cars, one of the leading credit rating agencies has warned. “Widespread adoption of battery-powered vehicles is a Continue Reading
Shell selling 16 upstream assets worth more than $500 million
Filled oil drums are seen at Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s lubricants blending plant in the town of Torzhok, north-west of Tver, November 7, 2014. Royal Dutch Shell is currently offering Continue Reading
Oil Hovers Around $50 as U.S. Stockpiles Weigh Against OPEC Cuts
U.S. stockpiles probably rose by 2.1 million barrels: survey Intervention may see market rebalance before end-2017: Birol Oil shrugged off data forecast to show U.S. stockpiles gained a second week, Continue Reading
Oil edges up as analysts say market could be closer to balance than expected
Crude oil storage tanks are seen from above at the Cushing oil hub, in Cushing, Oklahoma, March 24, 2016. Oil prices rose early on Tuesday as some analysts said markets Continue Reading