The Beginning Of A New Megatrend In Solar Energy
The solar sector has enjoyed a jaw-dropping run-up in the current year. The sector’s sole pure-play solar fund, Invesco Solar Portfolio ETF (TAN), is up 234% over the past 52 Continue Reading
Trump administration moves to open more of Alaska NPR to oil exploration
US Interior Secretary David Bernhardt signed into effect Jan. 4 a major land management change for the 23 million-acre National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, a long-anticipated action to open areas along the Continue Reading
DOE to invest $6.4M to develop hydrogen-fueled turbines
The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) announced $6.4 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development projects under the funding opportunity announcement (FOA) FE-FOA Continue Reading
Baker Hughes Dips Into Carbon Capture as Climate Pressures Grow
Baker Hughes Co., one of the world’s biggest oilfield servicers, bought technology that enables companies to capture carbon emissions with a view to storing them underground as the industry faces Continue Reading
Should Oil Markets Brace for A U.S. Shale Comeback?
The 2020 crisis put an abrupt end to the growth in U.S. crude oil production, which had just hit 13 million barrels per day (bpd) before oil prices and demand Continue Reading
Permian Highway enters service, brightening gas market outlook for West Texas
Kinder Morgan on Jan. 4 said its Permian Highway Pipeline has begun full commercial service, bringing West Texas producers long-awaited new gas transmission capacity and a potential lift to prices. Continue Reading
Texas support for massive transmission boost for renewables in question
Highlights $3 billion/year in savings possible 21 GW of coal and gas retirements seen Houston — The Electric Reliability Council of Texas must massively expand its transmission capacity to move Continue Reading
Biden Climate Plan Looks For Buy-in From Farmers Who Are Often Skeptical About Global Warming
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris look on as Tom Vilsack, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee to head the Department of Agriculture, delivers remarks at the Queen Continue Reading
England goes into new lockdown as COVID-19 variant rampages
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday ordered England into a new national lockdown to contain a surge in COVID-19 cases that threatens to overwhelm parts of the health system Continue Reading
European Boosts Imports Of Russian Fuel Oil
We have already written about one of the most paradoxical developments of the US-Russia energy relationship, namely that American refiners have become the number one buyer of Russia’s fuel oil Continue Reading