Friday, October 28, 2011

Repaying Greece's Debts with Tomorrow's Sunlight

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Some days the economic news seems to emanate from the Twilight Zone. When the official summit document from Wednesday's meeting of EU l...
Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Key Renewable Energy Subsidies About to Expire

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The US renewable energy industry faces a greatly altered incentive environment next year, as eligibility for two of its largest current subs...
Thursday, October 20, 2011

US Energy Poll Reveals Contradictions

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Yesterday I received a press release announcing the results of a new poll on US consumer attitudes towards energy conducted by the McCombs S...
Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Pipelines in the Spotlight

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There aren't many parts of the energy value chain that normally receive less attention than pipelines. Energy production, whether from o...
Friday, October 14, 2011

More Lessons from Solyndra

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I'll bet that those working and investing in renewable energy are even more tired of the steady stream of headlines from the unraveling ...
Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Is Mount Everest the Best Place for Solar Power?

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A new study on the impact of regional temperature differences on solar generating potential arrives at some surprising conclusions about the...
Thursday, October 06, 2011

Energy Efficiency: An Uphill Battle on A Slippery Slope

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With apologies for the dueling clichés in today's title, that image conveys the conflicting messages I received from a pair of events on...
Tuesday, October 04, 2011

The Energy Glass Is More Than Half Full

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A recent comment from a frequent reader got me thinking about the good news that has accumulated on the energy front, even as the rest of th...
Wednesday, September 28, 2011

The East Coast Refinery Gap

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I see that ConocoPhillips has announced it will idle its 185,000 barrel-per-day Philadelphia area refinery, as a prelude to selling it or cl...
Monday, September 26, 2011

Drawing Conclusions from Solyndra

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When the energy portions of the 2009 stimulus were announced I remarked to a colleague that I wouldn't be surprised if its billions in i...
Thursday, September 22, 2011

Breaking Oil's Monopoly on Transportation

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I've been thinking about an op-ed in Tuesday's New York Times written by a former National Security Advisor and a former CIA chief. ...
Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Secretary Chu Advised on "Prudent Development" of Oil and Gas

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A news item concerning last week's release of the National Petroleum Council's " Prudent Development " report referred to...
Thursday, September 15, 2011

Renewable Energy Faces the European Debt Crisis

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With all the bad economic news and political turbulence in the US, it's been easy to lose track of the sovereign debt crisis in Europe, ...
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

The American Jobs Act's Poison Pill(s)

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I had a completely different topic in mind for today's posting, but I'll have to come back to the energy implications of a potential...
Thursday, September 08, 2011

Turning to Energy for Jobs

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Yesterday's Energy Jobs Summit at the US Capitol, hosted by The Hill and API , focused on the potential of the energy sector to add larg...
Friday, September 02, 2011

Will Solar Bankruptcies Be Different From Ethanol's?

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The solar equipment business appears to be undergoing a shakeout, as three US solar firms have declared bankruptcy in the last few weeks. Th...