Natural gas with carbon capture and storage could be an ideal long-term cheap and reliable low-carbon energy source, writes Albert Gilbert, cofounder of US-based energy research platform Spark Library. Compared to coal, using carbon capture for natural gas is both cheaper and cleaner. However, much more needs to be done to make commercial development of natural gas with CCS possible. … [Read more...]
The inexorable shift of the US power sector
The growth of renewable energy in the US is based on fundamental economic, environmental and security benefits that it provides, writes David Littell of the Regulatory Assistance Project. This is why the renewables train can’t be stopped anymore. … [Read more...]
How much can the next president influence the US energy system?
There have been dramatic changes in the U.S. energy system under our current president – a big drop in the use of coal, a boom in domestic oil and gas development from fracking, and the rapid spread of renewable energy. But in terms of influencing energy technology deployment, the next president will have a lot less influence than you might expect, writes Carey King, Research Scientist at the University of Texas. … [Read more...]
US shale oil: the day of reckoning will come
The financial state of the US shale oil industry is much worse than the still impressive production figures would lead us to believe, writes energy expert Jilles van den Beukel, a former geophysicist with Shell. Shale oil producers and investors have managed to postpone the day of reckoning, but the fundamentals of the industry make a shake-out inevitable. … [Read more...]
How can we move beyond oil?
The US is moving beyond coal, but when it comes to oil, the energy transition has only just begun, writes Justin Guay, Program Officer, Climate at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Oil still dominates the transport market – and the political landscape. According to Guay, to move beyond oil, there is only one solution: to embrace the opportunity of shared, autonomous, electrified mobility. Article co-authored with Anthony Eggert of … [Read more...]
New data debunks clean energy claims Apple, Amazon, Google
Recent claims by owners of large data centers that a large part of their operations are powered by renewable energy have skeptics coming out of from under their solar panels. Now, there is hard data proving that skepticism is valid, writes energy consultant and author Jim Pierobon. He applauds the efforts of companies like Amazon, Apple and Google to strive for clean energy, but calls for more transparency on their actual practices. … [Read more...]
Exxon’s never-ending big dig
ExxonMobil not only appears to have ignored its own scientists when they warned about the dangers of greenhouse gas emissions in the 1980s, the company even took advantage of its inside knowledge by leasing large tracts for Arctic oil exploration, writes famous author and activist Bill McKibben in a revealing essay. What is worse, says McKibben, is that even today Exxon continues to spend billions finding and producing ever more fossil fuels. But … [Read more...]
Robert Johnston, CEO Eurasia Group: “Take a seat at the table and advocate for gas”
The big question in the energy sector today is whether the world will move to a zero-carbon policy in which fossil fuels have no place, or a world in which natural gas is part of the solution, says Robert Johnston, CEO of US-based consulting firm Eurasia Group, in an interview with World Energy Focus. Johnston advises companies to “take a seat at the policy table and advocate for gas” to counter “growing demands to exclude natural gas”. … [Read more...]
Corporate interest in green energy requires new thinking from electric utilities
Corporate America is going green, writes Dennis Wamsted. Electricity companies had better take notice: they can offer their customers what they ask for - or watch them contract for it on their own. … [Read more...]
Four trends to watch in US renewable energy finance in the US
Dan Scripps of Advanced Energy Perspectives, describes the four major trends taking place in renewable energy finance in the US. Green Banks are scaling up, Yieldcos are shaping, green philanthropy is on the rise and energy efficiency investments are picking up. … [Read more...]
Why the next generation of nuclear energy technology innovation won’t be like the last one
Changes are taking place in the industrial world that will shape the future of the nuclear industry. The US nuclear industry is in many ways still rooted in the past, writes Dan Yurman on his blog Neutron Bytes. He discusses a number of ways in which the industry could connect up to what is called “the Fourth Industrial Revolution”. … [Read more...]
High time for a Western oil strategy
This is an ideal time for Western governments to put in place a strategy to ensure that oil will no longer lead us into war, writes Frank Vogl, co-founder of Transparency International. But a “Clean Trade Act” as advocated by Leif Weinar in his impressive new book on oil dictatorships won’t work. Better to proceed on a case-by-case basis. Courtesy The Globalist. … [Read more...]
How far can renewables go? Pretty darn far
This is part 4 of a series looking at the economic trends of new energy technologies by the famous author and thinker Ramez Naam. Part 1 looked at how cheap solar can get (very cheap indeed). Part 2 looked at the declining cost and rising reliability of wind power. Part 3 looked at how cheap energy storage can get (pretty darn cheap). Now Naam discusses how far renewables can go. … [Read more...]
The cheapest way to scale up wind and solar energy? High-tech power lines
A new study from researchers at the prestigious National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the US concludes that the US can cut greenhouse gas emissions from the electricity sector by 80 per cent while keeping prices at or below current levels. The key to achieving this is to build a nationwide, modernised grid that will allow large-scale systems integration of renewable energies.Scientist Christopher Clack explains how the … [Read more...]
How to stop the fossil fuel industry from wrecking our worldÂ
In spite of the Paris Agreement, the fossil fuel industry is carrying on much as before, writes famous author and activist Bill McKibben, founder of NGO 350.org. This is partly because of the influence Big Oil has, but also because there are no legal grounds – from a climate perspective – on which to stop projects. However, notes McKibben, citizen groups are increasingly resisting projects at the local level. Courtsey Tomdispatch.com. … [Read more...]
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