UK energy start-up Gravitricity announced February 7 it had received a GBP650,000 ($903,400) grant from Innovate UK, the UK government’s innovation agency, for a plan to use old mines shafts to store energy.
(Thu, 08 Feb 2018) EIA estimates that U.S. energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions declined by 861 million metric tons (14%) from 2005 to 2017. In the latest <em>Short-Term Energy Outlook</em>, EIA projects that CO2 emissions will rise 1.8%, from 5,143 million metric tons in 2017 to 5,237 million metric tons in 2018, then remain virtually unchanged in 2019. In 2019, energy-related CO2 emissions will be about 13% lower than 2005 levels.
(Wed, 07 Feb 2018) The mix of fuels used to generate electricity in the United States has changed in response to differences in the relative costs of electricity-generating technologies and, for those technologies that consume fuel, the cost of fuel.
(Tue, 06 Feb 2018) EIAâs <em>Annual Energy Outlook 2018</em> (AEO2018), to be released at 10:00 this morning, includes projections of U.S. energy markets through 2050 based on a Reference case and a number of sensitivity cases.
(Tue, 06 Feb 2018) EIAâs <em>Annual Energy Outlook 2018</em> (AEO2018), released this morning, includes projections of U.S. energy markets through 2050 based on a Reference case and a number of sensitivity cases.
As oil prices recover from the lows of 2014, US shale producers face a choice: continue to invest in record production or start returning cash to investors who helped them weather the downturn.
(Mon, 05 Feb 2018) China surpassed the United States in annual gross crude oil imports in 2017, importing 8.4 million barrels per day (b/d) compared with 7.9 million b/d for the United States. China had become the worldâs largest net importer (imports minus exports) of total petroleum and other liquid fuels in 2013.
(Fri, 02 Feb 2018) In July 2017, Californiaâs state legislature passed assembly bill (AB) 398 to reauthorize and extend until 2030 the stateâs economy-wide greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction program. The bill sets a new GHG target of at least 40% below the 1990 level of emissions by 2030. As of 2015, about 86% of Californiaâs GHG emissions were related to the consumption of energy.
There is no question that China is combining industrial and environmental policies in a way that is more radical than most, if not all, Western governments.
The commoditization of the global LNG market has had implications across several associated industries, ranging from the gas-fired power sector to seaborne gas transportation.
