Energy Economist Africa: Picking on the little polluters
The recent spate of plans for coal-fired power plants in Sub-Saharan Africa has generated opposition on environmental grounds.
Indonesia’s biodiesel mandate—the long road ahead: Fuel for Thought
The Indonesian government should be congratulated for keeping its biodiesel blending mandate afloat despite a prolonged period of low oil prices.
Three turbine manufacturers provide more than 75% of U.S. wind capacity
(Mon, 28 Nov 2016) EIA recently started collecting data on wind turbine manufacturers, turbine models, and other wind plant attributes in the Annual Electric Generator Report. As of the end of 2015, just three manufacturers—General Electric (GE), Vestas, and Siemens—accounted for 55 gigawatts (GW), or 76%, of installed wind generating capacity in the United States.
What President Trump Should Build
Readers offer their ideas, ranging from unglamorous but necessary public works projects to a new power grid and underground power lines.
Desperately Plugging Holes in an 87-Year-Old Dam
A crucial dam struggles to keep things moving as improvements are continually delayed — a symbol of the nation’s infrastructure problems.
U.S. average gasoline prices this Thanksgiving are the second-lowest in eight years
(Wed, 23 Nov 2016) Heading into the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, U.S. retail regular-grade gasoline averaged $2.16 per gallon (g), up just six cents per gallon from the same time last year. This is the second-lowest gasoline price since 2008, when the national regular gasoline price averaged $1.89/g on the Monday prior to Thanksgiving.
New infrastructure aims to increase takeaway capacity of natural gas from Utica region
(Tue, 22 Nov 2016) A number of pipeline projects that have been approved, or are in various stages of the approval process, would increase capacity to transport natural gas from the Utica production region in Ohio to natural gas markets. Collectively, these projects could add up to 6.8 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of takeaway capacity out of the Utica region by the end of 2018.
Updated Capital Cost Estimates for Utility Scale Electricity Generating Plants
(Tue, 22 Nov 2016) The current and future projected cost and performance characteristics of new electric generating capacity are a critical input into the development of energy projections and analyses.
Why Chinese steel output is up despite capacity cuts
With China’s crude steel output in the first ten months of 2016 up nearly one percent year on year, many have wondered aloud how to make sense of the data.
Build He Won’t
Don’t fall for the Trump infrastructure scam.