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October, 2011
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What’s happening with Solyndra? According to Politico, Energy Secretary Stephen Chu is expected to testify on November 17 before the House Energy and Commerce oversight subcommittee. As the most high profile Solyndra witness...
Posted Friday, October 28th, 2011 at 10:22 am | Filed in: Electricity, Energy Supply, Policy
There's a very nice piece in this morning's WaPo by Juliet Eilperin and Steven Mufson, entitled, "Private secctor hesitates in financing clean-tech firms":
"As federal stimulus dollars for investment in renewable energy begin t...
Posted Thursday, October 27th, 2011 at 5:12 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Electricity, Energy Demand, Natural Gas, Oil Dependence, Policy
This week, ten New England and Mid-Atlantic States announced the formation of a regional network to promote electric vehicles (EVs). The Northeast Electric Vehicle Network aims to enhance plug-in infrastructure in order to exped...
Posted Friday, October 21st, 2011 at 11:06 am | Filed in: Automotive, Electrification, Transportation
Buried and juxtaposed in the World Watch section of today's WSJ down on page A13 are two articles that neatly capture the current climate conundrum. The first, titled "Increasing Use of Coal Prompts IEA Warning" warns:
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Posted Thursday, October 20th, 2011 at 9:33 am | Filed in: Electrification, Energy Security, Environment, Oil Dependence, Renewables
This week, OPEC cut its demand forecast for the fourth consecutive month by 180,000 barrels a day—the deepest cuts this year—as prices hover at just above $85 per barrel. The current price is a 25% drop from the 52 week high...
Posted Friday, October 14th, 2011 at 1:48 pm | Filed in: Energy Demand, Energy Security, Oil Dependence
Even though the US is awash in cheap natural gas,and flat global demand is depressing oil price futures, the picture for clean energy alternatives brightened considerably this year, according to a new report by Bloomberg New Ener...
Posted Thursday, October 13th, 2011 at 7:53 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Electrification
The costs and benefits of car ownership are difficult to weigh for many urban dwellers. Insurance, maintenance, increasingly high fuel prices, and the price of the vehicle itself are sometimes prohibitively expensive for the inf...
Posted Wednesday, October 12th, 2011 at 12:53 pm | Filed in: Automotive, Electrification, Transportation
As ex-rebel troops loyal to the new transitional government in Tripoli crack down on some of the last holdouts of former Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi’s regime, Libya’s oil minister Nuri Berruien reports his country is now ...
Posted Tuesday, October 11th, 2011 at 2:21 pm | Filed in: Energy Supply, Oil
Yesterday, Jonathan Silver, the head of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) loan guarantee program, announced he is stepping down from his position to become a distinguished visiting fellow at centrist think tank Third Way. Secre...
Posted Friday, October 7th, 2011 at 12:08 pm | Filed in: Energy Security, Legislation, Oil Dependence, Renewables
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