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The WaPo has been right so often on energy security lately that we were beginning to doubt it -- or ourselves. All's right with the world today, though, as the Post ran a misguided editorial praising a so-called "clean energy st...
Posted Monday, May 21st, 2012 at 11:24 am | Filed in: Electricity, Energy Demand, Legislation, Policy, Renewables, Uncategorized
Wind turbines: They disrupt the lifestyles of bats and now they contribute, in a very small way, to global warming. Today's WSJ has an interesting piece by Robert Lee Hotz, reporting that large "wind farms slightly increase te...
Posted Monday, April 30th, 2012 at 8:05 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Electricity, Environment, Renewables
Widely reported is the news that natural gas futures in the US broke the $2 floor and were down to $1.984 per million British thermal units (Btu) yesterday for May delivery. And that's the Henry Hub price; in the Rockies, the pr...
Posted Thursday, April 12th, 2012 at 5:52 am | Filed in: Electric Utilities, Electricity, Energy Supply, Natural Gas
Does cheap natural gas represent an unalloyed good for American energy security and economic health? Or is it an easy quick fix, lulling us into a false sense of security that will prove damaging down the road? Those are the q...
Posted Monday, March 26th, 2012 at 6:47 am | Filed in: Electric Utilities, Electricity, Electrification, Energy Demand, Energy Security, Energy Supply, Environment, Natural Gas, Policy, Renewables
Michael Birnbaum and Anthony Faiola's piece in this morning's WaPo, "Solar industry faces subsidy cuts in Europe," is well worth a read, particularly for the comment of David Baldock, identified as executive director for the Ins...
Posted Monday, March 19th, 2012 at 8:59 am | Filed in: Economic Security, Electric Utilities, Electricity, Policy, Renewables
The so-called "smart grid" has been much the topic of conversation in energy policy circles for several years now. At its core, the idea is simple: better match electricity demand and supply by providing consumers more informa...
Posted Monday, February 27th, 2012 at 7:10 am | Filed in: Automotive, Electricity, Electrification, Energy Demand, Oil Dependence
Two articles in the Sunday NYT bookended the concept of intervening in energy markets to advance public policy goals or correct market failures. One, entitled "Lobbyist Helps a Project He Financed in Congress," will be more Soly...
Posted Monday, January 23rd, 2012 at 7:02 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Electricity, Energy Demand, Legislation, Natural Gas, Oil, Oil Dependence, Oil Prices, Policy, Renewables
Normally, the big energy news over the weekend at this time of year would be the results of the United National Climate Conference to implement the Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol, since a large porti...
Posted Monday, December 12th, 2011 at 5:14 am | Filed in: Economic Security, Electric Utilities, Electricity, Energy Demand, Energy Security, Energy Supply, Environment, Legislation, National Security, Renewables, Uncategorized
An important piece by Matt Day in the weekend WSJ: King Coal's Throne Under Threat that focuses on the impact of pending EPA rules limiting emissions of conventional pollutants. Day notes that
power plants are already ratch...
Posted Monday, December 5th, 2011 at 6:21 am | Filed in: Electric Utilities, Electricity, Energy Security, Energy Supply, Oil, Renewables
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