The equivalent of a Category 5 hurricane, typhoon Haiyan, aka Yolanda, barreled through the Philippines and is expected to make landfall in Vietnam Sunday. “The Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System, jointly run by the United Nations and the European Commission, said nearly 16 million people, including more than 12 million from the Philippines, were… Keep reading →
With fall in full swing, iconic images associated with the changing seasons are coming into view — leaves changing colors, pumpkin patches and apple picking. Windows allow us a view of these wonderful seasonal changes, but they also pose a real challenge for commercial and home energy performance — accounting for up to 50 percent… Keep reading →
Imitation the highest form of flattery Being big, as everyone knows, does not necessarily equate to being profitable or valuable. Yet, the valuation that investors place on companies, as measured in market capitalization – number of outstanding shares times price per share – is sometimes short of stunning, especially for start-up companies few have even… Keep reading →
We’ve written many times about the potential for technological advancements in thermostats to usher in huge energy savings. But our coverage has always represented the point of view of innovators, manufacturers and utilities. Blogger Rebecca Reynolds has written a unique customer’s take on her digital thermostat, entitled “My Digital Thermostat is Slowly Trying to Kill… Keep reading →
Quick Take: When it comes to the pending electricity revolution, many utilities dither or postpone or explain away (“It may have happened to every other industry. But it will NEVER happen to us. Because we’re special.”) Many environmental groups, on the other hand, are stepping up. They are not just saying that something must change.… Keep reading →
New Navy vessel has a 78 megawatt power plant – more power than any existing US non-nuclear ship. WASHINGTON: To boldly go in a revolutionary ship where no one has commanded before. Why the clumsy Star Trek reference? Because the Navy’s newest, stealthy, most radical ship, the USS Zumwalt, will be commanded by the fabulously named… Keep reading →
The head of the US Energy Information Administration Adam Sieminski spoke about a wide range of issues at an event in New York earlier this week, including the US Winter Fuels Outlook, the new drilling productivity report, the geopolitics of shale development, EIA’s International Energy Outlook, and he provided insight into the rapidly-developing technologies used… Keep reading →
Clearly Energy, an online resource for information on energy efficiency, has built a web-based “Energy Haunted House” for Halloween. We can’t say that it’s scary, but it is full of interesting energy factoids, and amusingly refers to greenhouse gas emissions as “human earth farts”. Some of the things we found out: “Refrigerators made in the… Keep reading →
TransCanada’s CEO Russ Girling says they are not giving up on the Keystone XL Pipeline project and neither are producers seeking to ship their product through the line. The economic rationale of transporting oil via pipe rather than rail underpins the project and Girling is confident “the oil market transcends politics.” [The Hill] Eike Batista’s… Keep reading →
The EIA’s latest Short-Term Energy and Winter Fuels Outlook finds US households heated with natural gas, propane and electricity face higher heating bills this winter. Homes in the northeast that use heating oil will pay slightly less for the fuel than last year. These price movements are primarily due to changes in underlying commodity prices,… Keep reading →
