Barack Obama and Dilma Rousseff put climate change at the top of their agenda, with the US and Brazil agreeing to obtain up to 20% of their electricity from renewable power by 2030. “Brazil also committed to restoring up to 12m hectares of forest – an area about the size of England or Pennsylvania –… Keep reading →
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Energy News Round Up: New Bilateral Climate Agreement, Rise Of Think-Tanks & Duke Award CEO
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By U.S. Department of EnergyWASHINGTON – The Energy Department has announced that it has issued a final authorization for Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC’s Expansion Project (Sabine Pass) to export domestically produced liquefied natural gas (LNG) to countries that do not have a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States. The Sabine Pass LNG Terminal in Cameron Parish, Louisiana… Keep reading →
Energy News Roundup: New Report Highlights Rise Of Clean Energy, U.S. Crude Finishes Down & Armenia Facing Energy Protests
By Conor O'SullivanOn Monday the Advanced Energy Economy Institute released a new report on the United State’s clean energy revolution, documenting how renewable power and energy efficiency have become cost-competitive. “But the report can also be read as a damning indictment of America’s official energy information service, the EIA, which has been a consistent source of misinformation for the policymakers, planners and… Keep reading →
The issue was energy infrastructure – where the United States is and where things are headed. At the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) annual conference this week, one discussion honed in on the challenges to infrastructure approval and construction – as well as government’s best role in developing projects that are key to U.S. energy… Keep reading →
How To Ensure New Natural Gas Infrastructure Doesn’t Lock Out Renewables
By Environmental Defense Fund Energy Exchange BlogIn an ideal world, our electricity system would run on 100 percent clean, renewable energy. Moving toward that goal means transitioning away from a system of centralized, fossil fuel power plants, to an intelligent, efficient, networked energy grid that smoothly integrates vastly increased amounts of renewables and energy-efficient solutions. To do that, we have to… Keep reading →
Energy News Roundup: OPEC To Maintain Current Policy, Fossil Fuels Dominant in Canada & Iran’s Sanctions Remedy
By Conor O'SullivanOPEC have pledged to stay the course following a meeting at their headquarters in Vienna on Firday — maintaining with a targeted production level of 30 million barrels per day. “The news was, frankly, just as broadly expected — thanks to the reasonably successful fruits of what has been widely described as a strategy to hold on to market share. “There’s… Keep reading →
How Might Clean Power Plan Impact Your Electricity Bill? German Situation May Offer Valuable Clues
By Roman KilisekThe US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) newly released analysis of the impacts of the EPA’s proposed Clean Power Plan finds a mixture of technology, market forces and policy could result in a significant carbon emissions reductions if the rule is ultimately passed. The rule is intended to reduce CO2 emissions from existing fossil fuel power generation… Keep reading →
Energy Quote of the Day: Agencies Fail to Keep Up with Renewable Energy Growth, Cost Cutting
By Pete DankoThe institutions that policymakers turn to for data and projections on important energy trends aren’t doing a very good job when it comes to renewables, almost invariably selling things like solar and wind short when it comes to growing deployments and lowering costs. So say Eric Gimon and Sonia Aggarwal, from America’s Power Plan, a group that has come up… Keep reading →
Energy News Roundup: Texas Floods Related To Climate Change, Clean Power Plan Analysis & Duke Reveals Storage Plans
By Conor O'SullivanConstant rainfall in recent weeks across Texas and Oklahoma resulting in extreme flooding is a result of global warming which is affecting the jet stream, according to meteorologists. “The waterlogged landscape is partly to blame for the weather-related destruction in Central Texas, where fierce storms and tornadoes have dumped record amounts of rain, swelling rivers… Keep reading →
Consumers have felt some of the fruits of America’s energy revolution, API Chief Economist John Felmy told reporters in a pre-Memorial Day conference call. Felmy noted: Drivers are paying about $1 less per gallon of gasoline on average nationwide than they did at this time a year ago, according to AAA. Thanks to advanced hydraulic… Keep reading →