Fail fast.
It is the mantra of the new economy, as acknowledgment spreads that invaluable lessons and unanticipated knowledge gains can occur even when projects don’t work. That lesson is much easier to learn when starting up a new networking site with a handful of employees than it is in the energy business, where research that ends in failure can cost millions of dollars at least. Keep reading →
In energy, government can mean business.
Public policy is paramount in creating new markets and new business models within the energy sector, according to a former chief of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Keep reading →
New terms are always emerging in the energy business. With GE‘s recent deployment of eight Aero LMS100 turbine-generators in a California natural gas plant intended to act as a partner to renewables by ramping up and down extremely quickly, “wind firming” is the latest term that has emerged in the generation business.
The CPV Sentinel’s eight turbines can reach peak capacity in 10 minutes and are therefore part of “wind firming” because they provide a back-up system for intermittent generation sources such as wind and solar. Keep reading →
GE is diving head-first into renewables generation. Keep reading →
Consolidation continues in the natural gas industry as companies with access to funding leverage their position in new markets through both acquisition and organic growth.
Natural gas assets are still fairly priced for now in most North American producing regions, Rockwater Energy Solutions Executive VP and Chief Financial Officer Holli Nichols told Breaking Energy. Her Houston-based firm is planning to grow by acquisition and organic growth in North America over the next few years, before turning to international markets. Keep reading →
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
When this video was filmed, most of the US power grid was already more than 50 years old, and concerns about technological innovation and investment levels in the electricity sector were intensifying. Keep reading →
With leadership in the global economy and in the energy industry increasingly up for grabs among new players and established giants, demonstrating leadership and innovation has become an essential tool for attracting investors and placating regulators.
Oil giant Chevron has staked out its territory in the leadership race today with the announcement of a “groundbreaking” strategic partnership with the Washington, DC-based Center for Strategic and International Studies. Keep reading →
In Canada we are resource rich but vision poor.
We have the World’s second largest oil reserves and large storage hydro systems that provide amongst the cheapest electricity in the World. Keep reading →
The sun shines strong on hot summer days and soon the US may be capturing much of its power for electricity.
Solar markets have picked up in activity in recent days, both on the production and consumption side, aided by strategic boosts from the US government. Keep reading →
The World Bank is wielding its biggest weapon in combating urban emissions: Data.
World Bank President Robert Zoellick announced this morning that the group would be officially partnered with C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group headed by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg. A data-aggregation master, the World Bank will give the C40 group critical help in collecting data from its member cities and providing a sense of uniformity to the collection of international members. Keep reading →
