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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 A lot has changed in the way we produce and consume energy since the Cubs last won the World Series. Technological changes and society’s push for renewable energy has led to a reshuffling of the US energy consumption mix. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Petroleum Supply Monthly On Tuesday, the Cleveland Indians are set to […]
Despite the advancements in renewable energy generation over the past few years, fossil fuels continue to dominate the US energy consumption landscape. The EIA is expecting fossil fuel’s share to fall drastically over the next 20 years, to about 75% of consumption, the lowest level since the early 1900’s. Technological advances and potential policy changes […]
Because of multiple economic, political, social, and weather factors, coal production has dropped in recent years and is now at its lowest level since 1981. This lack of coal is creating even more demand for natural gas for electricity generation, leaving much of the Northeast at risk for wildly volatile natural gas prices. Source: U.S. […]
Equities and the economy After coming within a whisker of posting new highs earlier in the week U.S. stock prices fell both Thursday and Friday. On Friday the Dow fell 120 points, 0.67%, finishing at 17,865, the S&P 500 lost 19, 0.92%, to 2,096 and the more volatile Nasdaq got clobbered falling 1.29%, 64 points, […]
Coal and natural gas plants are retiring in Texas. Now may be the time to look into solar and storage options to provide energy stability for the future. ERCOT may need to plan for a skinny duck curve. In the next 15 years, Texas expects to add somewhere between 14 and 27 gigawatts of solar […]
Equities and the economy The bulls beat up on the bears on Tuesday and the bears beat up on the bulls on Wednesday and yesterday they both left the battlefield and went back to their corrals and their caves and licked their wounds. The Dow rose 9 points to 17,720, the S&P 500 closed flat […]
Equities and Economy Stocks tumbled yesterday as the Dow fell for the 5th consecutive day closing down 255 points, 1.60%, at 15,660. The S&P 500 lost 23, 1.23%, to 1,829. The Nasdaq fared the best closing down only 0.39%, at 4,267. It could have been, oh, so much worse. At 2:37 EST the Dow was […]
2015 was a huge year for green energy, where over 60% of added capacity came from renewable sources. New capacity from nuclear, coal and oil will continue to decline. Looks like our green energy future may be closer than we think. It was quite a year for renewable energy. 2015 set the record for new […]
ERCOT reported a 2.2% increase in energy usage within its region of Texas in 2015, fueled by a record-breaking summer that brought a new peak demand record approaching 70,000 MW. The Texas grid operator released a report Jan. 15 that indicated the system consumed 347,522,945 MWh of electricity last year, nearly 7.5 million MWh more than in […]
Full rail cars outside Cloud Peak Energy’s Antelope Coal loading terminal in Rawlins, Wyo. About 40 percent of the nation’s coal is mined on public land in the state. Credit Jim Wilson/The New York Times WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will announce on Friday a halt to new coal mining leases on public lands as […]
