Energy Outlook
Useful information and discussion about energy, including oil and gas, peak oil, hydrogen, alternative energy, ethanol and other biofuels, climate change, and geopolitics, from an experienced industry professional.
A service of GSW Strategy Group, LLC, providing foresight and insight in an uncertain world. Content Copyright 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 by Geoffrey S.W. Styles. All rights reserved. The views expressed here are solely those of the author.
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Posted 2 years ago
This morning I ran across a news item indicating that Dow Chemical was installing a biomass cogeneration unit at its facility in Aratu, Brazil to provide process steam with minimal greenhouse gas emis
Posted 2 years ago
Time is running out for the ethanol blenders credit and the matching ethanol import tariff, which at least one industry publication suggests are likely to survive, but at sharply reduced rates. Alth
Posted 2 years ago
Yesterday I participated in a webinar examining the sustainability aspects of the shale gas revolution. The online audience asked good, probing questions, and if there was a theme to them, it seemed t
Posted 2 years ago
The mood going into this week's global climate conference in Cancun, Mexico is decidedly different than that for last year's session in Copenhagen, which had been intended to culminate the process beg
Posted 2 years ago
I see that the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) will be winding down its CO2 trading operations by the end of the year and laying off staff. This is only surprising considering that the parent company o
Posted 2 years ago
I've been thinking about the implications for energy of a major deficit reduction effort along the lines suggested by the co-chairs of the President's fiscal responsibility and reform commission. Our
Posted 2 years ago
This morning I received an emailed press release announcing that the Altamont landfill gas facility in California had been recognized by the state's governor for its achievement in sustainability. Wha
Posted 2 years ago
As the US Congress returns from its election recess to take up its lame duck session, one of many crucial pending items it will likely take up is the so-called extenders package: key tax provision
Posted 2 years ago
Energy subsidies have become a hot-button issue for both renewable and conventional energy, with each side claiming the other receives more than it should. This issue is on the agenda for the meeting
Posted 2 years ago
Geothermal power is probably the lowest-profile renewable energy option we have. It doesn't get nearly the attention that wind and solar power do--even from me--although it has been quietly cranking
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