All Energy Voices
Food vs. fuel debate: It's about much more than cornCellulosic biofuels aren't ready for prime time. So the EPA should reduce the 2013 mandates for biofuels, not only for cellulosic but also for corn and other food-based biofuels.
Why is world using more coal? The China trade.International trade – especially the addition of China to the World Trade Organization in 2001 – has sharply boosted coal mining.
Top energy stories of 2012. What's your pick?From the fracking revolution to the CAFE standards to India's record blackout, 2012 had plenty of energy stories. Vote for your pick of top energy story for the year.
Energy independence for fossil fuels? There's no such thing.In a world energy market, where companies seek the highest profits, far-away events affect domestic prices.
Cleantech venture investing: dying – or just resting?Cleantech ventures seem to be suffering from the downsides of a 2006-08 investment bubble.
Why are US firms going 'green': CEOs or customers?The number of large US corporations with a climate, energy strategy has soared in the past five years, a new survey says. Customers, employees are the two major forces pushing change.
Energy in 2013: What's next for oil, gas, renewables?Oil, natural gas, and coal will continue to dominate American energy in 2013 and beyond, but recent dramatic growth in solar and wind portends a transition to a clean energy economy.
Enbridge ups investment in Northern Gateway pipelineEnergy firm Enbridge has committed an additional $150 million to the Northern Gateway pipeline which would carry oil from Alberta’s oil sands into northwestern British Columbia, according to Consumer Energy Report.
Eight reasons cleantech investors go wrongTechnology adoption tends to be slower in energy than in other sectors, which makes it easy for cleantech investors to under-price risk and overestimate commercialization.
How utilities can turn pilots into partnershipsExpanding into more customer-centric pilots would greatly help utilities position themselves to protect and expand their market standing, Shrank and Tehranian write.
Energy predictions from last year: Did they come true?Rapier grades the predictions he made last year about Keystone, natural gas prices, and other energy topics.
Coal on the rise as developing nations seek cheap fuelCoal will surpass oil as the world’s most popular fuel source within 10 years, according to a report from the International Energy Agency.
The one chart about oil's future everyone should seeWith high oil prices and new drilling techniques unable to move the needle on worldwide crude oil production, we should ask ourselves whether it is wise to base energy policy on the fantasies of industry and government forecasters, Cobb writes.
SolarCity: Why all the buzz behind cleantech's latest IPO?SolarCity ebbed the tide of bad financial news for the green energy industry with its successful IPO last week. In an interview with the Monitor, SolarCity head Lyndon Rive gives a behind-the-scenes look at the company's soaring debut on Wall Street and explains what it means for the future of renewable energy.
Keystone XL oil pipeline hits snag in TexasA judge in Texas has ordered that TransCanada Corp., the company behind the building of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, must stop work on a stretch of the line that will run beneath property owned by Michael Bishop for two weeks, due to that man’s challenge of the pipeline’s intentions.
Edison Mission Energy files for bankruptcy. Is natural gas to blame?Edison International's Edison Mission Energy filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday. Edison Mission's financial woes reflect the obstacles coal faces in a market increasingly dominated by cheap natural gas and a shift towards renewables.
Petrobras feels the downside of fossil fuel subsidiesTaxpayers, activists, and politicians see this outrageous tally of fossil fuel subsidies and get angry at the oil company — but in Petrobras' case, Rapier writes, it's the oil company footing the bill.
Amid energy crisis, a need to define and promote innovationToday’s energy technologies won’t be able to propel the world to deep reductions in global carbon emissions, Stepp writes, but improving energy innovation and developing new designs can.
EPA squelches soot. First step in a deluge of regulations?The US Environmental Protection Agency has imposed stricter standards on soot – or fine-particle pollution. Critics charge it's the beginning of a 'regulatory cliff.'
Exxon: US energy production surge to continueThe energy production revival in the United States will continue into the far future, according to a report released this week by fuel giant Exxon.
