The electricity generation sector is facing several new rules from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and a number of states. Most notably, the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) and…
Power
Monthly Issue | April 19, 2012
When I was working for Enron in the 1990s, one of the mantras of the company was that eventually all the network industries would become like the natural gas business.…
In 2009, when the United States fell into economic recession, greenhouse gas emissions also fell, by 6.59 percent relative to 2008. In the power sector, however, the recession was not…
Last month, I attended the annual IHS CERAWeek conference in Houston. This meeting brings together some of the biggest and most influential names and companies in the global energy industry.…
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is facing major population growth over the next decade: The country is expected to grow from 28 million to 40 million by 2020. With this…
The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA), which supplies power to much of central Texas, has begun the process of replacing its aging Thomas C. Ferguson Power Plant about 40 miles…
Finnish company Wärtsilä has long been a leader in the marine and distributed energy market, supplying combustion engine–based plants for low baseload, peaking, and industrial use. With its new Flexicycle…
A fair amount of ink has been spilled in the commodities market over record natural gas storage inventories in the U.S. At the end of March, U.S inventories stood at…
A fracking wastewater pond in the Barnett Shale field in Texas. Courtesy: TXSharon, flikr.com Intense debate over hydraulic fracturing and how to regulate it continues to engage the gas industry,…