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Is Wind Energy The Most Stable Renewables Investment?
The Covid-19 pandemic has wrought one of the most significant disruptions the energy market has ever faced. A decidedly gloomy long-term future outlook due to rampant fossil fuel divestments, climate change policies, and decarbonization has been…
Researchers at PNNL work to understand offshore wind potential
Wind energy makes up eight percent of the nation's electricity mix in the United States and researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory work to understand offshore wind potential.
Geoengineering Is the Only Solution to Our Climate Calamities
If global warming were an extraterrestrial adversary, it would not have to fear a diplomatically unified Earth. The past decade of climate summits in Copenhagen, Bali, Cancun, and Paris have only nudged us towards the limp goal of business as usual…
W.A. puts out call to develop 1.5 gigawatt wind and solar hydrogen hub
The West Australia government has put out a call for expressions of interest to develop a massive new 1.5GW renewable energy hydrogen hub in an industrial estate some 435kms north of Perth. The EOI was announced late on Friday by the McGowan Labor…
Oil company forced to backtrack on claims gas is low carbon
Equinor, one of the world's largest oil and gas companies, has retracted claims that gas is a low carbon source of energy after I complained to the UK's advertising regulator. The oil industry is desperate to portray gas as a clean fuel, a bridge…
EU climate plan sets stage for an explosive rise in carbon prices
Commodity traders are betting that Europe's carbon futures will soon catapult higher as Brussels drains the glut of carbon allowances on the market. Prices are likely to smash the all-time record of €30 a tonne within months, profoundly…
Commentary: A climate reckoning is coming; we can address it
As hurricanes churn through the Gulf and California burns, climate change is getting the political attention it deserves. And not a moment too soon. As a scientist who studies the physics of the climate system, I have looked at the data and can…
Peak Bearishness For Energy As The Onslaught Of Media Headlines Marks A Pivotal Cycle Bottom
Fundamentals do not determine when markets top or bottom, sentiment does. And this week's media headlines have been nothing but bearish for oil and the energy sector. What set off this bomb was BP's (NYSE: BP) renewed outlook about how global oil…
Scunthorpe Steelworks
On my way back from Cleethorpes, I passed Scunthorpe Steelworks. It did seem rather quiet, although I did pass a train-load of new rails on their way to somewhere. Steel-Making is on its uppers in the UK and it has a bad carbon footprint. However…
This 'house of parts' has a rooftop spa, wine cellar and CAR LIFT
Clinton Cole spent two years redesigning an old fashioned 1890s terrace in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs The acclaimed architect transformed it into a spectacular four-storey home known as the 'House of Parts' Contrasting materials have been used…
Editorial: Clearly, Biden has grasp on threat climate change poses
For decades, the American public has been warned about rising sea levels, storm surges, prolonged drought and overpowering wildfires. These warnings, appearing in study after study from climate scientists and policy experts, have been…
Commentary: Elect leaders who will respect, follow science
With Election Day 2020 just over the horizon, it's apparent that two crises facing our nation are being exacerbated by some of our elected leaders' neglect of science. Unprecedented wildfires are burning up and down the West Coast. Texas and…
Commentary: Innovation will drive progress on climate change
Meaningful action toward climate progress is rooted in investment and innovation, and no one is investing more in clean tech than the U.S. oil and natural gas industry. From 2000 to 2016, U.S. oil and natural gas companies invested more than $300…
September 20 Energy News
¶ “Clearly, Biden Has Grasp On Threat Climate Change Poses” • There is near universal consensus among scientists that human activity is warming the planet. While Trump has dismissed man-made climate change as a…
Oregon's coal-free future: Where will power come from?
Every day, electricity crackles across power lines hanging over the sparsely populated counties of Umatilla, Morrow, Gilliam and Sherman that border the Columbia River. With the ongoing global climate crisis, the debate about how this electricity…
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