| |
Top energy cost news stories... |
|
| |
|
|
| |
Lower Prices At The Pump Could Keep Away Pink Slips |
|
| |
The good news for U.S. consumers is that the price of crude oil and gasoline have both been dropping steadily. The bad news is that gas prices have not been coming down nearly as much as oil. |
|
| |
|
|
| |
Coal credits pressured by regulatory issues, coal-to-gas transitions |
|
| |
On Monday the debt and publicly traded equity of Patriot Coal fell into a near death spiral on press reports that the highly leveraged coal producer is evaluating restructuring advisors. But multiple highly levered coal producers or even coal-based utilities have been impacted by the recent trends in coal. |
|
| |
|
|
| |
Biogas and the Shale Gas Bonanza |
|
| |
It is the odorless and invisible 500-pound gorilla in the room. Currently hailed as the antidote to U.S. energy insecurity and a bridge fuel for the 21st century, natural gas is every bit as fossil as its coal and petroleum cousins. But for clean energy, which is coming off a stimulus-fueled high and $100-dollar-plus oil run, could it be a death knell? My colleague Kerry-Ann Adamson has looked at this question from the point of view of Smart Energy overall. Many, including Energy Central editor Ken Silverstein, believe that, indeed, cheap natural gas is cutting off the air for many forms of clean energy. In my world of bioenergy, the accelerating development and availability of biogas, a renewable form of natural gas, indicates that natural gas surge could actually hasten the transition to clean energy, not impede it. |
|
| |
|
|
| |
Natural Gas Smothering 'Clean Coal' and Carbon Capture |
|
| |
Natural gas is dominating the headlines. But five years ago it rested firmly on the back pages. The budding issue back then had been how new technologies would keep coal at the top of the energy hierarchy and how its associated emissions could be minimized and its carbon releases buried. What happened? |
|
| |
|
|
| |
Tin: The Secret To Improving Lithium-Ion Battery Life |
|
| |
Poor battery life and the need to recharge smart phones often remain a huge pain for consumers. Help could be on the way. Researchers at the Washington State University said Wednesday they have figured out how pack more energy into a lithium-ion battery and boost the rate of charging it. |
|
| |
|
|
