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natural gas drilling

In reporting on the shale gas boom, I’ve been guilty of writing about the “millions of gallons per well” or the “billions of gallons of water consumed annually,” and leaving it at that. So in this edition of Friday Energy Facts, we’ll try to tackle this question: how much water does fracking for shale gas really consume?[read more]

New Energy Sources via Shutterstock

When The Energy Collective asked me to write a series of posts about ‘new energy sources’, the term gave me pause. The more I thought about the concept of ‘new energy sources’, the more complex it became. What exactly is a new energy source, and what in particularly makes an new energy source ‘new’?[read more]

coal consumption and exports

While coal use declined at home, coal exports increased and global prices for coal fell, prompting some to worry: are the climate gains associated with declining U.S. coal consumption simply being offset by booming exports?[read more]

US coal use and export

As coal-fired generation is on the decline in the US, American environmentalists have reason to celebrate. But a look beyond our borders reveals a sobering picture: coal will be the world's #1 fuel by 2017.[read more]

US manufacturing

The U.S. Department of Energy announced the launch of a new initiative today meant to strengthen American clean energy manufacturing and enhance U.S. competitiveness.[read more]

Coal mine via Shutterstock

The historic shift from coal to natural gas in the U.S. electric power sector may be stalling out, according to the latest forecasts from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.[read more]

President Obama

President Obama's Energy Security Trust would dedicate oil and gas revenues to fund energy R&D. It's a great idea. How serious is he about making it a reality?[read more]

nuclear energy in Japan/shutterstock

Japan increased the use of fossil fuels for power generation 21% in 2012, following the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident.[read more]

EU energy policy

As public budgets are squeezed in the grip of a long and weary recession, European policymakers are pushing hard to promote energy performance contracting as the silver bullet which can deliver public sector energy efficiency.[read more]

Offshore wind turbines

At least 200 megawatts of offshore wind energy will soon be built off the shores of Maryland, thanks to new legislation passed this week by the state senate, now on its way to the governor.[read more]

rising energy costs

Energy price increases have been scheduled for every state of Australia. In Queensland the situation is so bad that that state no longer produces enough baseload electricity.[read more]

new energy development

There is a tipping point, the point at which global warming becomes irreversible so there is an urgency to developing safe, clean, cheap energy. Scientists and engineers are in a race to find a solution.[read more]

The Dennis Farm is located in Susquehanna County, which “is sitting on the sweet spot in the Marcellus,” according to George Stark, director of external affairs for Cabot Oil and Gas Corp.[read more]

I presented a webcast titled, “Geomagnetic Disturbances and their Impacts on Power Transformers.” This blog post addresses a few of those questions.[read more]

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has again put off the decision on whether to lift the moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, in New York.[read more]