In today's guest post, Emerson's Alan Novak, leader of the alternative energy industry team, revisits the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and its impact on the industry. The Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS), first signed into law as part of the Energy Policy Act of...
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Another Bust in Solar Power
Emerson's Alan Novak, who leads the alternative energy industry team, describes the continued downward economic pressure on solar power panel manufacturers. In several previous posts, we've discussed the challenges facing solar panel manufacturers due to both...
Improving Shale Gas Development
Emerson's Alan Novak, leader of the alternative energy industry team, highlights technology changes that may replace the need for water in hydraulic fracturing. In a previous post, we discussed the process of Hydraulic Fracturing, or "Fracking", which is used to...
Another Alternative to Crude Oil
Gas-to-liquids technology continues to advance notes Emerson's Alan Novak, leader of the alternative energy industry team, in today's guest post. In previous posts we discussed the emerging technology of gas to liquids (GTL) driven by the vast shale gas reserves being...
Natural Gas as an Alternative Fuel
With the ever-increasing supply of natural gas in the U.S., Emerson's Alan Novak, leader of the alternative energy industry team, highlights some activity on the demand side. In previous posts, we have examined the changing dynamics of the global energy supply. New...
Is Oil Shale the Next Big Thing?
In today's guest post, Emerson's Alan Novak, director of the alternative energy team explores the future of oil shale. In spite of recent economic turmoil, global energy demand continues to increase and liquid fuels continue to be the major component. As highlighted...
New Oil and Gas Technologies Leading the Way
Our regular Friday posts here on the blog feature the Emerson experts in alternative energy. Alan Novak, director of the alternative energy industry team, has an article just published in Forbes magazine. The article, The Tectonic Shift Of New Oil And Gas Technologies...
The Boom and Bust Cycle in Renewable Energy
In today's guest post, Emerson's Alan Novak, director of the alternative energy industry team, explores the role of government policy in renewable energy's boom and bust cycles. As Doug Morris mentioned last week, the renewable fuels market is facing uncertainty due...
Impact of Shale Gas on Coal Conversion Technologies
Emerson's Alan Novak, leader of the Alternative Energy industry team, explores how the rapid increase in shale production has impacted coal conversion, liquefied natural gas (LNG), and Substitute Natural Gas (SNG) in today's guest post. A few weeks ago, we looked at...
Plentiful Natural Gas—Impact on US Process Manufacturing
In today's guest post, Emerson's Alternative Energy industry group leader, Alan Novak, shares the opportunity that shale gas provides to the U.S. economy and the process manufacturing industries: A new energy source has emerged and is changing the shape of the...
100 US Dollar Per Barrel Oil is Back and What it May Mean
Emerson's Alan Novak, leader of the alternative energy and metals & mining industry teams, offers his thoughts on the reemergence of $100 USD/barrel oil. While no one was looking, oil (West Texas Intermediate - WTI) has slowly crept back to $100/barrel (WTI...
2011 Gasification Technologies Council Conference
Emerson's Alan Novak, who leads the alternative energy industry team, shares his thoughts from a recent gasification conference: The Gasification Technologies Council (GTC) annual conference was held this week in San Francisco, California USA. Emerson is a member of...
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