Douglas Morris of Emerson's alternative energy industry team shares some thoughts and experiences from the CERAWeek conference this week.CERAWeek, led by Daniel Yergin, is an annual meeting of global energy industry leaders that was held this week in Houston, Texas...
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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...
Is Natural Gas the New Alternative Energy Source?
In today's guest post, Emerson's Douglas Morris of the alternative energy industry team, explores how the abundance of natural gas is generating discussions around the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standards and alternative energy-based processes. About a month ago, a bill was...
More Efficient, Wood-Based Biomass Energy Production
Many power producers have goals to use renewable resources in their electrical energy mix—by either regulation or economic incentive. At the ARC Industry Forum this week in Orlando, Minnesota Power's Luther Kemp presented the company's plans to expand renewable...
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...
US Energy Policy: What Happened to Advanced Biofuels?
Emerson's Douglas Morris of the alternative energy industry team highlights his impressions from this week's U.S. State of the Union address as it applies to alternative energy: Being that it's State of the Union time, I thought it would be curious to reflect on the...
Solar Photovoltaic Growing Pains
In today's guest post, Emerson's Jim Cushman, a member of the Power & Water Solutions team, describes the challenges utilities and independent system operators (ISOs) face in regulating power on the grid with the increasing number of solar photovoltaic (PV)...
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...
Inflation or Growth: A Crossroad in China
In this guest blog post, Emerson's Douglas Morris addresses economic conditions in China and their impact on alternative energy investments, particularly coal to liquids processes. We've had a number of posts about the need for energy in emerging markets, particularly...
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...
Alternative Energy Projects in Valuable Niches
Emerson's Douglas Morris, a member of the alternative energy team, shares his observations from the recent Advanced Biofuels Markets conference and Advanced Biofuels Association (ABFA) board meeting. The 2011 Advanced Biofuels Markets conference and ABFA board meeting...
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