Published at FC Gas Intelligence, Oct. 23, 2014 Clean Energy Fuels Corp (NASDAQ: CLNE) has made a series of announcements lately that highlight the company’s growth milestones. Clean Energy is the largest provider of vehicular natural gas, CNG & LNG, in North America with a broad customer base in the refuse, transit, shuttle, taxi, interstate…
Continue reading →Published at Cogeneration and Onsite Power, Oct. 31, 2014 The 2014 WADE DistribuGen Conference and NYSERDA CHP Expo The WADE annual meeting and conference was held in Westchester, NY this year and was cosponsored by NYSERDA, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. The event focused on the benefits and market development of…
Continue reading →Published at FC Gas Intelligence, Oct. 14, 2014 Commissioner William P. Doyle of the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission spoke recently at the North American Gas Forum on the expanding role of LNG as a marine fuel. There are two primary drivers that are causing this expansion of maritime LNG use, low cost natural gas now…
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North American Shale Plays There have been a variety of efforts in recent years to harmonize energy policy and markets across USA, Canada, and Mexico. At the North American Gas Forum meeting this past week in Washington D.C. some of these efforts were discussed. The most important change in the energy landscape has clearly been…
Continue reading →The North American Gas Forum was held in Washington D.C. Sept 28-29. The event brought together leaders from across the natural gas supply chain to discuss the latest developments and important issues in the industry today. Keynote speakers were Adam Sieminski, Administrator of the U.S. Energy Information Administration discussing the impressive growth in gas and…
Continue reading →Breaking Energy, Oct. 2, 2014 (.pdf) The Energy Collective, Oct 15 Electric Vehicles today are considered to be more expensive to purchase than their Internal Combustion Engine counterparts. But the purchase price of EV’s versus ICE vehicles tells an incomplete story about the comparative costs. While none of the EV’s on the market today are…
Continue reading →Breaking Energy, Sept. 29, 2014 (.pdf) The Energy Collective, Oct. 14, 2014 I recently had the opportunity to test drive the Tesla Model S P85, the high performance version of the highly acclaimed all electric luxury sedan. Like many drivers of the Model S I was thoroughly impressed by the performance of this machine and after…
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On September 12 World Resources Institute had an event to unveil their new report on the fresh water impacts of shale gas development. The WRI report examines the availability of freshwater across shale plays globally. Shale resources of natural gas, natural gas liquids and tight oil are extracted using hydrofracking techniques that require substantial quantities…
Continue reading →Breaking Energy, Sept. 11, 2014 (.pdf) The Energy Collective, Sept. 16 The Brookings Institute in Washington DC has come out in favor of lifting the U.S. ban on crude oil exports. Brookings hosted an event on Sept. 9 to unveil their new report titled “Changing Markets: Economic Opportunities from Lifting the U.S. Ban on Crude…
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Following the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) recent decision to emphasize the use of biogas in the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has come out with their own Biogas Opportunities Roadmap to promote biogas as a valuable form of renewable energy. The USDA is working together with the EPA, the…
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