Fuel stability woes challenge the increase of FAME (Fatty Acid Methyl Ester) biodiesel beyond the current B5, or 5% blend. Mercedes-Benz and some other engine OEM’s will not warranty their engines when blends of B6 or higher are used. The reason is due to poor oxidation stability that causes the fuel to biodegrade over time….
Continue reading →Admiral Mike Mullen, retired Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff spoke on U.S. energy security Wednesday at an event hosted by the groups, Securing America’s Future Energy and the Foreign Policy Initiative. photo credit: Foreign Policy Initiative Mullen was asked whether the USA can take advantage of the surge in domestic energy production as…
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Daniel Yergin, Pulitzer Prize winning author and Vice Chairman of global consulting firm IHS spoke at the 2014 EIA Conference in Washington D.C. on Monday. EIA, the U.S. Energy Information Association is the statistics arm of the federal Department of Energy and the conference featured leading figures from industry, academia and government. Yergin stated emphatically…
Continue reading →Breaking Energy, July 15, 2014 (.pdf) The Energy Collective, July 18, 2014 U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (C) introduces U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew (L) to Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during a meeting at the Zhongnanhai leadership compound on July 10, 2014 in Beijing, China. China is the world’s largest coal producer and consumer and…
Continue reading →Breaking Energy, July 11, 2014 (.pdf) The Energy Collective, July 16 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently proposed new carbon emission standards for fossil fuel power plants under the Clean Air Act (CAA). The rules for new build power plants fall under Section 111(b) and are known as the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS). This…
Continue reading →Breaking Energy, July 9, 2014 (.pdf) The Energy Collective, July 14, 2014 NEORI, the National Enhanced Oil Recovery Initiative is organized and staffed by the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) and the Great Plains Institute. NEORI has authored a series of innovative policy proposals to promote the use of carbon capture and sequestration, CCS,…
Continue reading →Breaking Energy, July 2, 2014 (.pdf) The Energy Collective, July 7, 2014 In the past I have been extremely skeptical of carbon capture and sequestration, CCS, but recently my opinion has evolved based on the sober conclusion that hydrocarbon fuels simply are not going away. Both supply and demand for coal, oil and gas continue to…
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Continue reading →Breaking Energy, Feb. 18, 2014 (.pdf) The Energy Collective, Feb. 24 A huge coal ash spill was discovered on February 2 at the Duke Energy power plant in North Carolina that has caused significant damage to the Dan River. The spill was caused when a storm drain pipe that runs underneath the 27 acre containment pond…
Continue reading →Breaking Energy, Feb. 5, 2014 (.pdf) The Energy Collective, Feb 10 In 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed into law an amendment to the Clean Air Act that mandated emissions reductions of the harmful pollutant sulfur dioxide, SO2, from coal fired power plants. The government did not instruct industry how they were to achieve the…
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