Blowout week 28
An anticipated drop in oil production by 2016 is expected to hurt the Russian economy, the Russian Finance Ministry said Monday. Continue reading →
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This week: the UK aims for a zero carbon economy, Hinkley point still on the drawing board, oil producers to meet, German utilities in trouble, Peabody in trouble, Russia plans Mars attack, Amber Rudd...
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UK coal plant shutdowns, energy price volatility, the bloated US natural gas supply, the OPEC Doha meeting, Brexit backers and Gazprom calumniate Amber Rudd, IS terrorists threaten Belgian nuclear...
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This week’s Blowout focuses on the distressed UK North Sea oil & gas industry followed by speculators foresee $100 oil, Norway’s oil & gas fields lose $50 billion in value, oil industry to cut...
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In this week's blowout we revisit the issue of £billion dumb meters, weak oil prices, Libya ramping oil production a lot, Donald Trump wooing the oil industry, Australia's stranded coal reserves, wind...
View ArticleUK Smart Meters – a Ghastly Mess Created by DECC
Guest post by Alex Henney [1] who is an engineer and economist who has a long association with electricity markets and smart metering. The post describes the debacle of the UK Smart Meter roll out and...
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The news this week is dominated by President Trump’s rejection of the Paris Climate Accord: "The Paris climate accord is simply the latest example of Washington entering an agreement that disadvantages...
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At last count the state of California, 30 US cities and many major US corporations, encouraged by studies purporting to show that 100% renewable energy is a readily-achievable goal, have adopted 100%...
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We lead with news that Bitcoin mining threatens to run the world completely out of electricity by 2020. We follow with news that oil gets into the cryptocurrency act; OPEC wakes up to US shale oil...
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This week's lead story features the contrast between nuclear plants in the USA, which are being shut down , and nuclear plants in Canada, which are being refurbished. Why the difference? We follow up...
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This week's lead stories feature Australia's new government, which has no plans to cut emissions but promises not to abandon its Paris Climate Agreement commitments. How are these two conflicting goals...
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