The well-known, tried and true technology may provide a way to gasify coal reserves underground. With adoption of shale-gas technologies, prices are falling. This bears watching.
Peter Kelly-Detwiler, Contributor
Forbes Staff, Contributor
Peter Kelly-Detwiler, Contributor
Christopher Helman, Forbes Staff
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These are the most polluted cities in America.
After a decade of tight energy markets and rising commodity prices, the global economy is entering a new era marked by rising oil production at high prices. Yet, the prospects of U.S. energy independence, on the back of the “shale revolution,” a move toward cleaner energy, and slowing growth across the emerging world suggest longer-term oil prices should trend downwards. Going into 2013, crude oil will remain range-bound, with the potential to fall on sub-par global GDP growth and the prospects[...] read »
Normally I would not give this kind of facile argument much attention, but it is such a perfect illustration of a point I have made for years about the climate debate that I simply cannot resist. read »
The stakes are certainly high, especially when it comes to the nation’s energy and tax policies. Failure to reform faulty policies, or worse, enacting more faulty ones in the name of “balance,” would seriously complicate efforts to ensure energy reliability and affordability in future years. read »
Lenders to ATP Oil & Gas have had precious little certainty to cling to over the past few years. The one thing that secured lenders thought at least they could depend on was that in a bankruptcy, there were hard assets that would back up their claims and make them whole in the end – given that ATP extracts fuels from underwater sites with proven reserves in the Mediterranean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the North Sea. read »
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Photo: SolarCity SolarCity shares were up nearly 50% Thursday as the Silicon Valley solar installer made its market debut and raised $92 million. The first-day pop follows a tumultuous week that saw SolarCity reduce the price range for the initial public offering from $13 to $15 a share to $8 a day [...] read »
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The latest from BMW's electric program.
We compiled the five top-grossing film franchises of all time, with number one earning $7.7 billion.
Oracle this morning said it has agreed to buy DataRaker, a Sausalito, California-based provider of a cloud-based analytics platform "that enables electric, gas and water utilities to leverage vast amounts of data to optimize operational efficiency and improve the customer experience." read »
