Tax Measure Expected to Pass this Week and to Pacify Renewables Sector
The tax bill just reconciled by the US House and US Senate keeps the traditional benefits afforded all energy forms, including oil and gas as well as wind and solar.
Conventional Energy
News and insights related to the business use of conventional energy sources including oil, gas, coal and fossil fuels.
Global Leaders and Businesses Connect in Paris to Reaffirm Climate Goals
Global leaders and international businesses joined hands in Paris this week to affirm their commitment to the global climate treaty and to share the wealth with developing nations. Is it enough?
Exxon’s Climate Strategy Will Become Increasingly More Transparent
Exxon Mobil Corp. said on Monday that it is moving forward with a plan to reveal to its stakeholders how it expects climate change will impact its business plans going forward.
California’s Largest Solar Energy Project Set for Oil Field
California oil and gas producer Aera Energy and solar energy supplier GlassPoint Solar announced plans to build the state’s largest solar energy project, located at the Belridge oilfield west of Bakersfield. The companies say it will be the first of its kind in the world to use solar steam and ... Read more »
Oil Companies Vow to Cut Their Methane Emissions
Several oil companies have said that they would cut their methane emissions, acknowledging that doing so would help fight climate change. In doing so, they will be transparent while pushing for meaningful regulations.
Trump Administration Objects to Two-Tiered CO2 Reduction Rules
President Trump said that one reason the United States will withdraw from the Paris climate agreement is that developing countries won’t make the same commitments as this country has done. Fair statement?
Renewable Energy vs. Fossil Fuels with New Tax Plan
President Trump's tax plan is aimed at cutting taxes and giving corporate America more money to produce more goods and services and to hire more workers to do the jobs that he would anticipate. There are, however, winners and losers in the corporate sector and notably
Microsoft Opens New Gas Data Center Pilot in Seattle
About a month after Microsoft announced a partnership with the construction engineering company McKinstry and power generation products manufacturer Cummins to complete the world’s first gas data center, the tech giant officially unveiled the new pilot. The data center in Seattle ditches traditional electrical energy for integrated fuel cells powered ... Read more »
Pork Producer Smithfield Foods Launches Renewable Energy Unit
Virginia-based pork producer Smithfield Foods announced the launch of Smithfield Renewables, a new environmental initiative to accelerate the company’s carbon reduction and renewable energy efforts, GlobalMeatNews.com reported. Smithfield Foods, a $15 billion company, is the world’s largest pork processor and hog producer. The new renewables unit is expected to help ... Read more »
Blankenship Conviction Causes Concern for Coal and Other Dangerous Industries
The United States Supreme Court will not hear an appeal from a convicted coal baron Don Blankenship, who served a year in prison for violating mine safety standards. Coal groups had expressed their concerns over zealous prosecutions for unforeseen workplace disasters.
Insights from EIA’s September Energy Outlook
The share of US total utility-scale electricity generation from natural gas is expected to fall from an average of 34% in 2016 to about 31% in 2017 as a result of higher natural gas prices and increased generation from renewables and coal, according to the US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) ... Read more »
C&I Energy Users in CA, New England Face Potential Shortages this Summer
Commercial and industrial energy users in California and New England face the potential of reduced power reliability this summer if temperatures remain hot. Natural gas supplies could be tight due to a gas leak in Southern California’s Aliso Canyon, according to Utility Dive. Reliability could also be a problem for ... Read more »