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Monthly Archives: April 2012
Summary data on energy production, consumption, stocks, trade, and prices The April 2012 Monthly Energy Review (MER), EIA’s primary report of recent energy statistics, was released on April 27, 2012. Preliminary data indicate that in January 2012: • U.S. primary … Continue reading
Posted in Clean Energy, Oil, Traditional Energy
Tagged EIA Energy Report, US Energy Statistics
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China has some ever more threatening issues in its need to feed its growing (and hungry) population. Some, like soil erosion, are longstanding. Pumping capacity to deplete aquifers has emerged only in recent decades. The extraordinary growth in China’s automobile … Continue reading
More than a quarter of all the meat produced worldwide is now eaten in China, and the country’s 1.35 billion people are hungry for more. In 1978, China’s meat consumption of 8 million tons was one third the U.S. consumption … Continue reading
The recently released Bloomberg New Energy Finance report shows that the United States has jumped ahead of China in green energy investment for the first time since 2008. “The news that the U.S.A. jumped back into the lead in clean … Continue reading
Posted in Clean Energy, Investments, Policy, Solar, Wind
Tagged Anric Blatt, China, investing in clean energy, Lauralouise Duffy, USA
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Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) president Essa bin Hilal al-Kuwari has called upon GCC member states to explore long-term solutions to overcome the alarming situations they are facing on the water issue. While insisting on the necessity of … Continue reading
Qatar‘s current and future regional influence are strongly linked to its natural gas sector. With dependence on oil viewed as a strategic liability, Qatar’s forward-looking investments in LNG production and export technology give the country an advantage in an increasingly popular … Continue reading
Posted in Investments, Natural Resources, Policy, Traditional Energy, Transportation
Tagged LNG, qatar, Saudi Arabia
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The European Commission is facing criticism for a controversial carbon emissions tax included in the EU Emission Trading Scheme (ETS). According to a provision in the ETS enacted Jan. 1, every airline arriving in or departing from European airports must … Continue reading
Posted in Carbon Finance, Climate Change, Policy
Tagged Anric Blatt, China, ETS, EU Carbon Emission Tax, EU Emission Trading Scheme, France
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Abu Dhabi: The Arab region, which boasts of 60 per cent of global water desalination capacity, will soon announce targets to minimise the adverse effects of desalination on the environment in relation to greenhouse gas emissions and the discharge of … Continue reading
JEDDAH – Spurred by a buoyant economy and population growth, over $300 billion will be invested in the GCC water and desalination projects, between 2012 – 2022 periods, researchandmarkets.com reported Friday. Subsequent to its revolutionary discovery of hydrocarbons about three … Continue reading
Posted in Solar, Water, Wind
Tagged Anric Blatt, Desalination, gcc, Investing in Alternative Energy, investing in water, Solar, Water, Wind
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Following two of the driest years on record, seven water authorities in parts of southern and eastern England have imposed bans on hosepipes. Nearly 20 million citizens will be affected by this decision, made in part due to drought and … Continue reading
