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MIL-OSI Energy: South Korea moving forward with offshore wind projects

By   /  June 21, 2018  /  Asia, Business, Commodities, Economy, Energy, English, Exploitation, Exploration, Gas, Global Economy, Gyeongbuk Floating Offshore Wind Power, Industry, Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, Kepco, Macquarie, MIL Oil-Energy Sector OSI, MIL OSI, MIL OSI Economics, Mining Sector, News, Newsletter Daily, Newsletter News Weekly, offshore wind, Oil, Oil Rigs, Open Source Intel, Robert Liew, South Korea  /  Comments Off on MIL-OSI Energy: South Korea moving forward with offshore wind projects

Source: Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis Greentech Media: Renewable energy development behemoth Macquarie is eyeing a floating turbine project in South Korea as interest in offshore wind grows across the Asia-Pacific region. The developer is reportedly partnering with South Korea’s Gyeongbuk Floating Offshore Wind Power for a 1-gigawatt project located around 30 miles […]

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MIL-OSI Energy: Oil and gas industry: Coal plants no more secure than pipelines

By   /  June 21, 2018  /  API, Bruce Walker, Business, Coal, Commodities, Cyber Security, Economy, Energy, Energy Policy, English, Exploitation, Exploration, Gas, gas pipelines, Global Economy, Industry, Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, MIL Oil-Energy Sector OSI, MIL OSI, MIL OSI Economics, Mining Sector, News, Newsletter Daily, Newsletter News Weekly, Oil, Oil Rigs, Open Source Intel, Pipelines  /  Comments Off on MIL-OSI Energy: Oil and gas industry: Coal plants no more secure than pipelines

Source: Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis Houston Chronicle: More than 300,000 miles of natural gas transmission lines crisscross the United States, fueling electricity and industrial plants and heating homes, while also providing an alluring target for hackers looking to disrupt the American economy. Now those pipelines are at the center of a debate […]

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MIL-OSI Energy: Industry data show widespread contamination from coal ash

By   /  June 21, 2018  /  Business, Coal ash, Coal Ash Contamination, Commodities, Economy, Energy, English, EPA, Exploitation, Exploration, Gas, Global Economy, Industry, Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, MIL Oil-Energy Sector OSI, MIL OSI, MIL OSI Economics, Mining Sector, News, Newsletter Daily, Newsletter News Weekly, Ohio Valley ReSource, Oil, Oil Rigs, Open Source Intel  /  Comments Off on MIL-OSI Energy: Industry data show widespread contamination from coal ash

Source: Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis West Virginia Public Radio: For generations, coal power has fueled American prosperity. But for each shovelful thrown into the furnaces, a pile of ash was left in its place. Today, as coal’s dominance in the power sector wanes, those piles of ash have grown into mountains as […]

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MIL-OSI Energy: Commentary: Stock analysis shows fossil fuel divestment will not undercut fund performance

By   /  June 21, 2018  /  Business, Commodities, Divestment, Economy, Energy, English, Exploitation, Exploration, fossil fuel divestment, Gas, Global Economy, Grantham, Industry, Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, Institutional Investors, MIL Oil-Energy Sector OSI, MIL OSI, MIL OSI Economics, Mining Sector, News, Newsletter Daily, Newsletter News Weekly, Oil, Oil Rigs, Open Source Intel, Stock Performance  /  Comments Off on MIL-OSI Energy: Commentary: Stock analysis shows fossil fuel divestment will not undercut fund performance

Source: Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis Grantham Foundation: I have met more investment committees than I care to think about. Perhaps a couple of thousand. There is a no more conservative group on the planet than an investment committee. You could be forgiven for thinking that if you cough at an investment committee […]

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MIL-OSI Energy: IEEFA op-ed: Latest Puerto Rico utility privatization plan is as flawed as the original

By   /  June 20, 2018  /  Business, Commentary, Commodities, Economy, Energy, Energy Policy, English, Exploitation, Exploration, Gas, Global Economy, Industry, Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, MIL Oil-Energy Sector OSI, MIL OSI, MIL OSI Economics, Mining Sector, Newsletter Daily, Oil, Oil Rigs, Open Source Intel, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico-PREPA  /  Comments Off on MIL-OSI Energy: IEEFA op-ed: Latest Puerto Rico utility privatization plan is as flawed as the original

Source: Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis In its version of a bill to privatize the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, the Puerto Rico legislature has improved some on Governor Ricardo Rosselló’s original proposal, but lawmakers are ultimately failing the Puerto Rican people every bit as badly as Rosselló has. We’ve criticized the governor’s […]

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MIL-OSI Energy: Indian banks at odds with government’s renewable energy investment plans

By   /  June 20, 2018  /  Business, Centre For Financial Accountability, Coal Financing, Commodities, Economy, Energy, English, Exploitation, Exploration, Gas, Global Economy, India, Industry, Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, MIL Oil-Energy Sector OSI, MIL OSI, MIL OSI Economics, Mining Sector, Narendra Modi, Oil, Oil Rigs, Open Source Intel, Renewables  /  Comments Off on MIL-OSI Energy: Indian banks at odds with government’s renewable energy investment plans

Source: Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis Quartz India: Even as the Narendra Modi government pushes for renewable energy, Indian financiers are backing coal-based power projects. Around 73% of all funding in 2017 went towards coal-based plants, according to a study of 72 renewable and thermal power projects conducted by the Centre for Financial […]

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MIL-OSI Energy: Australia’s Windlab Ltd. to build Tanzania’s first wind farm

By   /  June 20, 2018  /  Africa, Business, Commodities, Economy, Energy, English, Exploitation, Exploration, Gas, Global Economy, Industry, Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, MIL Oil-Energy Sector OSI, MIL OSI, MIL OSI Economics, Mining Sector, Miombo Hewani Wind Farm, News, Newsletter Daily, Newsletter News Weekly, Oil, Oil Rigs, Open Source Intel, Roger Price, Tanzania, Wind, Windlab  /  Comments Off on MIL-OSI Energy: Australia’s Windlab Ltd. to build Tanzania’s first wind farm

Source: Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis The East African: Tanzania has licensed a subsidiary of Australia’s Windlab Ltd to build 300 MW Miombo Hewani wind farm in the central part of the country. Windlab said the project will be undertaken in phases with the initial part using up $300 million for 100 MW […]

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MIL-OSI Energy: NextEra quietly builds world’s largest renewable energy company

By   /  June 20, 2018  /  Business, Commodities, Economy, Energy, English, Exploitation, Exploration, Gas, Global Economy, Industry, Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, MIL Oil-Energy Sector OSI, MIL OSI, MIL OSI Economics, Mining Sector, News, Newsletter Daily, Newsletter News Weekly, NextEra, NextEra Energy, Oil, Oil Rigs, Open Source Intel, Renewables, solar, Wind  /  Comments Off on MIL-OSI Energy: NextEra quietly builds world’s largest renewable energy company

Source: Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis The Wall Street Journal ($): Who is the world’s largest operator of wind and solar farms? It’s also America’s most valuable power company. Still stumped? It’s by design. “That is a marketing problem…that we foster intentionally,” Michael O’Sullivan, NextEra Energy Inc.’s head of renewable development, told University […]

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MIL-OSI Energy: BNEF expects steep decline in coal generation through 2050

By   /  June 20, 2018  /  BNEF, Business, Coal Generation, Commodities, Economy, Elena Giannakopoulou, Energy, English, Exploitation, Exploration, Gas, Global Coal Markets, Global Economy, Industry, Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, MIL Oil-Energy Sector OSI, MIL OSI, MIL OSI Economics, Mining Sector, News, Newsletter Daily, Newsletter News Weekly, Oil, Oil Rigs, Open Source Intel, solar, Transition, Utility trends, Wind  /  Comments Off on MIL-OSI Energy: BNEF expects steep decline in coal generation through 2050

Source: Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis PV Magazine: In its 2018 New Energy Outlook, Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) sees skyrocketing growth in the global solar and wind energy markets up to 2050. Overall, it anticipates that solar and wind will account for nearly half of global electricity generation by this date, driven […]

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MIL-OSI Energy: Biggest Texas solar facility to be linked with electricity storage unit

By   /  June 19, 2018  /  Battery Storage, Business, Commodities, Economy, Energy, energy storage, English, Exploitation, Exploration, Gas, Global Economy, Industry, Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, MIL Oil-Energy Sector OSI, MIL OSI, MIL OSI Economics, Mining Sector, News, Newsletter Daily, Newsletter News Weekly, Oil, Oil Rigs, Open Source Intel, solar, Texas, Vista Energy  /  Comments Off on MIL-OSI Energy: Biggest Texas solar facility to be linked with electricity storage unit

Source: Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis PV Magazine: Most of the renewable energy news we hear coming from Texas is that it has built the nation’s largest fleet of wind power – which is in large part by socializing the cost of power lines to bring that power to the state’s population centers. […]

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