energy investment Articles
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Why Public Awareness is Critical for Boosting Energy Investment
John Hofmeister, a speaker at the marcus evans Petrochemical & Refining Summit 2013, on ensuring energy for the future. “Energy producers need to think of consumers, and not wholesalers, as their customers,” says John Hofmeister, Former President, Shell Oil Company and Chief Executive, Citizens for Affordable Energy. “It is consumer sentiment that sets the parameters for ...
By Marcus Evans
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Clean energy investment reached records in 2010 thanks to Europe and China
Clean energy investment reached records in 2010, as asset managers are increasingly considering climate change risks in their ...
By Vital Energi
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Technical note: An estimate of the effects of associated gas on the EROEI for an oil well
Previous work by the present author, cited herein, has provided estimates of the EROEI for crude oil as a function of well depth. Clearly, a factor in EROEI is well pressure due to associated gas and it is when such gas is depleted that a beam pump becomes necessary. This has been widely known since the early days of the industry and features in the 'Law of Capture'. Accordingly, in this article ...
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Trump’s presidency will affect nuclear energy investments
No matter the outcome of any one presidential election, reports show that about 90% of the existing nuclear reactors in the country are soon due to be relicensed for an additional 20 years, some for as long as 40 years — far outlasting the tenure of any president. Furthermore, the U.S. is projected to remain the biggest global producer of nuclear power for 10 more years at the very least; ...
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Energy competition and international relations
Energy is the lifeblood of economies around the world. Global economic growth depends on adequate, reliable and affordable supplies of energy. Key foreign policy objectives, including support for democracy, trade, sustainable economic development, poverty reduction and environmental protection rely on the provision of safe, reliable and affordable energy supplies. Today's global energy market is ...
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Renewable energy potential of developing countries: the drivers towards a green economy (a case study from Uzbekistan)
Many countries have realised the importance of a transition to a green economy and have formulated precise scenarios, although the main emphasis relies on the application of renewable energy technologies. Considering the contemporary economic prosperity of developing countries, there is a great demand to enhance the infrastructure of investment for renewable energy as developed nations have ...
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The role of regional cooperation in energy security: the case of the ASEAN+3
This article examines the energy profile of the ASEAN+3 countries in terms of energy availability, accessibility, acceptability and affordability. It proposes stronger regional cooperation through cross-border energy trade, investment in infrastructure and energy resource development, and information and technology sharing within the region as an effective solution to deal with the energy ...
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The informational content of oil and natural gas prices in energy fund performance
This paper explores whether the informational content of oil and gas prices has an impact on energy mutual fund returns. We first re–visit the relationship between oil and gas prices and energy index returns; our findings confirm that better energy index performance is associated with oil and gas price increases. Using the Fama and MacBeth (1973) two–stage regressions, we find that the ...
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Do venture capitalists really invest in good industries? Risk-return perceptions and path dependence in the emerging European energy VC market
Venture Capital (VC) plays an important role in the commercialisation of innovation. Sectors like information and communication technologies and biotech account for two-thirds of all VC investments. Little attention has been paid to understanding how the venture capital market extends to new industries. Based on a survey of European energy technology VCs, we discuss the factors determining the ...
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Technical note: An approximate examination of the effects of esterification on the EROEI of biodiesel fuels
Heat balance calculations on esterification of plant oil to make biodiesel are performed using recently published information from a laboratory reactor. It is concluded that such energy is relatively small and that attempts to improve the EROEI of biodiesels should not focus on the esterification process. [Received: January 8, 2009; Accepted: September 25, 2009]Keywords: biodiesel, ...
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A control model of policy uncertainty and energy R&D investments
Using an optimal control model, we explore the reaction of a firm's optimal investment into an R&D program that aims at non-carbon technologies under uncertainties about a future carbon tax. We find; first, that the influence of risk on investment decisions depends on model formulation. Second, near-term investments decrease in risk in the magnitude of a carbon tax, but increase in uncertainty in ...
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Energy policy indicators for the assessment of the Euro-Mediterranean energy cooperation
The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership was initiated in 1995 and is highly motivated by the mutual interests that both parties have. The Mediterranean countries involved see it as a vehicle to associate themselves with their partner in the north and secure technical assistance provision for the development of their energy sector, while for EU the process is expected to create a favourable and stable ...
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Impacts of wind power on PJM market development
Recently, there has been a substantial growth in wind energy in the USA. An increasing number of states are experiencing market design, planning and investment in wind energy with this growth. Currently, wind installations exist in more than half of the states. This paper explores the market factors that have been driven and affected by large-scale wind energy development in the USA, particularly ...
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Carbon Trust and Siemens announce new £550 million energy saving scheme
The Carbon Trust and Siemens will announce today the launch of a new £550m energy saving finance scheme that will be formally launched in early April, and pledges to help firms cover the upfront cost of energy efficiency ...
By Vital Energi
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Competitive priorities of investment strategy: case wind power
The goal of the research was to evaluate the major factors affecting the decision-making process of investments made in wind power, especially in Finland, from the investors' and suppliers' point of views. The theoretical part of the current research consists of the competitive priorities of investment strategy and analytic hierarchy process model theories. This work links to the existing ...
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Renewable Energy Investment and Innovation – How Close are we to a Clean Powered World?
With the clean power sector entering the maturity stage, renewable energy investments and innovations have become interesting topics. As we read news after news about the plummeting cost of solar and wind projects, the big question that pops up is ‘what does the world of renewable investments look like right now?’ One wonders, is this sector innovating enough to attract thriving ...
By Powerhub
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An empirical analysis for national energy R&D expenditures
This paper focuses on the government R&D expenditures and analyses the dynamic reaction patterns of energy R&D in several countries to oil shocks and shows that the oil shocks served as a strong incentive to promote energy R&D. But on the other hand, it suggests the myopic behaviour of government in energy R&D. We further analyse the trends of energy R&D portfolio in both technology dimension and ...
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Tech/Business outlet GigaOm features Newberry Demonstration
GigaOM.com, a website dedicated to the intersection of technology and business, recently featured AltaRock’s work at the Newberry EGS Demonstration. The article was written by GigaOM editor Katie Fehrenbacher, a seasoned reporter in the energy and investment space, who interviewed AltaRock’s Susan Petty for the piece. Fehrenbacher’s writeup offers a nice overview of the ...
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Energy Efficiency is PRO Business
There is a lot of current debate about whether the State of WA should require utilities to make greater investments in energy efficiency. This has caused some waves within the business community which has legitimate concerns about energy prices and is usually in opposition to government mandates and. Although not proven, the common belief amongst businesses is that laws requiring investments in ...
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4 Advantages of investing in nuclear energy right now
Nuclear energy is going through a major resurgence in popularity, especially when it comes to nuclear energy investment. While nuclear energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can be converted from one form to another, as this energy is released from the nucleus of the atom. When a controlled nuclear reaction occurs, either through fusion or fission, it produces a large amount of energy that can ...
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