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Ofgem has warned that next winter could be tight for gas supplies, despite new energy infrastructure. Ofgem chief executive Alistair Buchanan said supplies might be a problem if schemes were [...]

Winning customers is a pricey business. Tot up the total cost of your sales or business development team to find out just how expensive. One way of reducing costs is [...]

Maybe it's just part of the DNA of one who grew up as a writer and journalist in Washington D.C. during the Watergate years. It's hard not to see, or [...]

Nine out of ten European power companies expect blackouts to be a regular occurrence as security of supply emerged as the top concern of the energy sector worldwide, according to [...]

by Roger Milne Ministers this week proposed doubling the requirement on energy suppliers to promote energy efficiency measures, as part of the UK's climate change strategy. Environment secretary Margaret Beckett [...]

Water The price review will dominate the water calendar in 2004. Ministers will give their final guidance to Ofwat in January, and then companies will submit their final business plans. [...]

The London Development Agency (LDA) is to investigate utility demand in one of the biggest housing growth areas in the UK as concern grows that developments will be held up [...]

Boliden Wins Chinese Lead Smelter Contract Boliden Contech has signed a $4.6 million contract to build a furnace for China's Western Mining in the central province of Quinghai. The job [...]

The Australian government faces difficult decisions in light of the expected war against Iraq. At present the country does not stockpile oil, and there are only about six weeks worth of supplies in the petrol supply chain.

Aug. 7 was a record-breaker. Just ask Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. The power company said its customers set a new record high for electricity demand as temperatures reached into the [...]

After two years of stagnation in the international demand for energy (MJ, July 28, 2000, p.61), the world consumption of primary energy rebounded in 2000. In its annual `big picture' [...]

This month I'd like to weigh in on the energy crisis. But before I get started, here are a few basic assumptions. First, we'll continue to increase our use of [...]

Charter Manufacturing Company employs 1,000 people in five plants in Wisconsin and one in Ohio. We are in the steel making and processing business. Steel making and processing is a [...]

California signaling future problems Ongoing power shortages in California hint at a larger problem for the US that is not likely to go away soon. Experts now realize that there [...]

Cutting though the hype of California's energy situation To view this article in its entirety, go to (www.buildings.com) Sensationalism. Is the energy situation in California really as volatile as the […]

Wholesale Power Market Outlook 2001/2002, just published by ICF Consulting, examines 17 wholesale electricity markets in Europe and concludes that several Nordic countries will face a severe capacity shortage next […]

WASHINGTON -- Mar-20 -- (CongressDaily) Top administration officials Monday met with President Bush to discuss their emerging energy strategy, reporting to the president on the state of the country's energy [...]

This month marks the new millennium -- another 1,000-year segment of human history. As we look forward into the new century, humanity continues to seek the benefits of human-directed energy [...]

CORPORATE EXECUTIVES are confronting critical technology decisions today that will affect the nation's ability to meet the environmental and economic needs of the new millennium. Conflicting signals from the market [...]

KEY L.A. INDUSTRIES SLAMMED BY ENERGY PRICE HIKES, FACING LOSS OF POWER HIGHER energy prices and power cutbacks are slamming thousands of businesses in Los Angeles, as the state's energy [...]

You say "gas" and we say "petrol," or at least we did until a couple of weeks ago. That was the point at which the rising cost of fuel suddenly […]

World demand for energy again remained stubbornly flat in 1999, growing by only 0.2 per cent, well below the average increase for the past ten years of 0.9 per cent. [...]

Power reliability is the hot energy issue in the US, notably as it's the heat that seems to bring the system down. How can utilities address this? DEREGULATION AND restructuring [...]

U.S INDUSTRY SCORBOARD 7/5 4 wk 4 wk. avg. % Year-to-date Latest week 6/25 average year ago [*] change average [*] Demand (1,000 b/d) Motor gasoline 8,389 8,398 -0.1 8,205 [...]

BP PLC chief executive officer Tony Hayward said diversity, competition and efficiency will play key roles in balancing energy security, employment and economic development with climate change control. The world is seen to need 45 percent more energy in the year 2030. Hayward added nuclear energy and biofuels will also play a part in energy security.

Energy master limited partnerships were able to raise $1.2 billion for the first two months of 2010. This sector is finally beginning to draw interest from mainstream investors who are looking for high-yield investments.

Development of unconventional energy resources is seen to require overcoming many hurdles, speakers at the Society of Petroleum Engineers Annual Conference said. Energy demand is seen to increase by 50 percent in the next 25 years. Tight gas development is said to entail more intense investment and activity than conventional gas.

The US Energy Information Administration reported that the world's energy consumption is projected to grow 50% from 2005 to 2030. Energy demand in the developing countries could grow 85% in the period.

The Co nfederation of European Paper Industries hosted a seminar on solid biomass mobilization for the biofuels and forest-based industries. Topics discussed include the supply and demand balance of wood products and biofuel sustainability.

China and India are the emerging giants in the energy sector in terms of demand. Details on enhancing energy security, actions to tackle climate change, and role of the two countries' economic growth in the global energy system are discussed.

Flexibility of operation was a property of the earliest combined cycles, many of which are still in service in Europe, and is in contrast to today's much larger plants with [...]

The Canadian energy industry is maintaining its strength thanks to its immense, though costly, oil-sands resources, says Michelle Dathorne, an S&P director. 'The growth in Canada is coming from the [...]

Dr. Scott Tinker--who pulls double duty as the state geologist of Texas and director of the Bureau of Economic Geology at the University of Texas--is an unconventional thinker. A geologist [...]

The 19th World Energy Congress was set to the theme 'Delivering Sustainability: Opportunities and Challenges for the Energy Industry'. 'Energy sustainability in all three of its dimensions--accessibility, availability and acceptability--is [...]

In line with our Mission 'to meet customer satisfaction through efficiently providing reliable, clean & safe supplies of water & electricity, promoting Dubai as the preferred choice for business & [...]

According to Daniel Yergin, chairman of Cambridge Energy Research Associates, the demand shock being experienced in the energy market is because of rapid development of countries like India and China apart from the reviving US economy. Yergin was speaking at the mid year meeting of the Independent Petroleum Association of America.

On this the 75th anniversary of its publication, Public Utilities Fortnightly--a journal that has sought out the truth through its investigation and understanding, been a place for knowledge and scholarship, [...]

US energy supply and conservation of energy both are needed to help Americans reach the elusive goal of winning themselves from less-expensive, but more precarious foreign energy supplies. Renewable trust is also one priority, which helps to develop renewable energy resources to reduce oil dependence by more than 2 million b/d.

TOTAL US energy demand is projected to increase at an average annual rate of 1.5 percent over the next two decades, with Americans using less natural gas but paying higher [...]

The recent blackout that closed down large portions of the Northeast, New York, Michigan Ohio, and Ontario also caused a lot of emergency work for cooling contractors in those states. [...]

In the year 2002, global energy consumption rose 2.6. Supply also increased sufficiently to meet increased world demand.