Congressional Budget Office As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on November 30, 2010 http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/120xx/doc12018/s3973.pdf SUMMARY S. 3973 would reauthorize and amend the diesel emissions reduction program administered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This legislation would authorize the appropriation of $200 million annually over the 2012-2016 period for EPA … Continue reading »
Posted on December 10, 2010 …
Global Climate Change
USDA, Economic Research Service http://www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/GlobalClimate/#2010-12-10 This briefing room highlights the ERS climate change research program, which builds on extensive expertise on the economics of land use, land management, technology adoption, conservation program design, and biofuels production and distribution. ERS research is underway to estimate the likely responses of farmers to possible climate policies and to … Continue reading »
2010 Report on Ethanol Market Concentration
US Federal Trade Commission http://www.ftc.gov/os/2010/12/101203ethanolreport.pdf The market for ethanol fuel in the United States is still unconcentrated, with 160 firms nationwide either producing ethanol or likely to be in production within the next 18 months, according to the Federal Trade Commission’s 2010 report on the state of U.S. ethanol production. The FTC report is the … Continue reading »
The North Sea Countries’ Offshore Grid Initiative Memorandum of Understanding
European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity http://tinyurl.com/2a9ddtv A Memorandum of Understanding was signed today by 10 North Sea countries. The ten countries have committed to work together to identify and overcome the regulatory, legal, market, planning and technical issues involved in creating a North Sea grid. [H/T: PEN-e]
Investor Risks from Development of Oil Shale and Coal-to-Liquids
Ceres / David Gardiner & Associates http://www.ceres.org/Document.Doc?id=652 [From Executive Summary] As the United States pursues the goal of increased energy security, discussions about unconventional fossil fuel sources, such as oil shale and coal-to-liquids (CTL), have re-emerged. With technologically recoverable reserves estimated at about 800 billion barrels in the U.S.—three times the size of Saudi Arabia’s … Continue reading »
Review of Closure Plans for the Baseline Incineration Chemical Agent Disposal Facilities
National Academies Press (download with free registration) www.nap.edu/catalog/12963.html This book responds to a request by the director of the U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency (CMA) for the National Research Council to examine and evaluate the ongoing planning for closure of the four currently operational baseline incineration chemical agent disposal facilities and the closure of a … Continue reading »
Annual Electric Generator Report
US DOE, Energy Information Administration http://www.eia.gov/cneaf/electricity/page/eia860.html The 2009 data files with data collected on the Annual Electric Generator Report (EIA-860) are now available on EIA s Electricity page. The files include capacity and other characteristic data at the generator-level for power plants with 1 megawatt or greater of combined nameplate capacity. The files also include … Continue reading »
Oil and Gas Reality Check 2011: A Look at 10 of the Top Issues Facing the Oil Sector
Deloitte, Inc. http://tinyurl.com/25p9ts9 Bearish economic indicators released in the last few weeks notwithstanding, oil prices are pushing upward, testing the upper limits of the US$70-80 per barrel range. Serving as a simple yet global and unified measure of economic recovery, it is oil’s price range and the strength and sustainability of the recovery that will … Continue reading »
