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Walls, Windmills, the BRI and Power Lines: What is China’s Long-Term Energy Strategy?

August 29, 2018

From Asia Times China is now the undisputed leader in renewable-energy manufacturing worldwide. Yet along the routes of its Belt and Road Initiative – the largest foreign-investment strategy in history – alternative-clean-energy projects pale in comparison with coal-fired power plants. This has led many commentators to question Beijing’s commitment to renewable energy beyond its borders, but enormous Chinese investments in

Natural Gas Won’t Disappear from Electrification: EPRI, AGA Studies

July 20, 2018

From Daily Energy Insider SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – While details of studies conducted by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and the American Gas Association (AGA) on electrification differed, neither study found that natural gas would be eliminated completely in an increased electrification scenario, panelists at a utility regulation event said Monday. The panel at the National Association of Regulatory Utility

EIG’s FS Energy and Power Fund – at $4.3 Billion – is Largest Energy BDC

April 9, 2018

FS Investments (FS) and EIG Global Energy Partners (EIG) closed a transaction today, allowing EIG to manage FS Energy and Power Fund (FSEP). According to the company’s press release, FSEP will be the largest energy-focused business development company (BDC) in the marketplace with $4.3 billion in assets under management. “We are excited to enter the next phase of our partnership

Egypt Buys $14 Billion of NatGas from Noble Energy, Delek

February 19, 2018

Noble Energy, Inc. (ticker: NBL) has signed agreements to sell significant quantities of natural gas from the Leviathan and Tamar fields to Dolphinus Holdings Limited to supply gas in Egypt. These agreements, one for natural gas from Leviathan and one for Tamar, each provide for total contract quantities of 1.15 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. The natural gas is

NatGas Will Provide Bulk of U.S. Electricity for at Least Two More Years

January 22, 2018

United States leans away from coal as natural gas powers up to 20 gigawatts in 2018 The EIA’s January 2018 Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) forecasted that natural gas will remain the primary source of U.S. electricity generation for at least the next two years. The share of total electricity supplied by natural gas-fired power plants is expected to average 33%

Tellurian is sharply cutting the equity buy-in for potential partners in a bid to make its business model to finance construction of its proposed Driftwood LNG export terminal more attractive.

New Jobs in Energy: Technology, Innovation and Big Data

June 12, 2017

The changing face of energy: new jobs in the broad energy sector Powering the industrial base, fueling all modes of transportation including the nation’s food distribution system, and setting the table for national economic growth—filling jobs in the energy industry is critical to the future economic success of the U.S. Energy-related job openings are changing. New jobs are growing fast, and

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