Can U.S. Shale Gas Producers Find Fortune Overseas?
Not now but down the road, it is possible.
European Perspective: While U.S.-based shale gas developers are having luck domestically, they are stymied overseas, for now. For how long?
Business Model Mashup
Three ‘power plays’ for utilities seeking growth.
Threats to the utility business model mean that it’s time to make choices about future growth to protect cash flows while investing in new ventures.
Rethink Your Marketing
Your customers are going mobile. So should your ad dollars.
Just how are utilities getting out the word? Legacy media is important but the use mobile devices are gaining ground.
People (September 2015)
Xcel Energy named George E. Tyson II as senior v.p. for corporate development. Southern Company hired Michael Britt as v.p. for the company’s Energy Innovation Center. Southern Company Services named Martin B. Davis as executive v.p. and CIO. Pacific Gas and Electric promoted Geisha Williams to president, electric operations, Nick Stavropoulos to president, gas operations and John Simon to executive v.p. of corporate services and human resources. And others...
The Economics of Clean Power
And how the market has outmaneuvered the political forces, so far.
While former CEO Charles Bayless says that economics remains the driving factor behind the shifting sands, there are plenty who would put the blame on the Obama administration and its “War on Coal.”
Wanted: Senior Analyst, Electricity Markets
Avant Energy seeks to hire a Senior Analyst to join our company as a key advisor to senior management on electricity markets, including economics, structure and the regulatory environment. This is a unique opportunity for an individual with 2 to 5 years of energy market experience and an advanced degree to make important contributions to the formulation of tactics and strategy for Avant Energy and its clients.
Microgrids Encircle Utilities
Through disruptive technologies, utilities will transform themselves, and the world in which they operate.
The Marine Corps Air Station near San Diego could be a microcosm of not just how the U.S. military does business but also how corporate America will transact commerce. It is using a microgrid that was developed in part with Raytheon technology, in conjunction with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Here, solar panels are creating the electricity that is then harnessed by a battery storage system built by Primus Power.
ABB to Install Microgrid Solution in South Africa
Submitted by aburr on Fri, 2015-09-04 13:38ABB will install an integrated solar-diesel microgrid at its Longmeadow premises in Johannesburg, South Africa. The 96,000 square meter facility houses the company's country headquarters as well as medium voltage switchgear manufacturing and protection panel assembly facilities, with around 1,000 employees. The solution includes a rooftop solar PV field and a PowerStore grid stabilizer, that will help to maximize the use of clean solar energy.
Siemens to Supply Compression Solution for LNG Project
Submitted by aburr on Fri, 2015-09-04 13:37Siemens was awarded a contract to supply the initial ten compressor trains for a LNG project for Magnolia LNG, a wholly-owned subsidiary company of Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (LNGL). Siemens' scope of supply comprises a total of eight refrigeration compressors and two feed gas booster compressors for the initial two LNG trains.