Published: October 24, 2011
Tags: electricity, Energy Information Administration, solar, solar power
By Jonathan Fahey Associated Press New York — The high costs that for years made solar energy impractical as a mainstream source of energy are plummeting. Real estate companies are racing to install solar panels on office buildings. Utilities are building large solar panel “farms” near big cities and in desolate deserts. And creative financing [...]
By CHRIS KAHN AP Energy Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Oil started the new year Monday trading above $81 a barrel, almost double what it fetched at the beginning of 2009 even though the U.S. is using much less. Prices, which have been propped up by a weak dollar, will get even more support as [...]
By DINA CAPPIELLO Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — When it comes to pollution, the economic downturn could have an upside. The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday reported that toxic chemical pollution from the nation’s industrial plants, mines and factories declined by 6 percent in 2008, the second year in a row that companies have [...]
Published: November 4, 2009
Tags: AAA, crude, Energy Information Administration, gas, oil, OPEC
By CHRIS KAHN AP Energy Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Crude prices bounced above $80 per barrel once again on Wednesday, a level that even OPEC leaders have said is too high given the fragile state of the global economy. And again it is the U.S. currency that is getting most of the blame. The [...]
Published: November 2, 2009
Tags: Energy Information Administration, Noti, Ore., Oregon Department of Agriculture, Pholia Farm, USDA Rural Development, Wimer, Wintergreen Farm
By Jeff Barnard AP Writer Wimer, Ore. — Vern and Gianaclis Caldwell do a lot of the typical things that make a small farm self-sufficient. Besides the 40-some dwarf Nigerian goats they milk to make artisanal cheeses, they also raise chickens for meat and eggs, a steer for beef, horses to ride and vegetables for [...]
Published: October 13, 2009
Tags: Barnett Shale in Texas, Cirque Resources, Energy Information Administration, Potential Gas Committee at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Study of Peak Oil and Gas
Judith Kohler AP Writer Denver — The promise of enough natural gas to last the United States more than 100 years based on discoveries of vast shale formations could be the country’s next speculative bubble to burst, a speaker warned at a conference exploring the notion that the world’s oil and gas are diminishing rapidly. [...]
Published: October 6, 2009
Tags: Alliant Techsystems Inc., ATK Space Systems, British Airways, electric heat, Energy Information Administration, Heathrow, heating bills, heating oil, natural gas, propane, space shuttle
Report predicts lower winter heating bills for consumers Washington (AP) — Consumers using natural gas this winter stand to save $105, compared with last year, and propane users will get even bigger savings, according to a government report. Households that use heating oil or electric heat also are expected to spend less during the heating [...]
Published: September 28, 2009
Tags: electric heat, Energy Information Administration, heating oil, natural gas, propane, Webber Energy Services
Clarke Canfield AP Writer Portland, ME — Homeowners who heat with oil were feeling sticker shock just more than a year ago as prices soared close to $5 a gallon, but they’re breathing easier now. Heating oil prices are barely half what they were in summer 2008 — and while prices might go up and [...]
Published: April 3, 2009
Tags: Alliant Energy Corp., Annual Energy Outlook 2009, Brian Manthey, coal, Demand and Integration Division, energy, Energy Information Administration, Michael Mellish, Paul Holtberg, power plant, Rob Crain, We Energies
Paul Snyder paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com A new federal energy study says it is unlikely many new coal-fired power plants will be built in the next 20 years. The end of coal? Not quite, say utility companies. “I think it’s premature to go down that road,†said Rob Crain, spokesman for Alliant Energy Corp. “We’re still waiting to [...]
