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Energy Report

September 8, 2014

Circles of Influence

A company's sense of honor means this project only earned honorable mention.

September 8, 2014

The Meaning of Utility

Electricity is the latest frontier for innovation in shale oil and gas.

August 6, 2014

Ripples, Then Waves

A new report from Jones Lang LaSalle documents how US shale zones reach well beyond the oil patch.

August 6, 2014

Piping Up

Facility investment and job creation might hinge on an upcoming ruling on steel pipe dumping. Or they might just keep going full steam ahead.

July 9, 2014

Up in Arms

Is Australia about to deliver an about-face in renewable energy policy?

July 9, 2014

Summer Reading

Three new reports from the International Energy Agency offer global insights into future investment needs, the next shale booms and the tremendous energy wasted by our 24/7 devices.

July 9, 2014

Emissions Transformed

A biofuel/biogas project in Denmark is one of 39 projects across the EU benefiting from a unique funding program.

June 4, 2014

Resounding Victory

The Thunder may not be in the NBA Finals, but OKC’s GE project win is just beginning to reverberate.

June 4, 2014

Season in the Sun

Summer’s here, and the time is right for … global solar innovation.

May 12, 2014

It Takes an Army

In April the U.S. Army announced plans to start development of a solar array that will provide about 25 percent of the annual installation electricity requirement of Fort Huachuca, Ariz., in the state’s southeastern corner just a stone’s throw from the Mexican border.

May 12, 2014

Filling the Sails

After some tough years, wind turbine firm Vestas in 2012 experienced one of its best years for wind turbine orders.

May 12, 2014

Bright Light

Understandably overshadowed by horrific human rights news in the country, a major renewable energy agreement was signed last week in Nigeria that could spell a bright future for solar energy in a nation looking for ways to wean itself from overdependence on oil.

April 14, 2014

Two Thumbs Up in the UK

Budget changes to the United Kingdom’s oil and gas tax regime are expected to support billions of pounds of new investment and the creation of more than 700 new jobs, with close to 8,000 more sustained along the supply chain.

April 14, 2014

Stars of the Show

Last Thursday, not long after saluting dozens of Energy Star champion organizations earlier in the month, the US Environmental Protection Agency announced its sixth annual list of the top 25 U.S. metropolitan areas with the most Energy Star certified buildings.

April 14, 2014

Clean Machine

They could be … the most interesting men in the world.

March 12, 2014

Texas Strikes Back

The primary target of a February series of articles documenting air quality complaints in the Eagle Ford Shale was the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ).

March 12, 2014

Get In the District

In November, the International District Heating Association (IDEA) released a new planning guide for community energy, or thermal networks, customized for the Canadian market.

March 11, 2014

Fracking the Eagle Ford Shale

When Lynn Buehring leaves her doctor’s office in San Antonio she touches her inhaler to be sure it’s close.

February 7, 2014

Not a Sprint

Marathon Petroleum Corp. spun off from Houston-based Marathon Oil in 2011. But it’s been a bedrock presence in Findlay, Ohio, part of the Toledo metro area, for more than 125 years, and employs more than 1,800 people in the area.

February 7, 2014

Waste Not

Could a harmonic smart-grid convergence be at hand in Japan? The seemingly intractable problem of storing renewable power might be solvable via, of all things, a large tract of landfill and a steady stream of used batteries.

February 7, 2014

Heavy Duty

Hyundai Heavy Industries is known as the world's largest shipbuilder, and it builds the world's largest ships too: In January, the company began building the first of five 19,000-TEU containerships for China Shipping Container Lines (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd.

January 15, 2014

Extending the LEED

Leading-edge green building policy in Greater Seattle pushes the envelope further.