GLG News by Utilities and Power Generation Industry Experts (EU)

I think the huge rise in crude feedstock costs is quite an interesting scenario. Most of the major Oil producers and explorers are being cautious where production volume is concerned due to depletion of certain reserves and their attention on untap petroleum feedstocks such as shale , tar and investment ...

The EU, which relies on Russia for around 29% of its gas supplies, is keen to develop new sources of supply. The countries of Central Asia (and Turkmenistan in particular) have long been targeted as potential suppliers though there are major obstacles which include lack of alternative...

Mr. Stanley McWilliams - Independent Consultant   Your fault, my fault, nobody’s fault; ..... I share your frustration hoever there is afurther driver of energy costs which is what is driving the speculators  Like it or not we now face peak oil, when the world's oil and PRODUCTION...

On the face of it it seems a great solution exmained in the present and in isolation.  Things are not so simple when examined in the whole.  World uses energy as electricity, gases and liquids.  98% is derived fossil fuels, some 88mtoe equivalent/day. The sceptre of declining...

The main component of the Texas problem was the inability of conventional generation to deliver when the wind fell off.  Predictions of future windpower are becoming highly reliable, even up to 30 hours.  The Texas drop off was as predicted, but backup plants failed. Further, the entire US...

In order to get benefit of economy of scale and become competitive on the market place, investments in technological development are needed. This is true in particular for emerging energy technologies. But due to the fact that moving from one particular energy technology to another often lasts for at...

Solar power is also solar thermal power technology, which relates on concentrated solar radiation and delivers today already cheaper electricity than photovoltaics. Solar thermal power technology has more in common with Big Oil than photovoltaics. Solar thermal power business is nowadays booming and...

The UK Gas market is short of storage due to the tailing off of UK gas reserves. Most new gas storage projects are associated with existing major market players. Star Energy is one of the few credible independent storage players.

The efficiency of photosynthesis is only about 1%. Therefore, plants or animals should not be used for producing biofuels, unless they are anyway needed for other purposes like food or fodder supply and industry (e.g., construction wood). On the contrary, biofuels from organic waste products of...

Many current fuels and clean sources for power generation provide non-firm supplies. Coal remains the cheapest most cheaply and easily stored power generation fuel, and therefore must remain in the fuel misx of most generators.