All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Natural Resources

The food, energy and Biofuels industries all heavily depend on feedstock. I agree with colleagues Mr. Moser and Mr. Timpano regarding food versus fuel, future feedstock’s, food security and sugar cane use for ethanol. After recently attending a Purdue (my alma mater) meeting wearing my Zenergy Bio Fuel...

This press release from Univ. New South Wales claims a new record for solar cell efficiency of 25% capture of solar energy into electrical energy.  However, this was achieved by moving the goal posts - the standard measuring how much light energy was shining on the cell was redefined - rather...

The loss of logging capacity to an industry already battling wood supply issues (higher costs than almost any other area of the world) has serious implications for the future.  When sawmills shut down the flow of chips to nearby pulp mills ceases.  Now those pulp mills must resort to logging...

Gamesa continues to gain US market share by providing an excellent product and service.  The US demand will exceed an annual growth rate of 29%.  Gamesa has the opportunity gain more market. The LoneStar Wind Alliance is a Department of Energy facility to e built in Port Aransas, Texas.  ...

The push for alternative energy has increased competition between planted crop acreage for food vs. biofuel production.  As more regions of the world struggle with tight food supplies the UN has questioned the wisdom of increased biofuel production.

Oil Shale and Sands are necessary in the longer term for continued availability of petroleum based products just like Coal gasification and liquidation.  Conversion of transportation fuels to biofuels, renewable energy and ultimately hydrogen must be accomplished in the short to medium term to...

Issues that will impact projects going forward are: 1. slower world growth 2. the relative attractiveness of other competing projects worldwide 3. availabilty of finance generally will be increasingly difficult and costlier to obtain 4. in line with point 3 perceived PNG risk will become more expensive...

The author of this article in the FAO newsletter is far behind times, as are most bureacratic analysts, especially at the United Nations. This issue is for the most part well settled and the answer to the question is a categoric "No". Food chain crops should not be used as feedstock for biofuels and...

Ug99 is spreading like a wild fire. It is high time to take necessary stepss before it is too late. Significant crop destruction could take place because of this virus. Pakistan is on high alert following detection of the deadly Ug99 wheat stem rust disease in Iran in March 2008.

Nelson D. Schwartz and Jad Mouawad reported in the October 25-26 issue of the International Herald Tribune that OPEC announced in a brief emergency on Friday that it would reduce production by 1.5 million bbl/day. The deepest cut since 2003 failed to provide price support as the price of light sweet...