All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Natural Resources

With the increasing investments in and development of Thin film Solar PV technology, grid connected solar power plants are becoming increasingly viable. As the size of the thin film solar PV manufacturing plants become bigger, the economies of scale will kick in and make the cost of grid connected...

Rig Zone Newsletter reported on September 19 that Royal Dutch Shell plans new exploration in Russia near the city of Sochi. Depth of the wells will be six kilometers. Several Russian oil companies have drilled in the area but technical problems prevented the wells from reaching the more attractive target...

Of all the potential cellulosic and agricultural feedstocks, algae is one of the most promising for two reasons;     1. It has the highest oil content yield, more than corn, switchgrass and even palm oil and the oil is realively easy to extract.     2. Algae does...

There is an interesting dichotomy in how most Americans, both the public and the leadership, address alternative energy.  We mouth the rhetoric of "there's no one answer" to replacing present energy conversion and then are as petulant as a child who got underwear instead of a bicycle for Christmas,...

Senior Economics Editor Marilyn Radler and Statistics Editor Laura Bell reported in the September 15 issue of the Oil & Gas Journal that the 147 companies that make up the OGJ 200 recorded a decline in earnings last year. Greater expenses caused net income to fall by 2.5% even as revenue increased...

The Oil & Gas Journal reported in the September 15 issue that Chevron has begun natural gas production from its $7.3 billion project in Garfield County, Colorado. Gas is produced from the Williams formation of the Cretaceous. On August 25, the company began running 5 million cubic feet/day through...

Jad Mouawad in New York reported in the September 23 issue of the International Herald Tribune that crude oil prices posted their largest one day gains on Monday. The price rose more than $25/bbl as investors rushed into commodities. The government mulled a bail out plan to save the financial system....

Despite a horrendous housing market, solar powered installations on homes, especially new ones, are becoming a measurable market niche.  This trend is being noted in mainstream homebuilder publications like housingzone.com, which has until now treated solar as something way into the future. ...

In the Paul Newman movie "The Private War of Harry Frigg", an opening scene has a bunch of generals in a steam room arguing over a map where the enemy is.  After a few minutes, the enemy shows up at the door and takes the toweled lot away.  So is the argument over what's worse, climate change...

Just when you think it's over, and the US solar and wind industries will have to scramble to finish 2008 installations and sweat out 2009 inactivity, Congress has passed fairly close versions of solar and wind power incentives that promise to be at least an adequate patch over to next year, and possibly...