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Lima Energy nearing reality? A slow, ardous, winding journey

May 20 - Lima News (OH) - With fresh funding, construction of the Lima Energy gasification plants seems to be nearing reality. More...

$55M NorthWestern power plant ready to go

May 20 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Jeff Natalie-Lees American News, Aberdeen, S.D. - A new $55 million power plant south of Aberdeen is ready to provide electricity during peak demand. More...

Converting Dunkirk plant to natural gas too costly, study says

May 20 - Buffalo News (NY) - The $506 million project to convert the coal-fired power plant in Dunkirk to less-expensive natural gas would increase electricity delivery rates by a range of 3 to nearly 10 percent and cost upstate consumers far more than a less expensive alternative to upgrade the power transmission network across Western New York, according to a report released Monday by National Grid. More...

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Kemper overruns claim Miss. Power's president

JACKSON, Miss. (The Associated Press) - May 20 - JEFF AMY - Ed Day said his main job as president of Mississippi Power Co. More...

Idaho Power will invest in coal, for now

May 17 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Rocky Barker The Idaho Statesman - Idacorp CEO LaMont Keen said Thursday that Idaho Power Co. More...

SAIC Discusses Oil and Gas Issues at Niobrara Infrastructure Development Summit

SAIC (Science Applications International Corporation) - Vice President Jeffrey Spearman and Project Manager Andrew Foley, both in the Oil, Gas & Chemicals Segment of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), will chair and moderate at the 3rd Annual Niobrara Infrastructure Development Summit, to be held in the Magnolia Ballroom in Denver, Colo. more...

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Natural Gas on Track to Become Next Energy Giant

By Sarah Battaglia
On: May 6, 2013

Natural gas has been a valuable source of energy for hundreds of years, but over the last decade or so, the use of this resource has intensified. In its early stages, natural gas was mainly more...

Shale Gas - A Potential Game Changer

By Kirk Edelman
On: May 6, 2013

Pick up a newspaper, turn on the radio or tune into the nightly news broadcast and you're bound to hear a reference to shale gas and its impact on the shifting global energy map. "The more...

A Sooty Matter - What to do About Black Carbon Moving Forward?

By Kristopher Settle
On: February 11, 2013

Soot is defined as the particulate matter released by the burning of fossil fuels, mainly coal. It is often a black substance that is deemed harmful because the dark particles cause warming by absorbing heat more...

Oil, OPEC and the Best Brain in the World Again

By Ferdinand E. Banks
On: October 18, 2012

Not long ago I read an article on the site OilPrice.Com in which the author claimed that President Barack Obama lied when he stated that there was a shortage of oil onshore or in the more...

Economics of Shale Gas

By Karol Mazur
On: October 3, 2012

Since 2007, when vast amounts of shale gas in the United States have been tapped, US natural gas production has significantly grown by 20% causing sharp fall in Henry Hub's natural gas spot price. Consequently, more...

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