Gas quotas and earthquakes: Minister Kamp's Groningen balancing act
Dutch economic affairs minister Henk Kamp must be more than ready for the holiday season after what has been an eventful year for the man in charge of the country’s energy policy.
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(Wed, 16 Dec 2015) Independent energy assessments of a subset of the buildings surveyed in EIA's Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey have confirmed the quality of data gathered by interviewers. For instance, 65% of the square footage values collected by the interviewers agreed within +/- 10% with the square footage data collected by professional energy assessors.
COP21: what impact will emissions targets have on energy markets?
Big economies made big promises to cut emissions at the Paris climate summit. Frank Watson analyzes how the commitments could affect energy markets.
A re-rollers’ steel market on scrap, DRI costs
Rolling semi-finished steels into bars used for construction is the healthiest steelmaking option available right now, looking at margins.
New database provides monthly inventory and status of U.S. electric generating plants
(Tue, 15 Dec 2015) EIA's recently introduced Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory consolidates currently available information on electric generators into a single product. This new database will enable users to identify monthly changes in generator status and to track units that are being added or retired from the generating fleet.
Independent energy assessments confirm quality of EIA's commercial buildings data
(Tue, 15 Dec 2015) As part of an effort to make EIA?s energy consumption surveys as accurate and efficient as possible, EIA invited the National Research Council (NRC) to review the Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS) data-gathering process and make recommendations for improvements. The NRC suggested sending professional energy assessors to some sites and comparing the data obtained from the survey to the data collected by the assessors. Results from the energy assessment data collection have largely confirmed the quality of data gathered by CBECS interviewers.
Nigerian crude no longer the 'talk of the town'
“It is a buyer’s market.” This phrase is omnipresent on most oil trader’s lips these days, and none typifies this better than the current state of the Nigerian crude oil market.
Four countries added to global shale oil and natural gas resource assessment
(Mon, 14 Dec 2015) EIA continues to expand its assessment of technically recoverable shale oil and shale gas resources around the world. The addition of four countries?Chad, Kazakhstan, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)?to a previous assessment covering 42 countries has resulted in a 13% increase in the global assessed total resource estimate for shale oil and a 4% increase for shale gas.
Australian biofuel use to plummet despite Queensland ethanol mandate
The mandate may provide a small uptick in demand for the blendstock, but it will not put a dent in a forecast crash in Australia’s overall use of biofuels.