Monday, March 20, 2017
by Victor Grigorescu, Radu Dudău, Lucian Indrieș
The accelerated growth of electricity prices on the OPCOM electricity exchange in January2017 continues to be a controversy fueled by emotions, manipulation and incomplete understanding
Monday, March 6, 2017
by Tom Randall*
Despite all this, there’s still reason for oil markets to be skeptical. Manufacturers need to actually follow through on bringing down the price of electric cars, and there aren’t yet enough fast-charging stations for convenient long-distance travel
Friday, February 24, 2017
The use of emotionally misleading terms needs to be avoided if we are to have efficient policies, writes Zoltán Szabó*.
Monday, February 13, 2017
by Costis Stambolis*
The question is not rhetoric and alludes to the fact that 10 years after the discovery of the gigantic Leviathan field offshore in Israel and 6 years after the finding of the smaller, but significant nevertheless, Aphrodite reservoir within Cyprus’ EEZ, not a single cubic feet of gas has been exported nor is it likely any time soon
Thursday, February 2, 2017
The election of Donald Trump took Europe by surprise. What followed did not: Trump is surrounding himself with like-minded people, writes Juraj Mesik*.
A climate change denier will be heading the EPA, and the CEO of Exxon Mobil, Rex Tillerson, decorated with the “Order of Friendship” by Russian President Vladimir Putin, may end up as Secretary of State – to name just two highly relevant positions in the new US government
Friday, January 20, 2017
by Mark Hutchins*
A new report published by market analysts Frost & Sullivan expects outlook for clean energy markets to remain positive in 2017, in the face of global uncertainty
Friday, January 13, 2017
by Jeffrey D. Sachs*
American foreign policy is at a crossroads. The United States has been an expanding power since its start in 1789
Tuesday, January 3, 2017
by Jennifer Delony*
A review of all the headlines published by Renewable Energy World this year revealed many interesting trends in the global renewable energy marketplace. Ten trends, however, stand out as being major stories to watch in 2017
Thursday, December 29, 2016
by John M. Roberts*
In the second half of 2017, the world’s most modern pipe-laying barge will lay the first string of the Turkish Stream pipeline across the Black Sea from Russia to Turkey
Monday, December 19, 2016
by Robert Perkins*
Eighteen years ago, the International Energy Agency made an alarming and, by its own admission, controversial prediction. Global conventional oil output would peak well before 2020, it said, based on global oil reserve modeling of the day
Friday, December 2, 2016
by Tom DiChristopher, Web and TV producer*
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries on Wednesday committed its fractious members to their first oil production limits in eight years. Now comes the hard part
Monday, November 28, 2016
by Angelina Rascouet and Grant Smith
Anyone planning to trade the outcome of this week’s OPEC meeting might consider the lessons of the group’s last production cut. Then take a deep breath.
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
by y Will Yakowicz*
Right now, artificially intelligent robots are part of the workforce, from hotel butlers to factory workers. But this is just the beginning.
According to Ben Goertzel, AI researcher and entrepreneur who spoke at the Web Summit in Lisbon this week, intelligent robots in human-like forms will surpass human intelligence and help free the human race of work
Wednesday, November 9, 2016
by FT Reporters
Donald Trump’s stunning victory in Tuesday’s US presidential election sets the stage for a series of radical policy reversals both at home and abroad.
A Trump presidency could scupper some of Barack Obama’s signature achievements, including Obamacare, climate change policy and the nuclear deal with Iran
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
by Agnia Grigas*
As President Vladimir Putin seeks to reinforce Russia’s position as a global power through nuclear saber-rattling and military campaigns in Ukraine and Syria, the next US Administration will need to both contain and cooperate with him
Monday, October 24, 2016
Principal contributors: Nancy Slater-Thompson, Slade Johnson
An estimated 62,500 power plants are operating around the world, with a total installed generating capacity of more than 6,000 gigawatts (GW) in 2015
Monday, October 17, 2016
by Jessica Shankleman*
OPEC’s decision last month to reverse its policy of unfettered production and cut oil output to boost prices may be at odds with the industry’s most important long-term trend: demand for what they produce could start falling within 15 years
Monday, October 3, 2016
by Kostis Geropoulos*
Meeting in Algeria on the sidelines of an energy forum, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) said its members agreed there is a need to cut crude output in an effort to reduce oversupply and boost prices
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
by Ma Jun* and Simon Zadek**
The G20’s finance ministers and central-bank governors have begun to undertake a stunning shift in mindset
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
by Nick Coleman, Senior editor, Platts*
Under pressure from low oil prices and their rising debt levels, top oil executives at theONS 2016conference this week might well have found the blunt message of shale driller Scott Douglas Sheffield unsettling
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