Natural Gas

UK: It’s Peak Gas we need to worry about, not Peak Oil…

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It seems despite all the talk of peak oil, that the UK’s downfall might actually end up coming about from peak gas. This last week has been quite extraordinary, with the beginnings of a real crisis for the UK energy sector, not that, unless you were reading the Guardian over the last week, you would actually have heard much about it.

US Army: Peak Oil and the Army’s future

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“The days of inexpensive, convenient, abundant energy sources are quickly drawing to a close,” according to a recently released US Army strategic report. The report notes that a peak in global oil production looks likely to be imminent, with wide reaching implications for the US Army and society in general.

UK Energy Gap

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As an introductory piece we should look at the overall energy landscape in the UK. The media are regularly talking about the prospect of an energy gap but the analysis is often no more than pointing out the gap left by the nuclear decommission programme. The situation is more serious that that.

Other energy – Mar 1

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As technology improves, biofuel sources are everywhere /
Feds want to pump money into biorefineries /
Charcoal-fired fuel cell /
GE eyes Wyoming coal for gasification /
Carlyle eyes renewable energy, predicts IPOs /
UK: Soaring gas prices will lead to 7,000 layoffs in plastics sector /
Oil & energy news for the truly obsessed /

Other energy – Feb 25

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Japan utilities eye summer oil as LNG hits records /
World has bigger oil worries than size of reserves /
Microorganisms key to ethanol production /
HighCountry special issue on energy /
Bush admits to ‘mixed signals’ on renewable energy lab /
Alaska, energy firms agree on pipeline /
UK: We’re in for nasty weather – and no gas