The Guyana Times: Today’s article is a direct response to Tom Sanzillo, a so-called financial expert, with the title “Director of Financial Analysis at the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis”, a seemingly globally unpopular institute. The institute appears to lack any credible, globally-respected reputational ranking with respect to the work it produces – […]
Michael West Media: They just don’t get it. Or if they do, are they are so compromised by donations from multinational oil and gas companies they are prepared to risk both the planet and the financial future of Australians? Egged on by the toadies in the financial press, the Australian government is pushing ahead with […]
Kaieteur News: Considering Guyana’s poor power generation capacity and infrastructural systems, almost all of the nation’s leaders have thrown their support behind ExxonMobil laying the groundwork to bring gas to shore. But industry experts are of the firm conviction that such a venture could prove financially detrimental to Guyana, especially when one considers the nation’s […]
IndiaSpend: Much of 2020 was lost to the lockdown but the environment sector did not remain dormant in India. The solar sector, for example, touched new benchmarks with tariffs plummeting to Rs 1.99 per kWh (or 1 unit of electricity). The coal sector stumbled despite renewed government interest. The lockdown gave city-dwellers some respite from […]
ABS-CBN News: The Bicol region underwent a total power blackout after typhoons Quinta, Ulysses and Super Typhoon Rolly toppled the majority of power lines in the area. But it was not the case for the Saldo family in Nabua, Camarines Sur who didn’t live in darkness. “The lights around the house were lit providing good […]
Saur Energy: Adani Solar Energy Kutchh Two Private Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL) has commissioned a 100 MW ac solar power project at Khirsara, Gujarat, ahead of its scheduled Commercial Operation Date (COD) according to its 25-year-long Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with the Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam India (GUVNL). The […]
World Pipelines: The US federal agency responsible for approving interstate gas pipeline projects is basing its decisions on contracts rather than on today’s consumer energy needs or the public interest, according to a report released by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). The report—FERC’s Failure to Analyse Energy Market Forces—details how the […]
The Optimist Daily: In a major win for the green energy transition, the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) recently reported that the country consumed more energy from renewable sources last year than from coal, the first time that’s happened since the late 1800s when wood stopped powering steamships and trains. “This shows us the trend […]
Casper Star-Tribune: Refinancing a car loan can be confusing. But renegotiating the debt held by the country’s largest coal company is even more convoluted. On Christmas Eve, coal giant Peabody Energy announced it had reached an agreement with creditors to refinance a majority of its debt. Peabody Energy is the leading coal operator in Wyoming. […]