Power & Energy Commodity Reports

Power and Energy Commodity Reports

Have Fuel Cells Finally Turned the Corner?

March 2010

Sunnyvale, California-based Bloom Energy, founded in 2001, was one of the feature stories on the February 21 edition of CBS Television's "60 Minutes." The subject of the story was the public unveiling of the Energy Server™, which is refrigerator-sized generating units containing solid oxide fuel cells. Bloom Energy claims that this type of advanced fuel cell holds greater potential for real distributed generation applications than its predecessors due to its use of lower cost ceramic materials as well as due to a breakthrough in engineering design challenges that previously hindered the development of solid oxide fuel cells.

OPEC Monthly Oil Market Report for March 2010

London, March 2010

Attached please find OPEC Monthly Oil Market Report for March 2010.

Yemen’s Push Into the Gas Sector Fails to Stimulate Great Excitement and Raises Disturbing Questions

London, 5 March 2010

With Yemen’s oil revenues plunging, the government’s push into the gas market seemed like an economic saving grace for a state wracked by poverty and terrorism, but analysts warn more thought should be given to carving out the country's post-petroleum era.

UK: Experts challenge all-electric energy future

London, March 2010

Experts at the University of Surrey have highlighted an important opportunity to harness untapped energy to help achieve the country’s aims of cutting carbon dioxide emissions and increasing efficiency.

Renewed Battle for Falkland Islands Suits the Embattled British, Argentine Leaders, and Others

London, March 2010

The artificially-engendered revival of the dispute, which began in February 2010 between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic, has been portrayed as a posturing by embattled Argentine Press.

OTC Derivatives Reform: Gensler

Washington D.C., 24 February 2010

Remarks Of CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler, Over-The-Counter Derivatives Reform, Energy Bar Association.

Energy: Obama budget a step in the right direction

Washington D.C., February 2010

The Obama Administration demonstrated its support for energy efficiency through better data collection with the release of its 2011 budget request on February 2, 2010.

Libya faces tough energy sell

London, 19 February 2010

The Libyan government has been sounding off lately about boosting the profile of its oil and gas market, but it’s questionable whether international companies will ignore the government’s missteps in the industry - not to mention the recent lackluster energy finds - and keep injecting money into the North African country.

An Interview with David Edwards of Baringa Partners

London, February 2010

This interview is the second in a series of interviews with major consultancies in the Commodities Trading & Risk Management area. I had the opportunity to visit with David Edwards of UK-based Baringa Partners and ask him a few questions about his firm and the commodities trading and risk management industry in Europe.

Energizing Defense Contractors

Houston, February 2010

Defense contractors aren't exactly shooting for the stars. But they are aiming for a greater share of the ever-changing energy business. Their scientific and technical expertise coupled with their well capitalized businesses is giving them an inside track into the world of intelligent utilities, green energy and emissions reductions.