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  • Waste as an Alternative Energy

    Jim Cahill
    As the technologies such as gasification improve to derive energy from waste, more waste-to-energy plants are emerging. Emerson’s Douglas Morris, a member of the alternative energy industry team, explores this trend in today’s guest post. The old reality...

  • Fuel Cells-Another Emerging Technology

    Jim Cahill
    Are fuel cells a potential disruptive technology for the global energy markets? Emerson’s Alan Novak, leader of the alternative energy industry team, explores this question in today’s guest post. In previous posts, we have highlighted a variety of non...

  • Ethanol Challenges-Is Recent North Dakota Plant Closing a Harbinger?

    Jim Cahill
    Emerson’s Douglas Morris of the alternative energy industry team analyzes the implications of a recent ethanol plant closing. This past winter, Archer Daniel Midlands Company announced that it would be closing its Walhalla, North Dakota ethanol plant...

  • Re-Visiting the Renewable Fuels Standard

    Jim Cahill
    In today’s guest post, Emerson’s Alan Novak, leader of the alternative energy industry team, revisits the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and its impact on the industry. The Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS), first signed into law as part of the Energy...

  • Vibration Monitoring Improves Wind Turbine Availability

    Jim Cahill
    Rotating machinery including wind turbines are subject to wear and tear over time. Emerson’s Douglas Morris, a member of the alternative energy team, shares how vibration-monitoring equipment can help avoid unplanned downtime and costly maintenance. The...

  • Another Bust in Solar Power

    Jim Cahill
    Emerson’s Alan Novak, who leads the alternative energy industry team, describes the continued downward economic pressure on solar power panel manufacturers. In several previous posts, we’ve discussed the challenges facing solar panel manufacturers due...

  • The Struggle of Alternative Fuel IPOs

    Jim Cahill
    Raising capital for biofuel producers is becoming more difficult as shared by Emerson’s Douglas Morris of the alternative energy team in today’s guest post. Over the past couple of years, there have been a number of companies that have issued IPOs [initial...

  • Improving Shale Gas Development

    Jim Cahill
    Emerson’s Alan Novak, leader of the alternative energy industry team, highlights technology changes that may replace the need for water in hydraulic fracturing. In a previous post, we discussed the process of Hydraulic Fracturing, or “Fracking”, which...

  • The Shakeout of Solar Power?

    Jim Cahill
    Emerson’s Douglas Morris of the alternative energy industry team highlights the challenges facing solar power panel manufacturers. On a number of occasions, we’ve discussed issues facing renewable power, but the recent announcements about companies struggling...

  • Another Alternative to Crude Oil

    Jim Cahill
    Gas-to-liquids technology continues to advance notes Emerson’s Alan Novak, leader of the alternative energy industry team, in today’s guest post. In previous posts we discussed the emerging technology of gas to liquids (GTL) driven by the vast shale gas...

  • Asian Innovation in Energy

    Jim Cahill
    Emerson’s alternative energy industry expert, Douglas Morris, explores the innovations coming out of Asia in converting coal to other forms of energy and chemicals in today’s guest post. This March 24th issue of the Economist magazine published an article...

  • Natural Gas as an Alternative Fuel

    Jim Cahill
    With the ever-increasing supply of natural gas in the U.S., Emerson’s Alan Novak, leader of the alternative energy industry team, highlights some activity on the demand side. In previous posts, we have examined the changing dynamics of the global energy...

  • What is the Outlook for Global Renewables?

    Jim Cahill
    Emerson’s Douglas Morris of the alternative energy industry team looks at the impact of governmental policies, shale gas, and technology challenges on the use of renewable fuels across the world. To answer this question, you really have to take a look...

  • Global Energy Industry Leaders-CERAWeek 2012

    Jim Cahill
    Douglas Morris of Emerson’s alternative energy industry team shares some thoughts and experiences from the CERAWeek conference this week. CERAWeek, led by Daniel Yergin, is an annual meeting of global energy industry leaders that was held this week in...

  • Impact of Energy Development on Local Populations

    Jim Cahill
    In today’s guest post, Emerson’s Douglas Morris, a member of the alternative energy industry team, explores the impact on local inhabitants as the locations for energy development continue to fan out across the globe. Last year I had the opportunity to...

  • Is Oil Shale the Next Big Thing?

    Jim Cahill
    In today’s guest post, Emerson’s Alan Novak, director of the alternative energy team explores the future of oil shale. In spite of recent economic turmoil, global energy demand continues to increase and liquid fuels continue to be the major component...

  • New Oil and Gas Technologies Leading the Way

    Jim Cahill
    Our regular Friday posts here on the blog feature the Emerson experts in alternative energy. Alan Novak, director of the alternative energy industry team, has an article just published in Forbes magazine. The article, The Tectonic Shift Of New Oil And...

  • Is Natural Gas the New Alternative Energy Source?

    Jim Cahill
    In today’s guest post, Emerson’s Douglas Morris of the alternative energy industry team, explores how the abundance of natural gas is generating discussions around the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standards and alternative energy-based processes. About a month...

  • More Efficient, Wood-Based Biomass Energy Production

    Jim Cahill
    Many power producers have goals to use renewable resources in their electrical energy mix—by either regulation or economic incentive. At the ARC Industry Forum this week in Orlando, Minnesota Power’s Luther Kemp presented the company’s plans to expand...

  • The Boom and Bust Cycle in Renewable Energy

    Jim Cahill
    In today’s guest post, Emerson’s Alan Novak, director of the alternative energy industry team, explores the role of government policy in renewable energy’s boom and bust cycles. As Doug Morris mentioned last week, the renewable fuels market is facing...

  • US Energy Policy: What Happened to Advanced Biofuels?

    Jim Cahill
    Emerson’s Douglas Morris of the alternative energy industry team highlights his impressions from this week’s U.S. State of the Union address as it applies to alternative energy: Being that it’s State of the Union time, I thought it would be curious to...

  • Control Architecture for Solar Photovoltaic Plants

    Jim Cahill
    In today’s guest post, Emerson’s Jim Cushman, a member of the Power & Water Solutions business, looks at the process control architecture requirements for solar photovoltaic-based power generation. Early developers of solar photovoltaic (PV) did not consider...

  • Changes to the Ethanol Tax Structure

    Jim Cahill
    In today’s guest post, Emerson’s Douglas Morris of the alternative energy industry team shares his thoughts on the impact on recently expired US ethanol tariffs. This just in, there is a budget battle going on in Washington, DC. Okay, so the budget disagreements...

  • Impact of Shale Gas on Coal Conversion Technologies

    Jim Cahill
    Emerson’s Alan Novak, leader of the Alternative Energy industry team, explores how the rapid increase in shale production has impacted coal conversion, liquefied natural gas (LNG), and Substitute Natural Gas (SNG) in today’s guest post. A few weeks ago...

  • Solar Photovoltaic Growing Pains

    Jim Cahill
    In today’s guest post, Emerson’s Jim Cushman, a member of the Power & Water Solutions team, describes the challenges utilities and independent system operators (ISOs) face in regulating power on the grid with the increasing number of solar photovoltaic...

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