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  • Plentiful Natural Gas—Impact on US Process Manufacturing

    Jim Cahill
    In today’s guest post, Emerson’s Alternative Energy industry group leader, Alan Novak, shares the opportunity that shale gas provides to the U.S. economy and the process manufacturing industries: A new energy source has emerged and is changing the shape...

  • Inflation or Growth: A Crossroad in China

    Jim Cahill
    In this guest blog post, Emerson’s Douglas Morris addresses economic conditions in China and their impact on alternative energy investments, particularly coal to liquids processes. We’ve had a number of posts about the need for energy in emerging markets...

  • 100 US Dollar Per Barrel Oil is Back and What it May Mean

    Jim Cahill
    Emerson’s Alan Novak, leader of the alternative energy and metals & mining industry teams, offers his thoughts on the reemergence of $100 USD/barrel oil. While no one was looking, oil (West Texas Intermediate – WTI) has slowly crept back to $100/barrel...

  • Alternative Energy Projects in Valuable Niches

    Jim Cahill
    Emerson’s Douglas Morris, a member of the alternative energy team, shares his observations from the recent Advanced Biofuels Markets conference and Advanced Biofuels Association (ABFA) board meeting. The 2011 Advanced Biofuels Markets conference and ABFA...

  • Understanding Energy Security and Efficiency

    Jim Cahill
    Emerson’s Douglas Morris, a member of the alternative energy industry team, shares his perspectives on author Daniel Yergin’s book on energy security and efficiency. Just about every day, in just about every media outlet, you will likely find some article...

  • Low Carbon Economy and Technology Xinjiang Symposium

    Jim Cahill
    Emerson’s Douglas Morris from the Alternative Energy team provides an update from a Low Carbon Economy and Technology in China: The 2nd annual Low Carbon Economy and Technology Xinjiang Symposium was held last week in Urumqi which is located in China...

  • 2011 Gasification Technologies Council Conference

    Jim Cahill
    Emerson’s Alan Novak, who leads the alternative energy industry team, shares his thoughts from a recent gasification conference: The Gasification Technologies Council (GTC) annual conference was held this week in San Francisco, California USA. Emerson...

  • An Uncertain Future for the Renewable Fuels Standard 2 (RFS 2)

    Jim Cahill
    Emerson’s Alan Novak, who leads the alternative energy industry team, shares his thoughts on the future of the U.S. Renewable Fuels Standard 2. When the Renewable Fuels Standard 2 was put in place as part of the Energy Independence and Security Act of...

  • Advanced Biofuels: Why Feedstock Neutrality Matters

    Jim Cahill
    Should we be picking the winning alternative energy feedstocks right now? Emerson’s Douglas Morris explores this question in today’s guest post. I’d like to start this blog post with a question: When you hear the term biofuels, what typically comes to...

  • GTL, In Fact, Stands for Something Other than Gym-Tan-Laundry

    Jim Cahill
    Emerson’s Douglas Morris, a member of the alternative energy team, shares his thoughts on the developments in natural gas to liquid conversion to help diversify U.S. sources of energy. Even though I’m from New Jersey, I’m not going to discuss the daily...

  • The Changing Global Energy Mix

    Jim Cahill
    Emerson’s Thomas Snowdon, a member of the Power & Water Solutions team, shares his thoughts on the changing global energy mix. A recent Power Magazine article, Global Gas Glut, made much of the prediction that shale gas production and its use is likely...

  • Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage–Where Did All the Projects Go?

    Jim Cahill
    The push for carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and storage projects has cooled according to Emerson’s Alan Novak, leader of the Alternative Energy team. Here are his thoughts: Carbon Dioxide is everywhere (0.0387% of the earth’s atmosphere by volume). Humans...

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