Disarray in Venezuela's oil industry has contributed to intensifying electricity blackouts, not to mention undermining its ability to play a more influential role in the gas-exporters group that Russia is supporting.
With concerns over climate change intensifying, electricity generation from coal, once reliably cheap, looks increasingly expensive in the face of the all-but-certain prospect of regulations that would impose significant costs on companies that emit large amounts of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
In addition, fears that power constraints may intensify once electricity demand picks up over the summer may be overstated, he said.
Under new contracts, negotiated in recent months as demand for electricity intensified, Kaiser, Golden Northwest and Columbia Falls Aluminum of Montana -- which has also cut back on manufacturing and resold power -- will not be allowed to resell unused electricity.
In the case of climate protection polices and limited use of nuclear energy, the most important measures for the reduction of greenhouse gases are an increased use of renewables, carbon capture and storage, fuel switching and the intensified application of electricity in the end use sectors.
Across the country, cities are showing a renewed interest in taking over the electricity business from private utilities, reflecting intensifying concerns about climate change, responses to power disruptions and a desire to pump more renewable energy into the grid.
Brussels is intensifying an antitrust investigation into alleged competition abuses in the electricity and gas industries.
The artificial scarcity cap-and-trade creates will increase the cost of energy and electricity, making U.S. companies less competitive at a time of intensifying global competition.
[C8.] Investors Take Case to the Kremlin A battle over Unified Energy Systems, Russia's electricity monopoly, intensified after a group of foreign investors who oppose a plan to overhaul the company took their case to the Kremlin.
A battle over Unified Energy Systems, Russia's electricity monopoly, intensified today after a group of foreign investors who oppose a plan to overhaul the company took their case to the Kremlin.
PtG as a new promising technology further intensifies the interdependency of electricity and natural gas systems, which could effectively convert excessive renewable energy into compatible natural gas.
