Dual visions of gas future: ‘Golden age’ or ‘well from hell’

What's the potential downside to a "Golden Age of Gas," the International Energy Agency's (IEA) description of a future with vast new riches of unconventional natural gas and advanced technologies like hydraulic fracturing? For one answer, we might look to one of Total's gas developments in the North Sea off the Scottish coast, where a long-problematic…

ByThe Global ViewMarch 28, 20120Comments

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DoE spends $1.3bn on CCS research

Greenbang is wondering what's carbon capture's secret. Not the technological secret, more the secret of how it's sucking in money like a back hole sucks in the Starship Enterprise and/or Doctor Who. The last few times that Greenbang has written the words 'carbon' and 'capture' and 'storage' she seems to have been groping for the $…

ByThe Global ViewJune 26, 20080Comments

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Exxon tests waters of gassy carbon capture

What's it like to have an angry Rockefeller on your back? Not a pleasant experience, Greenbang reckons, apart from the potentially ear-pleasing sounds of gold bullion dropping from his trouser pocket as you try to shake the blighter off. One company who could describe the Rockefeller experience is Exxon Mobil, who recently got a slap-down from…

ByThe Global ViewMay 7, 20080Comments

Energy

Rockefellers say it’s time for ExxonMobil to get green

If Greenbang were to replace Sir Alan on The Apprentice, he would be as sure as his arse has got a hole in it that his idiot charges should always remember two things: if it ain't broke, don't fix it, and always stick to what you know. But what does Greenbang know about making money?…

ByThe Global ViewMay 5, 20081Comment

Energy

E.ON promises 24% renewables – and gas, coal, nuclear

Ever found yourself falling between two stools? No? Greenbang neither. It's a daft idiom all in all, but Greenbang is going to use it here and apply it liberally to E.ON, which seems to be waving the green flag with one hand and waving its nuclear power equivalent with the other. The company said it's going…

ByThe Global ViewApril 8, 20082Comments

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Dell HQ gets gassy green powered

PC box shifter Dell is now powering its HQ - a bit of a beast at 2.1 million square feet and home to 10,000 Dell types - with 'green power'. Greenbang had rather hoped that meant the company has The Incredible Hulk down in the basement and is milking him for his super strength. But no. It…

ByThe Global ViewApril 7, 20080Comments

Energy

Gas de France snaps up wind power company

Salut mes potes. Gaz de France is set to become, metaphorically at least, Vent de France, after the energy company announced it was acquiring a company seemingly fluent in Franglish called Nass & Wind Technologie. Gaz de France already owns the biggest wind farm assets in France, making it the biggest misnomer since aluminium put on…

ByThe Global ViewFebruary 27, 20080Comments

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Dual visions of gas future: ‘Golden age’ or ‘well from hell’

DoE spends $1.3bn on CCS research

Exxon tests waters of gassy carbon capture

Rockefellers say it’s time for ExxonMobil to get green

E.ON promises 24% renewables – and gas, coal, nuclear

Dell HQ gets gassy green powered

Gas de France snaps up wind power company

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