Coal company bankruptcies have been a recurring theme in 2019. This was reinforced this week by the chapter 11 filing of Murray Energy, which is the US’s largest private coal mining company. Over the last decade, low-cost shale gas...
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Archive // power generation
ERCOT Power Prices to Continue Spiking? Part 2
October 29, 2019 |
As ERCOT has become more dependent on wind and solar and load has hit new records, pricing volatility has been on the rise. In a previous blog, we discussed the strain on pricing and natural gas generation resources that...
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LNG Exports Slowing Oil Power Generation Demand?
October 24, 2019 |
Last month, BTU Analytics explored the ramifications of increased global LNG demand, specifically from new agreements in Vietnam and Pakistan. Both nations consume oil for power generation and will use additional imported LNG to meet growing power demand and...
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Winter Baseload Power Burn on the Rise
October 1, 2019 |
Summer power burn surged this year, buoyed by warmer-than-normal temperatures and historically low gas prices. While this summer burn was dramatic, it fits with a trend the market has been seeing since the beginning of the Shale Era: cheap...
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Environmentalists Support a Gas Pipeline
June 18, 2019 |
The environmental blockade of new pipelines into New York and New England may finally be coming to an end. In a rare move, the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) has come out in support of a gas pipeline project into...
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