Tension with Iran adding $20-30 to oil prices: Obama

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 26 March 2012 | No Comments
Categories: Energia, English

Tension with Iran and “uncertainty” in the region is adding a $20 or $30 premium to oil prices, pushing up gas prices for vehicle owners in the United States, President Barack Obama said.

Insiste Obama en mayor uso de energía alternativa

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 11 March 2012 | No Comments
Categories: Energia

El presidente Barack Obama señaló hoy que el reciente incremento en el precio de la gasolina constituye un doloroso recordatorio sobre la necesidad que tiene Estados Unidos de diversificar su consumo de energía.

Obama’s Tax Framework Proposes Permanent Renewable Energy PTC

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 04 March 2012 | No Comments
Categories: Energia, English

President Obama’s plan for business tax reform, released jointly by the White House and the U.S. Department of the Treasury, calls for major enhancements to federal renewable energy incentives, including a permanent production tax credit (PTC) for wind energy and other renewables.

Renewable Energy Investment Attractiveness: China #1, US #2, Germany #3

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 02 March 2012 | No Comments
Categories: Comercio Internacional, Energia, English

Ernst & Young released its quarterly Country Attractiveness Indices report (CAI) for renewable energy today. There are some quite interesting observations regarding the state of and projections for renewable energy (and specific renewable energy sectors) within the report, but the ranking of the top countries in the index remains the same: 1.China, 2.US, 3.Germany

GE Sells Solar to Wind Farms

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 24 January 2012 | 2 Comments
Categories: Comercio Internacional, Energia, English

As renewable energy deals ago, General Electric’s announcement this week that it would supply 23 megawatts of solar panels for an Illinois photovoltaic farm was rather small change.