Alternative Energy

  • Volatility is the new normal

    As water shortages, greater competition for resources and climate change tighten commodity markets, the old pricing certainties no longer apply. Helen Robertson reports


  • Refinery restructuring pressures mount

    The refining industry’s centre of gravity is moving east, with the most immediate consequences for the owners of Europe’s elderly refining capacity, writes Martin Quinlan


  • Refiners think bigger

    The world refining system will need extensive reconstruction to meet likely changes in transport fuels demand


  • Evergreener lands

    The Nordic countries are trying to eke out more fuel efficiencies, but it won’t be easy


  • Latin America hits the road

    Subsidies and economic growth mean fuel consumption and car ownership will rise steadily


  • Keep on trucking

    The niche for natural gas vehicles is growing


  • Caught in a double bind

    Subsidies encourage fossil-fuel consumption, but getting rid of them is tricky


  • Fuelling Asia’s drivers

    Subsidies and weak policy mean Asia’s rising economies will dominate demand growth for transport fuels


  • Mena faces up to carbon challenge

    Promoting economic development and meeting climate-change commitments is a tricky balancing act, particularly for the Middle East and North Africa's hydrocarbon-fuelled states. Justin Dargin looks at the challenges - and the possible solutions


  • Self insurance in the spotlight

    Oil and gas companies are responding to rising premiums by setting up in-house insurance operations, but the strategy carries risks, writes Stephen Breen from Rein4ce


  • Kicking the coal habit

    Industry leaders warn over the impact on climate change, writes Helen Robertson


  • UK's nuclear future at risk

    A parliamentary report says a lack of a clear pricing system is spooking investors, writes Helen Robertson


  • Refiners think bigger

    The world refining system will need extensive reconstruction to meet likely changes in transport fuels demand


  • Africa stays in the slow lane

    As the world’s poorest continent with the least developed transport infrastructure, it is no surprise that Africa trails the rest of the world in terms of fuel use


Latest issue: May 2013

Toeing the party line

When a stagnant economy and a moribund energy sector, Venezuela needs pragmatism rather than politics. But Maduro's elevation to the presidency leaves little room for hope


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