Energy Update
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(Wed, 10 May 2017) Over the past 10 years, increased refining activity and relatively flat demand in the MidwestâPetroleum Administration for Defense District 2 (PADD 2)âhave allowed refiners in the region to meet a larger share of regional gasoline and diesel fuel needs.
(Wed, 10 May 2017) Miscellaneous Electric Loads (MELs) comprise a growing portion of delivered energy consumption in residential and commercial buildings. Miscellaneous end usesâincluding televisions, personal computers, security systems, data center servers, and many other devicesâhave continued to penetrate into building-related market segments.
(Wed, 10 May 2017) Kazakhstan is a major oil producer. The countryâs estimated total petroleum and other liquids production was 1.698 million barrels per day (b/d) in 2016. Oil field development in Kazakhstan reached two milestones in 2016. In October 2016, Kashagan field resumed production after years of delays. In July 2016, the Tengizchevroil consortium made a final investment decision on a project to increase liquids production at the Tengiz field by about 260,000 b/d.
Eni's Nigerian subsidiary Agip is planning to build a 150,000-barrel per day refinery in the Niger Delta.
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, Scotland, announced it has redeployed its bespoke Integrated Monitoring Pod within the last five days, newly outfitted with an advanced measuring capability, the MicroRider turbulence system.
U.S. Reps. Chris Collins (R-N.Y.) and Mark Takano (D-Calif.) yesterday launched the Advanced Energy Storage Caucus in Congress to educate Members of Congress regarding the benefits of storage to the U.S. electric system and investigate ways to accelerate job growth and investment in U.S. advanced energy storage industries.
Investment in new wind farms in Europe rose by more than a fifth last year, but activity is expected to slow in 2017 as governments revise subsidy policies and prices fall.
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe yesterday signed a bill authorizing the expansion of the state’s Solar Energy Development Authority to include energy storage.
The statistics are clear: Wind energy is on the rise, with a 20 percent increase in wind energy jobs in 2016, compared to the year before. Wind infrastructure is becoming more commonplace and so are the benefits free power gives to landowners, investors and everyday Americans.
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