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- Independent Oil Refiners Face Hard Times in 2009 and Beyond
- Research Recap submits: A perfect storm of steeply falling demand and continued additions to refining capacity are hitting independent oil refiners’ profit margins, and the industry is expected to experience “maximum stress through at least 2009,” said Moody’s Investor Services in a report explaining its ratings downgrade of...
- External links 2008-10-27
- U.S. Ethanol Producers Facing Liquidity Challenge
- Research Recap submits: From boom to bust, it’s been a quick round-trip for ethanol producers and the credit crisis is only the latest in a series of issues that have raised liquidity concerns, according to Moody’s Investors Service in a special report. click to enlarge by Research Recap
- External links 2008-12-01
- Wind Power: A Research Primer
- Research Recap submits: Although $40-a-barrel oil has taken some of the wind out of the sails of the green energy movement, in the longer term renewables are certain to grow. The International Energy Agency has just released a handy guide to wind power, Renewable Energy Essentials: Wind. ...
- External links 2008-12-09
- Natural Gas to Strengthen Position as Hydrocarbon of Choice
- Research Recap submits: Oxford Analytica expects natural gas to strengthen its position as the hydrocarbon of choice, even though the international economic slowdown has shaken the outlook for gas markets. Until 2008, it appeared that demand in natural gas would grow strongly in the future, supporting the...
- External links 2009-02-03
- Solar Energy Market Set for Shakeout Before Recovering
- Research Recap submits: The solar energy market is at the leading edge of a massive correction, but lower prices will prime the market for recovery and growth, according to Lux Research. In a new report “Finding the Solar Market’s Nadir,” Lux projects that the available capacity of...
- External links 2009-03-03
- Financial Crisis Could Cause Delayed Oil Price Spike
- Research Recap submits: Falling energy investment will have far-reaching and, depending on how governments respond, potentially grave effects on energy security, climate change and energy poverty, the International Energy Agency says. “Cutbacks in investment in energy infrastructure will only affect capacity with a lag, often amounting to several...
- External links 2009-05-27
- Fitch: European Oil Refiners Under Considerable Cash Flow Pressure
- Research Recap submits: Fitch Ratings says Europe’s oil refining sector is experiencing considerable cash flow pressure due to a cyclical trough, particularly with regards to depressed refining margins and low refinery utilisation rates. Fitch expects 2009 to be one of the weakest years in the past...
- External links 2009-11-17
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- Renewable Energy Mostly Unaffected by Credit Crunch
- Research Recap submits: The credit crunch has so far had little impact on the attractiveness of renewable energy as an investment, according to Ernst & Young. From March 2007 to June 2008, the Wilderhill Clean Energy Index [NEX] rose by 17%, compared with an 11% decline for...
- External links 2008-08-20
- Energy Efficiency = New Era for Electric Utilities
- Research Recap submits: Last week, we wrote about the gloomy outlook for public power utilities in 2009 due to the severe recession. This week, we take a longer view, thanks to a pair of reports from Standard & Poor’s Credit Research. Largely as a result of new priorities...
- External links 2009-03-10
- Cards Stacked Against Leisure and Gaming in 2009
- Research Recap submits: Once considered recession-resistant, the gaming, hotel and leisure industries are proving to be anything but in 2008, and Standard & Poor’s sees more pain ahead in 2009. Credit defaults in U.S. gaming have soared this year, starting with Legends Gaming LLC in the first quarter...
- External links 2008-10-07
- Retrofitting Coal Plants: The MIT Report
- Research Recap submits: MIT’s Energy Initiative has released a summary of options for cutting carbon dioxide emissions from existing coal plants, which it says is “the only credible pathway toward prudent greenhouse gas stabilization targets.” The report is based on the findings of a major MIT...
- External links 2009-06-19
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