Posts Tagged ‘renewable energy’

0 Mar 15 2013 @ 10:46am by Matt Smith in Crude Oil, Economy, Global Energy, Natural Gas

Burrito bites

Happy Friday! Another nutty week has seen natural gas pushing to try and reach an 18-month high on late-season heating demand and a whopper of a withdrawal from weekly storage. Crude oil is somewhat overlooking uninspiring fundamentals to rally with the improving economic data we are seeing out of the US and the euphoria seen in equity markets. Hark, snacks ahoy: » read more

0 Feb 1 2013 @ 10:42am by Matt Smith in Crude Oil, Economy, Global Energy, Natural Gas, Random

Burrito bites

Happy Groundhog Day Eve! As Punxsutawney Phil completes his final workout ahead of his big day, commodityland™ closes the curtains on what has been another nutty week. Oil is pushing on to 4-month highs as momentum builds for a global recovery, while natural gas has seen its expectations for the rest of winter lowered, and prices have adjusted accordingly. But Phil’s shadow (or lack thereof) will give us more insight into that tomorrow. As for now, c’mon let’s chow:

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1 Jan 17 2013 @ 10:55am by Matt Smith in Global Energy, risk management, Technology

Shedding Some Light On The Solar Debate

I have always considered there are only two key rationales for investing in solar energy: for economic benefit (through subsidies or not), or for altruism. But the solar industry has seen a break in the clouds to start this year, and although it has been in part due to chasing profits, it has also been due to a third reason which has been hidden from me in plain view…that of necessity.

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0 Apr 12 2012 @ 10:55am by Matt Smith in Crude Oil, Economy, Global Energy, Natural Gas

Around The World In 80 Seconds

Given that this week feels like it has been all over the place, it seems somewhat appropriate that this post should do the same. So let us go around the world in 80 seconds, taking a look at some random energy nuggets from various corners of the globe.

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0 Jul 15 2011 @ 10:55am by Matt Smith in Biofuels, Crude Oil, Global Energy, Natural Gas

Burrito bites

Welcome to another Friday, as we charge into the second half of July. Natural gas is having a strong end to the week, back in the middle of the $4 to $5 range it has been pinging around in for this year, while crude oil is bamboozled to ebb and flow but ultimately remain in the mid-$90s. Continued warmer weather outlooks are supporting natty, while crude is flailing on concerns of a stuttering global economy, intermittently spurred on by bouts of bullishness (on rumors of bailouts, QE3, etc). Without further ado, let’s chew!:   » read more