Secretary of Energy, Steven Chu China has already made its choice.  China is spending about $9 billion a month on clean energy.  It is also investing $44 billion by 2012 and $88 billion by 2020 in Ultra High Voltage transmission lines.  These lines will allow China to transmit power from huge wind and solar farms [...]

IER president: “As is the case with the rest of this Administration’s energy proposals, there is a complete and daunting lack of consistency on the issue of nuclear waste and nuclear loan guarantees.” Washington, DC – In a perceived attempt to lure wary senators toward support of a job-killing cap-and-trade bill that will increase energy [...]

CONTACT: Laura Henderson (202) 621-2947 Patrick Creighton (202) 621-2951 Washington, DC – In anticipation of President Barack Obama’s return from Asia, the free-market Institute for Energy Research (IER) today released and delivered a policy brief for the president and his advisors on China’s booming energy economy and growth. Thomas J. Pyle, president of IER, issued [...]

Updated February 2nd, 2010 Download PDF (289KB) The Energy Information Administration (EIA) produces forecasts of energy supply and demand for the next 20 years using the National Energy Modeling System (NEMS)[1]. These forecasts are updated annually and published in the Annual Energy Outlook (AEO).[2] All sectors of the energy system are represented in NEMS, including [...]

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Download as PDF Energy makes modern society possible. It lights the night, heats our homes, powers our entertainment, and most importantly, it helps us conserve the ultimate non-renewable resource—time. Energy amplifies our ability to do work. Machines help autoworkers assemble cars, power tools help construction workers build our homes, gasoline-powered automobiles help us take care [...]

Energy is the lifeblood of our economy.  As our competitors around the globe have shown us in recent years, job creation and economic growth begin with access to abundant, affordable energy supplies.  Unfortunately, the Obama administration’s stimulus proposals are founded on the fundamentally flawed notion that we will achieve prosperity if we make coal, oil, [...]

GREEN JOBS: Fact or Fiction? An Assessment of the Literature January 2009 By Robert Michaels and Robert P. Murphy Download as PDF Introduction and Executive Summary I. Green Recovery, Center for American Progress II. Job Opportunities for the Green Economy, Political Economy Research Institute III. Current and Potential Green Jobs in the U.S. Economy, Global [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 CONTACT: Trice Whitefield (703) 516-2173 Interviews@FactsOnEnergy.org U.S. Reliance on Fossil Fuels Forecast to Continue According to the Energy Information Administration, fossil fuels will supply 79 percent of energy demand in 2030. Washington, DC — The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), an independent branch of the U.S. Department of [...]

Less Supply, More Regulations and Higher Prices for American Consumers Before Wall Street’s implosion and the sharp economic downturn, energy policy dominated the headlines on the Presidential campaign trail. An overwhelming majority of Americans demanded access to offshore energy resources to help increase supplies and lower prices for everything from gas at the pump to [...]