article thumbnail

Global geothermal industry passes 12,000 MW operational

Green Car Congress

Vincent and the Grenadines, Taiwan, Thailand, Uganda, the United States, and Yemen. Although US national energy policy was gridlocked, several individual US states opened up new opportunities in 2013: Hawaii Electric Light Company completed a geothermal Request for Proposals and is soon expected to announce the winner out of six bidders.

article thumbnail

Opinion: The Saudi Oil Price War Is Backfiring

Green Car Congress

With record production of 10.564 million barrels per day in June 2015, Saudi Arabia has been one of the major driving forces behind the current oil price slump. The Saudis have kept their production levels high since last year in order to drive other players (especially US shale drillers) out of business.