Sep 11, 2020 | Commentary Series, Global, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Payne News, Water Technology Innovation
Innovation to Drive Water Security in the Arab Region Payne Institute Fellow Jamal Saghir writes about how the Arab world is now the world’s driest region, with several countries being among the world’s most water scarce, where per capita renewable water availability...
Sep 3, 2020 | Asia and the Pacific, Carbon Capture Utilization and Sequestration (CCUS), China, Commentary Series, Earth Observation Group - Payne, Global, India, Payne News, Research, The Future of Oil and Gas, US and Canada
Country Spotlight: Gas Flaring in India The Payne Institute looks at the gas flaring in India. According to the IEA, India is the fourth largest refiner of oil (behind the US, Russia, and China), and the third largest importer of crude oil and LNG (behind China and...
Aug 28, 2020 | Commentary Series, Earth Observation Group - Payne, Global, Payne News, Research, US and Canada
Hurricane Laura from Space The Payne Institute Earth Observation Group has been viewing the power outages following Hurricane Laura. One of the consequences of many natural disasters are power outages, which result in losses in electric lighting that can be detected...
Aug 21, 2020 | Advanced Energy Systems, Circular Economy, Commentary Series, Energy Security & Resilience, Essays, Blogs, and Stories, Global, Payne News, US and Canada
Crisis Breeds Change: COVID and Heatwaves Spur Citizens to Environmental Action Payne Institute Senior Research Associate Greer Gosnell writes about the brutal heatwaves in California and the rolling blackouts. Crisis—along with a stark break in routine—appeared to...
Aug 18, 2020 | Advanced Energy Systems, Commentary Series, Global, Payne News, Research, The Future of Oil and Gas, US and Canada
Natural Gas Transportation Price Regulation and the Dash for Gas Payne Institute Senior Research Associate Greer Gosnell and Payne Faculty Fellow Ian Lange write about the large reduction in natural gas prices due to horizontal fracturing that has led to an...
Aug 13, 2020 | Advanced Energy Systems, Carbon Capture Utilization and Sequestration (CCUS), Commentary Series, Europe, Global, Payne News, Research, The Future of Oil and Gas
MARKET FAILURES AND WILLINGNESS-TO-ACCEPT THE SMART ENERGY TRANSITION: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FROM THE UK Payne Institute Senior Research Associate Greer Gosnell and Daire McCoy have a new working paper that discusses why there is a need to facilitate the sustainable...
