Not exact matches
The fact that core inflation has been broadly stable over
recent months
in the face of the earlier
declines in energy and non-
energy import
prices is notable.
Total CPI inflation
in Canada has been around 1 per cent
in recent months, reflecting year - over-year
price declines for consumer
energy products.
A volatile sector that includes some stellar dividend payers,
energy has sold off sharply
in recent months as the oil
price declined.
Total CPI inflation
in Canada has been around 1 per cent
in recent months, reflecting year - over-year
price declines for consumer
energy products.
Inflation is anticipated to remain near its
recent low level
in the near term, but the Committee expects inflation to rise gradually toward 2 percent over the medium term as the labor market improves further and the transitory effects of
declines in energy and import
prices dissipate.
Inflation is anticipated to remain near its
recent low level
in the near term, but the Committee expects inflation to rise gradually toward 2 percent over the medium term as the labor market improves further and the transitory effects of earlier
declines in energy and import
prices dissipate.
With the
recent steep fall
in oil
prices and associated
declines in other
energy prices, the stars are aligned for adopting a carbon tax on consumption of fossil fuels, Lawrence Summers, a former treasury secretary and presidential adviser, says
in the Washington Post.
A
recent study by the National Renewable
Energy Laboratory, part of the Department of
Energy, showed a steadily
declining price from 1999 to 2005, but an increase
in 2006.
SOLAR: As a result of massive
price declines in recent years, solar power is now widely recognized as a cost competitive and reliable source of
energy.
The resulting
decline in the
prices of timber,
energy, minerals and agricultural products may do what conservationists have largely failed to achieve
in recent years: slow deforestation.
There's no question falling oil
prices have played a big role
in recent value
declines, but as climate policy gathers momentum and new technologies, such as solar and
energy storage, continue their trend of becoming more affordable and ubiquitous the medium - and long - term outlook, especially for coal and oil, looks grim.
Regarding wind power, a February 2012 report from the National Renewable
Energy Laboratory found that «Recent declines in turbine prices & improved technology have reduced the estimated LCOE [levelized cost of energy] of wind; LCOE for projects being planned today in fixed resource areas is estimated to be at an all - time low... the LCOE for 2012 - 2013 projects is estimated to be as much as ~ 24 % and ~ 39 % lower than the previous low in 2002 - 2003...&
Energy Laboratory found that «
Recent declines in turbine
prices & improved technology have reduced the estimated LCOE [levelized cost of
energy] of wind; LCOE for projects being planned today in fixed resource areas is estimated to be at an all - time low... the LCOE for 2012 - 2013 projects is estimated to be as much as ~ 24 % and ~ 39 % lower than the previous low in 2002 - 2003...&
energy] of wind; LCOE for projects being planned today
in fixed resource areas is estimated to be at an all - time low... the LCOE for 2012 - 2013 projects is estimated to be as much as ~ 24 % and ~ 39 % lower than the previous low
in 2002 - 2003...»
Despite robust growth and
recent improvements
in price and performance, a boom
in US clean
energy technology («clean tech») sectors could now falter as federal clean
energy spending
declines sharply, according to a new report published today by some of the country's top
energy analysts.