Institute for Energy Research

The Institute for Energy Research (IER) is a not-for-profit organization that conducts intensive research and analysis on the functions, operations, and government regulation of global energy markets. IER maintains that freely-functioning energy markets provide the most efficient and effective solutions to today’s global energy and environmental challenges and, as such, are critical to the well-being of individuals and society.

Most Recent Articles by Institute for Energy Research:

Is China’s Green Energy a Myth? October 3, 2011
The trendy belief that China is switching to renewables for its electricity generation is a myth. Coal is, and will continue to be, China's dominant source of electricity generation
Cuba Not Afraid of Offshore Oil October 3, 2011
United States is suffering from high unemployment, high energy prices, stagnant economic growth, and a massive budget deficit
Paul Krugman, Pet of Big Government September 30, 2011
Krugman should probably just keep quiet on Solyndra from now on
Corporate Welfare Masquerading Under an Environmental Rainbow September 30, 2011
Green energy loan guarantee program
Keystone XL: More Energy and More Jobs September 30, 2011
$7 billion Keystone XL pipeline to bring more oil from Canada to the United States
FACT Checking CAPs Latest Stooge Play for a National Energy Tax September 30, 2011
Center for American Progress Study: Pro-energy policies don't create jobs
How to think about “Green Jobs” policy September 28, 2011
The fundamental flaw of green jobs policy is that these programs are frequently based on flawed economic logic
Investors Defend Green Gravy Train September 27, 2011
Government’s loan guarantees for green projects are turning out to be more and more crooked
Solyndra: So Bankrupt, So Many Questions for the White House September 27, 2011
Crony Capitalism and the Failed Green Energy Dream
Energy as the Master Resource: Where Political Foes Agree September 24, 2011
For making the workhorse energies of oil, gas, and coal more expensive in the name of “sustainability” hurts the very people and groups that anti-market environmentalists purportedly want to help
EPA’s Absurd Defense of Its Greenhouse Gas Regulations September 23, 2011
The Environmental Protection Agency, EPA's own court documents as evidence of just how burdensome and unrealistic the EPA's stated objectives are
The NAT GAS Act and Solyndra—Birds of a Feather… September 23, 2011
The New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act (NAT GAS)
Testimony of Robert J. Michaels: Subcommittee on Water and Power September 23, 2011
The reality of most renewable electricity, particularly from intermittent sources, is easy to summarize. It is expensive, undependable and environmentally problematic
EIA Forecast: World Energy, Led by China, to Grow 53 Percent by 2035 September 23, 2011
International Energy Outlook 2011, World energy demand will grow by 53 percent between 2008 and 2035
Texas Wind Not Doing Much to Abate Heat Wave September 22, 2011
Texas Wind Energy and the Summer Heat
New NPC Study: America Has More Oil and Gas Resources September 21, 2011
National Petroleum Council: America has huge volumes of natural gas that can meet decades of demand
Greengate: Enron Yesterday, Solyndra Today September 20, 2011
Obama's Department of Energy has evidently shown far less prudence than Clinton's Department of Energy did in solar matters
Job Creation Caught in Web of Green Tape September 20, 2011
We have the power to grow our economy and the natural resources to develop new technologies, but we need government to end its campaign against energy production and put Americans back to work.
Can’t Grow the Economy with No Growth Policies September 20, 2011
President Obama doubles down on his failed energy agenda
Political Entrepreneurship: The Case of Iberdrola September 17, 2011
Americans who naïvely think that "Big Oil" is the only group out there influencing politics need to look more into the renewables racket
Energy Production Creates Jobs September 15, 2011
Offshore Marine Service Association
New Oil Finds Around the Globe: Will the U.S. Capitalize on Its Oil Resources? September 13, 2011
Brazil, Canada, Cuba, Israel, Russia, Norway
Correcting Krugman on Ozone September 13, 2011
Contrary to the views of Nobel laureate Paul Krugman, shackling the economy is not the way to grow out of a recession
5 Reasons Why The Federal Government Should Get Out of the Finance Business: Solyndra Edition September 9, 2011
In sum, the Obama administration rammed through a half billion loan on very favorable terms to a shaky company, run by a George Kaiser, one of President Obama's largest fundraisers
Solar Hype and Failure: A Long Story September 9, 2011
Solar power for grid electricity has been and will be an economic loser for ratepayers and a burden to taxpayers
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs September 8, 2011
The green jobs expansion the Obama Administration expected was not a bang, but a whimper and sadly, it's the taxpayers who suffer
Political Entrepreneurship: The Case of Abengoa September 7, 2011
Spanish firm, Abengoa, which through its subsidiaries specializes in solar and bioenergy
Reflections on Labor Day September 7, 2011
The shift to machine power changed America from a rural agricultural nation to an industrial giant
Another U.S. Solar Firm Files for Bankruptcy September 2, 2011
Solyndra is just another solar firm that failed due to competition from China, who has low cost labor and a policy environment to compete in global markets where they can undercut their competition
Green Keynesianism August 30, 2011
Rather than picking winners and losers, the federal government need only untie the hands of entrepreneurs to develop domestic energy resources