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:

Center for American Progress Calls for U.S. to Be First Among Lemmings March 11, 2010
Clean Energy, Job Losses, Uncontrolled stimulus spending, Unemployment
Expensive Solar Power Continues to Be Built in the U.S.: Why? March 10, 2010
Electric utilities are constructing expensive and inefficient solar plants because of subsidies and mandates from federal and state governments
NREL Shows 20 Percent Wind by 2024 Is Possible, but it Ignores the Economics of Competing Technologi March 5, 2010
While it may be possible to get 20 percent of our electricity from wind, we have to ask, “Is it worth the costs?”
As the Energy Dept. Cozies up with “Big Wind”, and US Taxpayers Bankroll “Green Jobs” in China March 5, 2010
"What, exactly, is a 'green' job?"
Obama Admin. Caught Red-Handed Working with Big Wind Energy Lobbyists, Misleading America People March 4, 2010
Bombshell: Assistant secretary of energy Cathy Zoi and her team worked hand-in-hand with big wind’s lobby – AWEA
The President’s Bogus Green Economics February 26, 2010
Transforming the Energy Sector and Addressing Climate Change
15,000 or 575 Miles? February 25, 2010
What else could have been accomplished by a quick trip to Canada, the U.S.'s largest energy importer and exporter
Obama Administration is Counting on Green Jobs to Stimulate the Economy February 24, 2010
Ignoring a Study That Proves Drilling Would Work Better
Energy secretary jet-sets to the Middle East February 24, 2010
"Discuss a range of energy issues, including energy security."
Rare Earth Elements are Vulnerable to Supply Disruptions February 18, 2010
When China Controls 97% of the World’s Production
Energy’s Large Share of the Economy Requires Caution in Determining Policies That Affect It February 17, 2010
A Primer on Energy and the Economy:
President Obama’s Nuclear Sleight of Hand: More Taxpayer Giveaways; No Place for the Waste February 16, 2010
Complete and daunting lack of consistency on the issue of nuclear waste and nuclear loan guarantees
Drill Gate: Obama Administration Ignores American People, Enacts De-Facto Ban on New Offshore Energy February 15, 2010
The Obama Administration, would be hard pressed to move any slower than they already have, never mind what the American people want
Stimulus Funds for “Clean” Energy Spur Economic Growth— in Europe, and Asia February 15, 2010
Where is the Grant Money Going?
Obama Admin Delays Atlantic OCS Development until at Least 2014, Will Congress Force Interior’ February 13, 2010
Sec. Salazar is breaking all speed records to deploy the most expensive and unreliable forms of energy that exist
No Energy Left Behind: To Make Wind and Solar Pass “Market Test,” Change the Test February 12, 2010
The Orwellian idea that government intervention is market-based
BUDGET: Obama Raises Taxes on Efficient Energy to Give Subsidies to Inefficient Energy February 2, 2010
$36.5 billion in new taxes over ten years on the oil and gas industries, while heaping new billions in taxpayer support for politically-favored energies
Fact Check: How will Obama Pay for Fed. GHG Reduction Initiative? January 30, 2010
Master of His Own Domain: President Declares Government Will Slash Emissions over Next Decade; Isn't Quite As Clear Who Will Pay For it
Mr. President, Don’t Forget About America’s Job-Creating Energy Resources January 27, 2010
Institute for Energy Research calls on the administration to unlock taxpayer-owned energy resources
Whither the Wind January 27, 2010
Production of Inefficient Wind Energy Linked to Government Subsidies, Costly Mandates
China Set Records in 2009. What’s in Store for 2010? January 23, 2010
China's Economy and Economic Strategy, Oil Imports
America: Awash in Natural Gas—as Long as Hydraulic Fracturing is Allowed January 21, 2010
U.S. Natural Gas Shale Deposits, Jobs, Tax Revenues, Energy Independence
Hydraulic Fracturing Creates Jobs, Increases Energy Security January 21, 2010
Safe, environmentally sound practice part of the energy solution
$135,295 per Job: Obama Announces $2.3 Billion to Create 17K Green Jobs January 9, 2010
Latest round of government handouts to create temporary ‘green’ jobs, line corporate fat-cat pockets
Lease Rules Will Make It “More Difficult, Expensive Time-Consuming” to Produce American January 6, 2010
“No Administration In History Has Done More to Ensure Producers Do Less”
DOE: Fossil Fuel Remains Economic-Driver Through at Least 2035 December 23, 2009
Govt. report shows fossil fuels to power 78 percent of economy in 2035
Five Troubling Aspects of the Copenhagen Accord December 22, 2009
The United States spent millions to send a small army to Copenhagen to forge a non-binding “accord” that very few Americans view as a priority
New Poll: Nearly 7 in 10 Americans Favor Offshore Energy Development December 17, 2009
Why is President Obama still keeping these resources under lock and key?
Investigative Journalists Take Issue with IER Analysis of Recent Energy Report December 16, 2009
One green journalist points out that the EIA report indicates renewables will increase by 20 percent
Fossil Energy Still King in 2035–Carbon Dioxide Emissions Rise with Fossil Fuel Growth December 16, 2009
Carbon dioxide emissions in the United States will be up by almost 9 percent in 2035 from 2008 levels