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 80 Percent Renewable Energy by 2050 Possible?—Depends on Who Is Making the Forecast June 21, 2011
Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation
Energy Fact of the Week: Coal—Will It Stay or Will It Go Now? June 16, 2011
American Electric Power’s announcement last week that it will soon begin shutting down one quarter of its coal-fired power plants
Does Ethanol Make Gasoline Cheaper? June 16, 2011
The recent Iowa State study claiming that ethanol production has suppressed the growth in gasoline prices is very misleading
BP Statistical Report Shows U.S. Largest Non-Hydro Renewable User in the World June 13, 2011
China the Largest Energy Consumer and the Largest Coal Consumer
It’s Time to Put an End to Federal Favors for Ethanol June 13, 2011
Eliminate both the blenders' tax credit for ethanol as well as the tariff on imported ethanol
On a Btu Basis, Renewable Subsidies are 49 Times Greater than Fossil Fuel Subsidies June 10, 2011
Evaluating fossil fuel and renewable energy subsidies
Bernanke Denies Culpability in Oil Prices June 10, 2011
The Fall in the US Dollar
Schadenfreude June 8, 2011
Germany's doubling-down on renewable energy subsidies have cost citizens there huge sums of money while providing very little economic or environmental benefit
OPEC 1 – America 0 June 8, 2011
The Obama Administration insisted that the rapid decline of oil production due to their anti-drilling policies would not affect the price of oil
The CFTC Cracks Down on Speculators June 7, 2011
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
The Polka Plan June 3, 2011
Marcellus Shale created 44,000 jobs in Pennsylvania; added $389 million in state and local revenue; over $1 billion in federal tax revenue; and almost $4 billion in value added to the state’s economy
The Administration’s Ugly Prediction for Coal Generation and Electric Rates June 3, 2011
Clean Air Act Amendments, Issues with Closure of the Coal Plants
Environmental Advocate Nominated to be Next Commerce Secretary June 3, 2011
John Bryson
Energy Freeze in Gulf Prompts Hot Air From Bromwich June 3, 2011
Energy Freeze that the Obama Administration is imposing on the Gulf coast is destroying businesses and causing families to lose their livelihood
UCS’s Flawed Economic Reasoning June 2, 2011
Union of Concerned Scientists asking the government to impose even higher miles-per-gallon standards on cars
Another Offshore Wind Project in Trouble May 31, 2011
Cape Wind, off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, now Bluewater Wind Proposal off Delaware
IER’s Bob Murphy Testimony on the Federal Reserve and Energy Markets May 26, 2011
The Institute for Energy Research
Voices of the Gulf May 24, 2011
Obama administration imposed a drilling moratorium in the Gulf of Mexico
IER Launches Gas Prices Site May 23, 2011
Explains the fundamentals of gas prices, why they have remained so high, and how to bring prices down dramatically
High Gas Prices are Part of the Plan May 18, 2011
Process of leasing, evaluating, drilling, and developing an oil or natural gas field typically takes five to ten years
Speculators and the Gas Price Blame Game May 17, 2011
Instead of trying to meddle with the market, Washington should focus on removing the roadblocks to domestic energy exploration to give America more leverage in the oil game
Democrats Take Aim at Tax Deductions for “Big Oil” May 17, 2011
Oil Profits and Oil Prices: Reversing Cause and Effect, Equality Before the Law
Technically Recoverable Shale Gas Resources Jump 134 Percent May 17, 2011
World Shale Gas Resources
Solar Power: Two Worlds May 13, 2011
Solar, unlike industrial wind, has a market niche
Getting a Lot of Mileage From Taxing Drivers May 10, 2011
Obama Administration, VMT, Vehicle Miles Traveled, Big Brother Is Watching Your Odometer
The Wind Experience May 10, 2011
Although wind is a renewable, European experience has shown that its development causes loss of jobs in the economy, grid stability problems, high subsidization, higher retail electricity rates, and usage issues
Are Energy Prices Too Low? May 6, 2011
Richard Caperton of the Center for American Progress, taxes on energy, Remembering Al Gore
We Have To Do Something About These Soaring Gold Prices May 4, 2011
Subsidies for Big Gold must end
Hydraulic Fracturing—Is It Safe? May 4, 2011
What is hydraulic fracturing? Is it safe for groundwater resources?
Solar Equipment Manufacturer in Trouble Due to Low Demand May 2, 2011
Evergreen Solar company CEO Michael El-Hillow