Experts in the News

The United Arab Emirates' decision to extend citizenship to a select group of highly skilled expatriates comes as “competition for expatriate talent is heating up,” said energy fellow Jim Krane. The UAE’s citizenship initiative may represent an attempt to create “a class of educated citizen elites who can push the private sector to outperform those in neighboring countries." Krane is the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies.

"In Texas, if you have one overarching thing that seems to be across the board, it's that nothing is winterized," said fellow Jim Krane of the state's power infrastructure. Technologies that protect against extreme cold work well in frigid areas, but "not one of those precautions has been instituted in Texas." 

Lax regulation exposed electricity producers — and their customers — to failures that brought down all four of Texas’ top generating types: natural gas, wind, coal and nuclear. Energy fellow Jim Krane co-authored a blog that looks at each to show what failed. Krane is the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies.

“Power outages in Texas have nothing to do with power generation technology,” said energy fellow Jim Krane. “We wound up with a system designed for making a quick buck under optimal conditions. When something unusual happens, it’s a crisis.”

"The IOCs have got to invest in something. It's probably looking like not a bad time to get back into LNG," said energy fellow Jim Krane. "LNG exports, especially with long-term contracts, are a pretty stable source of income."