1. BEGIN File 15 to search ABI/INFORM.

2. SELECT keyword terms. Since you wish to restrict each of the terms to the Title (/TI), Descriptor (/DE) OR the Abstract (/AB) fields, enclose the search string in parentheses before the slash and fields.

?b 15

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      Set  Items  Description
      ---  -----  -----------
?select (energy or fuel?  or gas?? or solar? or alternative 
 ()energy)/ti,de,ab
           80409  ENERGY/TI,DE,AB
           39121  FUEL?/TI,DE,AB
           50392  GAS??/TI,DE,AB
            5312  SOLAR?/TI,DE,AB
           70327  ALTERNATIVE/TI,DE,AB
           80409  ENERGY/TI,DE,AB
            4344  ALTERNATIVE/TI,DE,AB(W)ENERGY/TI,DE,AB
      S1  143136  (ENERGY OR FUEL? OR GAS?? OR SOLAR? OR
                  ALTERNATIVE()ENERGY)/TI,DE,AB

3. EXPAND a Classification Name (CN=).

4. SELECT the appropriate “E” reference number(s).

?expand cn=research

Ref   Items  Index-term
E1   101349  CN=REGULATION
E2     1883  CN=REPAIR & MAINTENANCE SERVICES
E3        0 *CN=RESEARCH
E4    65806  CN=RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
E5    49689  CN=RETAIL BANKING
E6    98544  CN=RETAILING INDUSTRY
E7    20948  CN=RISK MANAGEMENT
E8    35161  CN=SAFETY MANAGEMENT
E9    42692  CN=SALES & SELLING
E10   38999  CN=SCHOOLS & EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
E11   40330  CN=SECURITY
E12   16726  CN=SERVICE INDUSTRIES NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED
E13  811207  CN=SHORT ARTICLE
E14   39895  CN=SMALL BUSINESS
(….)

?select e4
      S2   65806  CN='RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT'

5. SELECT terms relating to forecasts or trends. Restrict to the Title, Descriptor OR Abstract (/TI, DE, AB) fields.

6. Combine the results from Search Sets 1,2 and 3 (S1 AND S2 AND S3).

7. Narrow the search to a specific range of publication years. The colon acts as OR.

?select (forecast? or trend? or outlook? or perspective? or predict?)/ti,de,ab
           86334  FORECAST?/TI,DE,AB
          201674  TREND?/TI,DE,AB
           24872  OUTLOOK?/TI,DE,AB
           45519  PERSPECTIVE?/TI,DE,AB
           92413  PREDICT?/TI,DE,AB
      S3  395271  (FORECAST? OR TREND? OR OUTLOOK? OR PERSPECTIVE? OR PREDICT?)/TI,DE,AB

?s s1 and s2 and s3
          143136  S1
           65806  S2
          395271  S3
      S4     661  S1 AND S2 AND S3

?s s4/2007:2008
             661  S4
          213492  PY=2007 : PY=2008
      S5      59  S4/2007:2008

8. TYPE a few records in Formats 8,K to browse titles, publication dates, descriptors, word counts and Keywords in Context (KWIC, K).

Note: Some records have been omitted from this display.

To select the appropriate record number, look at the range of records in the TYPE command (e.g., 5/8,k/2).

?type 5/8,k/1-10

5/8,K/1
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03415881             1499039071
Another silicon valley?

Jun 21, 2008

Descriptors: International; Energy industry; Solar energy;
Business forecasts; Research & development--R&D;
Business models
Classification Codes: 9175 (CN=Western Europe);
1510 (CN=Energy resources); 8340 (CN=Electric, water &
gas utilities); 5400 (CN=Research & development)
Print Media ID: 28390

Abstract:
...interim stop on the way to a world where electricity no
longer relies on fossil fuels. The ultimate goal is to harvest
the sun's energy directly by intercepting sunlight, rather than
by waiting for that sunlight to stir up the...

...systems for buildings, deploying reverse radiators painted 
black, to the sharpest cutting edge of that trendiest of fields, 
nanotechnology, to ensure that every last photon is captured and 
converted into electricity. The most iconic form of solar power, 
the photovoltaic cell, is currently the fastest-growing type of 
alternative energy, increasing by 50% a year.  Photovoltaic cells
(or solar cells, as they are known colloquially) convert sunlight 
directly into electricity. But that is not...

...a turbine. These two very different approaches illustrate an 
unresolved question about the future of energy: whether it will be 
generated centrally and transported over long distances to the 
consumer, as...

Descriptors: ...Energy industry... ...Solar energy;  ... 
...Business forecasts; 
Classification Codes: 


 5/8,K/2 

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03415749             1502947161 
Into the Looking Glass: Battelle Experts Forecast Future 
Technologies 

Jun 2008 
Company Names: 
     Battelle Memorial Institute ( NAICS:541710 ) 
Geographic Names: United States--US 
Descriptors: Forecasts;  Research & development--R&D; Science; 
Technology 
Classification Codes: 9190 (CN=United States); 
5400 (CN=Research &  development) 
Print Media ID: 28240 

        Into the Looking Glass: Battelle Experts Forecast 
Future Technologies 
Abstract: 

Battelle scientists predict that there will be a dramatic 
spike in renewable and sustainable sources: wind power, solar 
power, fuel cells, biofuel, and clean coal. Miniaturized fuel 
cells will eclipse batteries as the power source for phones, 
computers, and electronics. Perpetual health...

Descriptors: Forecasts; 
Classification Codes: 

9. TYPE selected records in Format 9, which gives the full record. Notice that for fulltext articles ABI/INFORM provides both an abstract and the full article.

Note: Portions of the record are omitted from this display.

?t s5/9/6

5/9/6
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03392591             1480181291
THE LATE GREAT GAS UTILITY

Kolodziej, Richard
Public Utilities Fortnightly   v146n4  pp: 52-57
Apr 2008
ISSN: 1078-5892  Journal Code: PUF
Document Type: Periodical; Feature  Language: English  
Record Type: Fulltext  Length: 6 Pages
Special Feature: Photographs
Word Count: 3118

Abstract:

Once upon a time, there was a happy energy industry in the US 
that served every market sector -- residential, commercial, 
industrial, and power generation. This industry provided the 
country's dominant fuel , and faced a promising future of 
endless profits. Then three things happened: regulatory pressure; 
the emergence of competitive fuels; and what appeared to be an 
easy path forward to secure the industry's fortunes -- namely, 
continued demand from the power sector. Every segment of the US 
naturalgas industry benefits when natural gas demand grows. 
However, the focus of the natural gas producers and local gas 
utility companies differ. Many gas utilities now are recognizing 
the downward demand trend. Beginning in the 1990s, state public 
utility commissions began adopting a more market-oriented 
regulatory philosophy. 
Increased natural gas use offers a host of benefits to the 
nation and to customers--including reduction in oil imports, 
urban air pollution, greenhouse gases, energy inefficiency 
and cost.

        Text: 

By abandoning R&D and marketing, the gas industry may have sealed its own fate.

Once upon a time, there was a happy energy industry in the United States that served every market sector-residential, commercial, industrial, and power generation. This industry provided the country's dominant fuel, and faced a promising future of endless profits.

Then three things happened: regulatory pressure; the emergence of competitive fuels; and what appeared to be an easy path forward to secure the industry's fortunes-namely, continued demand from the power sector.

The fuel producers liked the last part, and focused most of their attention on satisfying the electricity generation market. Meanwhile, fuel distributors, no longer being supported by producers, decided one by one not to fight as hard ….

Death Spiral

Every segment of the U.S. natural gas industry benefits when natural gas demand grows. ' However, the focus of the natural gas producers and local gas utility companies differ. The gas utilities primarily are interested in growth in the residential, commercial and industrial markets.2 Natural gas producers are more ecumenical. They are interested in growth in all markets-but especially electricity generation, which uses a substantial amount of gas at each site. The interstate shippers tend to be agnostic as long as their pipes are full-although as with the producers, they like large volumes demanded from as few customers as possible. Unfortunately, the demand for gas in residential, commercial and industrial markets is declining-as demand for coal did more than 50 years ago- ....

. . .[large portion of record omitted.]

6. This trend can be expected to worsen. Gas utilities serving colder climates have always been confident that new home builders will install gas furnaces and also gas water heating. That confidence now seems to be misplaced. Frost-belt builders of entry-level homes have discovered that they can save money by installing a high efficiency condensing gas furnace along with an electric water heater, eliminating the need for an expensive chimney. As a result, gas utilities are losing the water heater load (a year-round base load), and the heating load is substantially reduced because of the more efficient furnace.

Richard Kolodziej is president of NGVAmerica, a national organization dedicated to developing a market for vehicles powered by natural gas or biomethane, based in Washington, D.C. Email bim at rkolodziej@ngvamerica.org.

THIS IS THE FULL-TEXT.
Copyright Public Utilities Reports, Incorporated Apr 2008
Geographic Names: United States--US
Descriptors: Natural gas utilities; Research & development--R&D; Electricity generation; Demand; Industrywide conditions
Classification Codes: 9190 (CN=United States); 8340 (CN=Electric, water & gas utilities); 5400 (CN=Research & development)
Print Media ID: 27250