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• Solar Trade Wars: Victory for US Manufacturers, Loss for Solar Overall?

  Published 23 May 2012 | viewed 496 times

  Solar manufacturing lobbyists have won the latest round of a trade war with China, but the entire solar industry could pay dearly for a victory…

• Megrahi's Death Only Beginning in Libyan Oil Saga

  Published 23 May 2012 | viewed 349 times

  Scottish authorities this week said the death of convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi puts an end to conspiracy theories surrounding his controversial release in 2009.…

• OPEC's View of the World Oil Market

  Published 23 May 2012 | viewed 519 times

  It is interesting to read the viewpoint of OPEC each month, as it relates to global oil supply, and the numbers that they rely on…

• The Facts about Fracking Fluid and its Disposal

  Published 23 May 2012 | viewed 374 times

  At a recent shale gas symposium in South Africa a question was asked “if hydraulic fracturing is so safe, why do drilling operators working in…

• Iran Oil Sanctions After the Baghdad Talks

  Published 23 May 2012 | viewed 250 times

  SituationIran tentatively agreed on 22 May to allow the UN’s nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), to launch inspections of nuclear facilities, while…

• Pakistan's Abundance in Renewable Energy

  Published 23 May 2012 | viewed 232 times

  Pakistan's vast renewable energy potential remains largely untapped for a mix of reasons, twin analyses show.The analyses, to be published in the June 2012 issue…

• China Warns Australia to Choose "Godfather" - China or U.S.

  Published 22 May 2012 | viewed 2,660 times

  It is rare in diplomatic circles for governments to speak bluntly, particularly in the Orient, where manners are highly prized.The exceptions to this rule are…

• Kurdish Oil Pipeline Could Split Iraq

  Published 22 May 2012 | viewed 1,084 times

  Nearly 10 years of oversight from the U.S. military in Iraq has done little to erase simmering sectarian issues in Iraq. A trilateral democratic government…

• Is a Carbon Disaster Brewing in The Pacific Northwest?

  Published 22 May 2012 | viewed 1,180 times

  Optimists and politicians like to remind us that U.S. exports are booming. Unfortunately, so are imports.The trade deficit in March, from Calculated RiskAn increasingly large…

• New Fuel Injection System to make Petrol Engines as Efficient as Hybrids

  Published 22 May 2012 | viewed 809 times

  Delphi is developing an engine fuel injection technology that could improve the fuel economy of gas-powered cars by 50 percent, potentially rivalling the performance of…

• Europe's Largest Renewable Energy Fund Will Only Invest in Wind and Small Hydro

  Published 22 May 2012 | viewed 536 times

  Europe’s largest renewable energy infrastructure fund is only investing in projects that are closest to being viable without government support, according to the fund’s manager.“People…

• Scientists Studying the Link between Fracking and Recent Earthquakes in Texas

  Published 22 May 2012 | viewed 453 times

  Scientists from two Texas universities are looking into a pair of recent earthquakes near the Texas-Louisiana border for clues to whether they were related to…

• No One Can Afford Another Round of Iran Sanctions

  Published 21 May 2012 | viewed 1,203 times

  As Iran and the P5+1 prepare to meet in Baghdad on 23 May for the next round of nuclear talks, Europe should be seriously considering…

• Energy in the Time of Elections: Claims and Counterclaims

  Published 21 May 2012 | viewed 713 times

  Where there's oil and gas, there's milk and honey. That is the thrust of the American Petroleum Institute's report to the platform committees of the…

• Do Anti-Dumping Duties on China PV Panels Make Any Sense?

  Published 21 May 2012 | viewed 845 times

  “Low Prices, Always Low Prices” that is the tag line of one of the world’s largest retailers. That may be why Wal-Mart is one of…

• Why the Smart Grid is More Than Just Smart Meters

  Published 21 May 2012 | viewed 811 times

  Richard Ford doesn’t like the term smart grid. “It means different things to different people,” says the manager of grid solutions at Toronto Hydro. “The…

• China to Invest in Coal Gasification - with GEs help

  Published 21 May 2012 | viewed 832 times

  First, the bad news for China’s economic miracle.According to a quarterly report issued last month by China’s China Electricity Council (CEC), some parts of China…

• What's Driving Oil and Gasoline Prices in the US?

  Published 21 May 2012 | viewed 1,250 times

  Here I comment on some recent developments affecting oil and gasoline prices.There is no oil shortage in the central United States, and has not been…

• Cyber Update: Pipelines, China and Lax Security Standards

  Published 21 May 2012 | viewed 616 times

  The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has identified China as the possible origin of an ongoing cyber attack targeting US gas pipeline companies, and specifically…

• The Real Cost of Cheap Energy

  Published 21 May 2012 | viewed 555 times

  Where does your energy come from? Although I live in Colorado now, I grew up in East Tennessee, where many people still assume their power…