 |
Louisiana Light • 3 days | 87.12 | +0.03 | +0.03% | ||
|
Bonny Light • 1 day | 89.32 | +0.45 | +0.51% | ||
|
Opec Basket • 3 days | 86.51 | -1.01 | -1.15% | ||
|
Mars US • 174 days | 77.26 | -1.51 | -1.92% | ||
|
Gasoline • 10 mins | 2.751 | +0.017 | +0.61% |
|
Bonny Light • 1 day | 89.32 | +0.45 | +0.51% | ||
|
Girassol • 1 day | 89.90 | +0.45 | +0.50% | ||
|
Opec Basket • 3 days | 86.51 | -1.01 | -1.15% |
|
Peace Sour • 7 hours | 76.01 | -0.55 | -0.72% | ||
|
Light Sour Blend • 7 hours | 79.06 | -0.55 | -0.69% | ||
|
Syncrude Sweet Premium • 7 hours | 86.01 | -0.55 | -0.64% | ||
|
Central Alberta • 7 hours | 76.41 | -0.55 | -0.71% |
|
Eagle Ford • 3 days | 79.33 | -0.29 | -0.36% | ||
|
Oklahoma Sweet • 6 days | 79.75 | +0.50 | +0.63% | ||
|
Kansas Common • 2 days | 73.50 | +0.50 | +0.68% | ||
|
Buena Vista • 3 days | 87.02 | -0.29 | -0.33% |
Breaking News:
Triple Junction Solar Cell Sets World Record Efficiency
NUS researchers have developed a…
Fossil Fuels Hit All-Time Low in UK Electricity Generation
The UK's generation of electricity…
Global Climate Goals Still Unreachable Despite Record Renewable Growth
Renewable energy installations reached record…
Alternative Energy
James Hansen: Renewable Energies are Grossly Inadequate for Our Energy Needs
“Suggesting that renewables will let us phase rapidly off fossil fuels in the United States, China, India, or the world as a whole is almost the equivalent of believing in…
Brazil's Wind Energy Boom: Wind Power Cheaper than Natural Gas
Generating power from the wind in Brazil is less costly than using natural gas or hydro, according to the results of a government tender to supply electricity this week. National…
Obama's Broken Dreams of a Clean Energy Economy
President Obama's strategy for economic renewal through clean energy was flawed from the start, too over-reliant on cap and trade and public works programs to retrofit buildings for energy efficiency.…
Solar Power Market Falling Through The Floor
“China Moves to Support Its National Champions as the Bottom Drops Out of the Solar Market” should be the title. As an FT article points out, the price of…
Solar Energy Facing Tough Love in Europe
Across the European Union, solar energy is facing tough love conditions as its feed-in-tariffs (FiT) face déjà vu in another round of reduction. Like in the classic Tale of…
U.S. Army to Invest $7.1 Billion in Renewable Energy Projects
The U.S. Army takes energy security seriously, planning to invest $7.1 billion into private sector sourced renewable energy infrastructure on Army land. The U.S. Army is recruiting… private sector renewable…
Renewable Energy Boom About to Start in Japan
Japan's Parliament readies approval of an energy bill that will spark 'explosive growth' in renewable solar and wind Solar and wind companies, set your sails for Japan! The country is…
Are California’s Renewable Energy Goals Achievable?
California is committed to a renewable energy portfolio to provide 33 percent of its electricity by 2020 from qualifying resources such as wind, solar, geothermal, biomass, and small hydroelectric facilities.…
Why I’m Happy to Pay More for Green Power
I received some questions last week on my recent solar pieces as to whether I minded paying more money for “green” power. My answer is “hell no,” and I’ll tell…
The Future of Transportation? US Defence Giants to Build Low Carbon Aircraft
Conventional airships rely almost entirely on helium’s ‘lighter-than-air’ buoyancy, making them fairly unstable, weather-sensitive and slow-moving. Hybrids mix this with ‘heavier-than-air’ aircraft technology – including power-generated aerodynamic lift and thrust…
Wind Energy Sector to Collapse in 2013?
The US wind energy sector is continuing to recover from the credit crunch with turbine installations on the rise in 2011, according to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), but…
Have we Seen the End of Jatropha as a Potential Biofuel?
According to Promode Kant from the Institute of Green Economy in India and Shuirong Wu of the Chinese Academy of Forestry some 12.8 million ha (49,421 square miles) are expected…
US Debt Ceiling Deal Bad News for Renewable Energy Sector
The deal to raise the US debt ceiling may have averted a disastrous credit crisis, but it is bad news for the clean energy sector. After a bitter partisan battle,…
Coal and Ethanol Are Not Alternative Energy Policy
The domestic alternative energy policy in the US seems to rotate on semantics and adding words to other words to make it look like something is going on. However, the…
U.S. Geothermal Industry Could be Given a Boost by Congress
With Washington finalizing a last minute debt deal to avoid a default, some are preparing for what’s next. Frankly, the poorly pieced together debt deal will do little more than…
Biofuels and Tequila: Agave May Make a Suitable Ethanol Crop
Grab the lime and salt! Tequila may soon offer more than just delicious frozen margaritas. Researchers find that the agave plant, used to distill the famous Mexican spirit, may also…
Biofuels Stepping up to Replace Petroleum in Plastic & Chemicals Manufacturing
As the price of petroleum edges up in fits and starts, booms and busts, substitution products are coming on board to replace petroleum in many uses -- including fuels, plastics,…
The Problem with China’s Booming Green Economy
China’s fast-growing green economy could provide millions of new jobs in the coming decade, according to a study from the Worldwatch Institute. The environmental research group estimates that 4.5 million…
The Implications of Germany Decision to End Their Nuclear Energy Programme
Germany’s anti-nuclear movement is the poster-boy of its kind in Europe, even worldwide. Over the course of nearly forty years this potent, enduring campaign swayed German public opinion decisively against…
Ethanol Usage now Exceeding Feed Usage from Corn
The latest report of the United States’ Department of Agriculture showed that the largest volume of corn produced this year is going to be used for ethanol production. According to…
