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Electric Vehicles No Threat To Oil Prices Anytime Soon

Jul 27, 2017 at 14:47 | David Yager

Hardly a day goes by without another media report about the impending demise of the Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) as petroleum powered cars and trucks are replaced by uber-clean Electric…

Britain To Ban Fossil Fuel Vehicles By 2040

Jul 26, 2017 at 15:09 | Gregory Brew

Great Britain will ban all new diesel and gasoline-powered automobiles after 2040, according to Environment Secretary Michael Gove. In an announcement Wednesday morning, Gove confirmed that vehicles powered solely…

China Outpaces Competition In Renewable Race

Jul 21, 2017 at 16:50 | Irina Slav

China has a no-nonsense approach to pretty much everything. After its rapid growth as an industrial power, it is now employing this very same approach to deal with its consequences:…

Trump May Have Unintentionally Killed U.S. Nuclear

Jul 21, 2017 at 16:37 | Leonard Hyman & William Tilles

President Trump has a different view of climate change than the previous administration. His decision to disassociate the U.S. from the Paris Climate Accords has received the lion’s share of…

Could Clean Energy Spark A Mineral Boom?

Jul 21, 2017 at 16:28 | MINING.com

A new World Bank report released today highlights the potential impacts that the expected continuing boom in low-carbon energy technologies will have on demand for many minerals and metals. Using…

What Bitcoin And Solar Have In Common

Jul 20, 2017 at 16:57 | Zainab Calcuttawala

Bitcoins do not magically appear out of nowhere. Each one is “mined” in a blockchain process that eats enough electricity to power an American household for 1.57 days. This…

New Solar Tech Produces 50% More Energy Than Silicon Cells

Jul 20, 2017 at 10:34 | Futurity

Researchers have created a concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) system with embedded microtracking that is capable of producing 50 percent more energy per day than the standard silicon solar cells. “Solar cells…

Will Humanity Ever Harness Star Power?

Jul 19, 2017 at 13:33 | ZeroHedge

Fusion is the epitome of “high risk, high reward” scientific research. If we were to ever successfully harness the forces that power the stars, mankind could have access to power…

Electric Vehicles Won’t Topple Oil…Yet

Jul 17, 2017 at 14:41 | Jon LeSage

While governments around the world are starting to mandate electricity over oil for powering motor vehicles, what are the chances of oil supply being severely impacted in the next quarter…

Tesla Just Changed The Energy Storage Game

Jul 14, 2017 at 15:55 | Kent Moors

Back when Tesla Inc. (TSLA) unveiled a test of its new “Powerpacks” – batteries to power homes and businesses – it was clear that the company’s future wasn’t in building cars……

Will The EV Hype Actually Help The Oil Business?

Jul 13, 2017 at 15:11 | Peter Tertzakian

Last week’s announcement by Volvo that every car, “it launches from 2019 will have an electric motor,” jolted oil investors. Then France amped up the newswire by switching on a…

Falling Costs Push Renewable Investment Ahead Of Fossil Fuels

Jul 13, 2017 at 14:25 | Gregory Brew

According to the IEA’s World Energy Investment report, investment in electricity finally surpassed investment in oil and gas in 2016, for the first time in recorded history. As

Is Solar Reliable When Grids Are Stressed?

Jul 13, 2017 at 12:35 | Henry Hewitt

If you want more solar BTUs for your buck, track the sun. This generally means the array is on the ground since very few homes are set up for rooftop…

Trump Sparks Fight Over Nuclear Mountain

Jul 12, 2017 at 12:32 | Leonard Hyman & William Tilles

Nuclear power experts have proposed taking the disposal and storage of nuclear wastes out of the hands of the Federal government and placing it with a new corporate entity. The…

The Next Big Innovation In Solar Is Here

Jul 11, 2017 at 13:15 | Henry Hewitt

An oil donkey, cycling every 7 or 8 seconds, dips into the well 11,500 times per day. (The math is pretty simple.) A solar tracker, over a 30-year lifetime, making…

Underwhelming Model 3 News Crushes Tesla’s Market Cap

Jul 07, 2017 at 18:08 | Tsvetana Paraskova

This past week has been packed with news coming from or concerning Tesla. Judging from Tesla’s dismal stock market performance this week, last Sunday’s Elon Musk announcement that Model…

Tesla Loses Stranglehold As EV Revolution Accelerates

Jul 06, 2017 at 17:15 | Nick Cunningham

Volvo became the first major auto company to announce the phase out of the internal-combustion engine from its lineup. The Chinese-owned Swedish car company announced on July 5 that every…

The Biggest Threat To Renewables Is Not What You Think

Jul 05, 2017 at 14:05 | Precise Consultants

You might argue that Tulsa was made famous because of the Friends episode when Chandler Bing fell asleep in a meeting and accidentally agreed to relocate there after he was…

The Global Oil Demand Driver That Is Being Ignored

Jul 04, 2017 at 16:37 | Nick Cunningham

  When looking at oil demand, oil market analysts focus overwhelmingly on passenger vehicles. One of the hottest debates today is over the prospect of peak oil demand: whether…

This Supermajor Is Leading The Charge On Renewables

Jul 03, 2017 at 15:51 | Haley Zaremba

France-based Total S.A. is one of the elite seven “supermajor” oil companies in the world. When people talk about “Big Oil,” Total is exactly the kind of corporation they’re talking…

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