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Louisiana Light • 3 days | 82.76 | +3.91 | +4.96% | ||
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Bonny Light • 2 days | 85.49 | -1.91 | -2.19% | ||
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Opec Basket • 3 days | 84.39 | +4.46 | +5.58% | ||
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Mars US • 22 hours | 74.88 | -1.44 | -1.89% | ||
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Gasoline • 22 hours | 2.280 | -0.062 | -2.63% |
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Bonny Light • 2 days | 85.49 | -1.91 | -2.19% | ||
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Girassol • 2 days | 84.46 | -1.91 | -2.21% | ||
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Opec Basket • 3 days | 84.39 | +4.46 | +5.58% |
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Peace Sour • 2 days | 75.47 | +0.67 | +0.90% | ||
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Light Sour Blend • 2 days | 76.77 | +0.67 | +0.88% | ||
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Syncrude Sweet Premium • 2 days | 85.72 | +0.67 | +0.79% | ||
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Central Alberta • 2 days | 75.07 | +0.67 | +0.90% |
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Eagle Ford • 3 days | 77.70 | +3.98 | +5.40% | ||
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Oklahoma Sweet • 3 days | 77.50 | +3.00 | +4.03% | ||
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Kansas Common • 6 days | 67.50 | -3.75 | -5.26% | ||
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Buena Vista • 3 days | 87.98 | +0.98 | +1.13% |
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Alternative Energy / Solar Energy
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Suntech Bankruptcy Bad News for Solar
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Study Finds Libya has More Solar Resources than Oil
Libya could generate approximately five times the amount of energy from solar power than it currently produces in crude oil, research by Nottingham Trent University shows.A study led…
New Super Thin Solar Cell Reduces Silicon Wastage by 95%
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Thin Film Solar Cell Efficiency Continues to Improve
Scientists at Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, have developed thin film solar cells on flexible polymer foils with a new record efficiency of 20.4%…
Shedding Some Light on the Solar Debate
I have always considered there are only two key rationales for investing in solar energy: for economic benefit (through subsidies or not), or for altruism. But the solar industry has…
Solar and Big Oil Join Forces in Middle East
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Advances in Fullerene Technology Boosts Organic Solar Cell Efficiency
An insight into the properties of fullerene could lead to a new class of electronic acceptors for better and cheaper organic solar cells, report researchers.Organic solar cells have…
Is the US in the Middle of a Solar Boom?
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New Technology Uses Nanoparticles to Turn Solar Energy into Steam
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The World's Largest Solar Plant
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Costs Fall with First Ever 100% Carbon Solar Cell
Researchers have developed a solar cell made entirely of carbon, an inexpensive substitute for the pricey materials currently used in conventional solar panels.“Carbon has the potential to deliver…
Solar Roadways: Powering the World of Tomorrow
Here's a glimpse into the future: high maintenance, expensive concrete roads and parking lots turned into glossy solar surfaces, fuelling enough energy from the sun to power nearby communities and…
The Art of Solar War
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Yesterday, the New York Times described a “looming financial disaster” for China’s clean energy industry: “Though worldwide demand for solar panels and wind turbines has grown rapidly over the…
Panel Up: The Top 6 Commercial Solar Users
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NASA Joins the Solar Energy Space Race
A Californian technology consultancy has joined the race to launch a solar power satellite [SPS] designed to generate solar energy in space and beam it down to earth.
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Scientists have combined spinach’s photosynthetic protein, which converts light into electrochemical energy, with silicon in a new “biohybrid” solar cell.“This combination produces current levels almost 1,000 times higher…
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