Biodiversity is becoming a new…
Kyrgyzstan plans to sign a…
Copper prices face conflicting pressures…
In its seemingly never ending quest to find alternative sources of energy to replace its nuclear power sector, Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry has stated that 21 new…
As Lebanon’s economy has developed over the years its energy demand has generally increased by 6% - 8% a year, however over the past two years it has increased at…
The world’s first ever algae-powered building is being built and tested in Hamburg, Germany.Designed by the engineering multinational firm Arup, more famous for designing the Pompidou Centre, the…
As it looks more and more likely that the Keystone XL pipeline will be rejected, it may actually turn out that the US can develop their own tar sands. Yesterday…
REN, the Portuguese grid operator, has just released new figures that show that nearly three quarters of the country’s energy needs were met by renewable energy sources during the first…
A local daily newspaper in Saudi Arabia known as the Arab News, has today reported that the state owned Saudi Electricity Company (SECO) plans to spend $80 billion over the…
Extracting crude oil from wells around the world also releases large amounts of natural gas which, whilst a valuable source of energy in of itself, is often burned at the…
On Wednesday President Barack Obama announced his budget plan for the next fiscal year, due to start at the beginning of October. The US government will dramatically boost its spending…
ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) has been found guilty of contaminating groundwater supplies in the state of New Hampshire, and was ordered by the jury to pay a total of $236 to…
After promising initial tests it seems that Genel Energy have made a major discovery in the Chia Surkh region of Kurdistan. Chief Executive Officer, Tony Hayward, has said that they…
This winter Repsol has drilled three exploratory wells on the North Slope of Alaska, in the Colville River Delta, all part of ambitious plans to set up drilling operations in…
This week, Sweden based Sol Voltaics has announced that it intends to commercialise its new product that it believes could be a real game changer for the solar industry. The…
Early estimates suggest that Spain has huge shale gas reserves, some of the largest in Europe, but the Spanish public are worried that the fracking technique used to extract the…
Last month Robert Howarth, an ecology professor from Cornell University, suggested that the state of New York could generate half of its energy needs from wind turbines, and the other…
President Obama is expected to make his decision on the Keystone XL pipeline by September this year. Support for the pipeline would eventually see a 2,000 mile pipe carrying 830,000…
The European Commission has recently launched an anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation against Chinese solar manufacturers following a series of complaints from European solar manufacturers.Depending on the outcome of…
Norman Foster is one of Great Britain’s most prolific architects, and his work is in high demand around the world. Whilst his buildings are rarely cheap, the new Apple headquarters…
Sunday’s Paris marathon was a great success, and this year, thanks to the installation of energy-harvesting tiles, clean energy was actually generated from the event.178 of the flexible…
General Electric (NYSE: GE) has announced that it will buy the oilfield pump maker Lufkin Industries for $2.98 billion, as part of its strategy to increase its presence in the…
A deal, worth more than £200 million over 20 years, has been made to use cooking waste and fats from thousands of London restaurants and food companies to create energy…