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Last year’s drought across the US is being felt by the ethanol industry as the corn scarcity has forced 20 ethanol plants to shut down.The Renewable Fuels Association…
At long last Chevron (NYSE: CVX) seems to have found some support in the case against Ecuador. An international tribunal has stated that Ecuador in fact violated the panel’s previous…
Japan plans to become the world leader in the wind energy sector and has plans to build a 1 gigawatt offshore wind farm off the coast of the Fukushima Prefecture…
The UK is the world leader in marine energy (tidal and wave power), hoping to have at least 300MW installed by 2020. Wave and tidal are fairly young sectors, and…
Apple has just had a new patent approved for what could become the next major advancement in mobile phone technology in the form of an integrated touch and solar sensor…
Reuters have been told that President Barack Obama is thinking about appointing MIT nuclear physicist Ernest Moniz as the new Energy Secretary once Stephen Chu steps down.Moniz has…
In Europe’s quest for alternative energy sources to reduce its ever growing consumption of coal, a new EU research consortium, known as AccliPhot, has been created. Based at the University…
I have posted many charts by reader Tim Wallace that highlight declining oil consumption in the US.Some readers have suggested improved gasoline mileage in cars is the primary…
Just three years after the events of the Macondo well oil spill befell the Gulf of Mexico, many rigs have once again been asked to cease all operations; this time…
The solar subsidy program that the Japanese government started in July 2012, in which they offer triple the rates of Germany, is expected to explode in popularity this year, turning…
Bloomberg New Energy Finance has performed an analysis of different forms of energy production in Australia, and discovered that electricity from renewable energy sources was cheaper to produce than electricity…
Silicon solar cells account for the majority of solar cells in the world today, and whilst they are useful and effective they actually only work at a 10% - 20%…
Uranium supply in key producers Kazakhstan and Niger could be severely impeded by weather problems and political turmoil.According to a new report by Canaaccord Wealth Management a violent…
Iran’s plans to double its natural gas production over the next few months may have to go on hold for a while after a recently erected natural gas platform in…
The Alaskan Beer Company brews its award winning beer in Juneau, Alaska. In an attempt to reduce the cost of its brewing process it has decided to install a generator…
The US has been supporting various forms of renewable energy for the past few years, and in particular it has done much to encourage the development of the wind industry,…
An analysis of gas flow in and out of the UK, performed jointly by the Guardian and Greenpeace, has shown that Britain more often than not exports its cheap gas…
Could smart grid technology have prevented the blackout that occurred at Super Bowl XLVII? Probably not, but it would have certainly reduced the duration of the power cut.It…
The Midway-Sunset oil field was at the heart of California’s oil boom, and continues to produce oil to this day, yet up in the hills above this field lies the…
At the European Wind Energy Association’s 2013 Annual Event, held in Vienna, Robert Clover of MAKE Consulting suggested that wind energy will be able to supply Europe with half of…