India, with its vast renewable…
Ukraine has accused Russia of…
The article questions the efficiency…
Obama has proposed that Congress should kill tax breaks for the oil and gas industry … again. He failed to end the subsidies when the Democrats controlled congress, so it…
According to Kazakh Industry and New Technologies Minister Aset Isekeshev, Kazakhstan will make a decision on whether to build an atomic power plant this year. Speaking to a group…
A solar panel reaps only a small portion of its potential due to night, weather, and seasons, simultaneously introducing intermittency so that large-scale storage is required to make solar power…
The United Nations sanctions, designed to force Tehran to halt its nuclear program, are having an effect on far-off Namibia. The southwest African state imports all its refined fuel from…
May Natural Gas futures finished the week higher and in the process formed a weekly closing price reversal bottom. A trade though 2.468 will confirm the bottom and set up…
Not long ago Paul Krugman wrote: To a first approximation, in other words, the effect of current fiscal policy — whether stimulus or austerity — an [on?] the actions…
Soon America won’t be alone with a glut of natural gas. Statoil, the Norwegian oil company, made big oil industry news late last month announcing it had found huge volumes…
The Israeli Occupation authorities are planning to demolish renewable energy installations in Palestinian villages in the Occupied West Bank. The projects were installed by an Israeli NGO, ME Comet, and…
In an attempt to force economic pressure on Iran due to the conflict over its nuclear regime, the US has imposed sanctions demanding that countries significantly reduce trade of Iranian…
Okay. Imagine your country has 2,653 miles of southern Pacific coastline, but only averages 110 miles east to west. And your Atacama desert, one of the hottest places on earth,…
The Desertec Foundation has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Japan Renewable Energy Foundation (JREF) to plan, promote, and implement an Asian supergrid which will be vital for…
The European Union has plans to introduce legislation that will limit the amount of carbon emissions that airlines can emit. The new laws will force airlines to change the…
Many hope that electric vehicles (EVs) and plug in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) will grow in popularity to overtake petrol and diesel cars, and help reduce our reliance on oil,…
The idea of climate change affecting the planet is hardly contested anymore; the evidence is fairly conclusive. As the planet warms up, sea levels are expected to rise due to…
Crude oil prices spike. Copper tanks. Cotton and coffee can’t make up their minds. The price graphs you see look more and more like they’re tracking major seismic activity or…
This week marks the one-year anniversary since the 9-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami rocked Japan. It was the strongest earthquake ever to hit the country, leaving an estimated 15,000 people…
Chevron is facing some very tough times in South America and this year could be telling for the success of their continued business in the continent. The latest disaster occurred…
The Sanctions imposed upon Iran by the US and EU in response to Iran’s nuclear program, have not been as effective as was hoped. However, that is starting to change.…
That is what people are calling it, although I would not use that term. Jon Hilsenrath has the best overview I have seen, here is one excerpt: Robert Gordon,…
Africa is becoming more and more famous for its renewable energy projects. The huge continent has vast abundance of renewable energy sources, and as its economies develop it is looking…