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Ukraine Offer To Share Pipeline Threatens Russia’s Plan For Alternative Conduit

Ukraine Offer To Share Pipeline Threatens Russia’s Plan For Alternative Conduit

Aug 15, 2014 at 17:10 | Andy Tully

A decision by Ukraine’s parliament to allow European and U.S. companies to lease shares of the pipeline that carries Russian gas to the West could derail Russian President Vladimir Putin’s…

Private Equity Just Dropped $2 Billion on These Petro-Plays

Private Equity Just Dropped $2 Billion on These Petro-Plays

Aug 15, 2014 at 17:08 | Dave Forest

It’s becoming a sign of the times. E&P companies selling North American acreage—and private equity picking up the ground. Last week we got two more big deals in the…

Using Sweat To Charge Your Cell Phone

Using Sweat To Charge Your Cell Phone

Aug 14, 2014 at 17:07 | Andy Tully

Imagine using daily exercise not just to power your body, but also your cell phone. That’s what a team of scientists at the University of California-San Diego (UCSD)…

Uranium Price Building On Gains

Uranium Price Building On Gains

Aug 14, 2014 at 17:02 | Frik Els

The uranium market had a lot going for it at the start of 2014, including the prospects of a Japanese nuclear reactor restart that now, at least partially seems…

Crude Prices Ease Despite Conflicts In Key Energy Countries

Crude Prices Ease Despite Conflicts In Key Energy Countries

Aug 13, 2014 at 14:31 | Andy Tully

OPEC member countries produced generous amounts of crude during July, causing a “glut” in the supply of oil, despite conflicts involving oil countries that have led to concerns of possible…

CO2 Sponge Could Help In Gradual Move From Fossil Fuels To Cleaner Energy

CO2 Sponge Could Help In Gradual Move From Fossil Fuels To Cleaner Energy

Aug 12, 2014 at 16:46 | Andy Tully

You can’t just flip a switch and immediately shift the world’s energy use from fossil fuels to something cleaner like hydrogen. Such change takes time. But a team of scientists…

Researchers Say U.S. Omitted Supply/Demand From Keystone XL Pipeline Equation

Researchers Say U.S. Omitted Supply/Demand From Keystone XL Pipeline Equation

Aug 12, 2014 at 16:44 | Andy Tully

A new analysis of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline says the project could be far worse for the world’s environment than estimated by the U.S. government.Washington has delayed…

Putin Hails ExxonMobil’s ‘Cooperation’ in Arctic Despite Sanctions Regime

Putin Hails ExxonMobil’s ‘Cooperation’ in Arctic Despite Sanctions Regime

Aug 11, 2014 at 16:19 | Andy Tully

Russian President Vladimir Putin is praising ExxonMobil as a paragon of “cooperation” for beginning work on a project to drill for oil in the Arctic despite stiff Western sanctions on…

Kinder Morgan Merges Assets In $70-Billion Deal

Kinder Morgan Merges Assets In $70-Billion Deal

Aug 11, 2014 at 16:14 | MINING.com

The newly consolidated Kinder Morgan will be able to move aggressively to acquire rivals and to expand its existing 129,000 km of…

Global Onshore Wind Market Expected To Reach $898 Billion In 2020

Global Onshore Wind Market Expected To Reach $898 Billion In 2020

Aug 08, 2014 at 15:59 | Energy Digital

In a new global market report from Transparency Market Research, the onshore wind energy is anticipated to reach $898 billion by 2020. In 2013, the market was valued at $89.3…

Mobile Wi-Fi Gizmos Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Batteries

Mobile Wi-Fi Gizmos Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Batteries

Aug 08, 2014 at 15:10 | Andy Tully

Forget the better mousetrap. Research today seems focused on making a better battery – smaller but with greater capacity, lighter, and quick to recharge. That’s the key to truly portable,…

More Bad News For Fukushima And Tepco

More Bad News For Fukushima And Tepco

Aug 07, 2014 at 14:41 | Andy Tully

Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Tepco) now says the meltdown of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in March 2011 involved all the fuel rods in the affected reactor, causing…

A New Angle(s) On Capturing More Sunlight

A New Angle(s) On Capturing More Sunlight

Aug 07, 2014 at 14:37 | Andy Tully

If you’ve ever looked at a flat-screen TV or computer monitor from an odd angle, you’ll get an idea of the challenge facing manufacturers of solar panels. Just as you…

Drilling Boss Gets 28 Months In Prison For Dumping Fracking Waste In River

Drilling Boss Gets 28 Months In Prison For Dumping Fracking Waste In River

Aug 07, 2014 at 13:20 | Climate Progress

The owner of a small Ohio oil and gas drilling company who ordered his employees to dump tens of thousands of gallons of fracking waste into a tributary of the…

Solar And Wind Power More Expensive Than Thought

Solar And Wind Power More Expensive Than Thought

Aug 06, 2014 at 13:59 | Andy Tully

A new study from the Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank, argues that using solar and wind energy may be the most expensive alternatives to carbon-based electricity generation, even though…

Cigarette Butts Offer Solution To Supercapacitors’ Energy Storage

Cigarette Butts Offer Solution To Supercapacitors’ Energy Storage

Aug 06, 2014 at 13:58 | Andy Tully

If you happen to notice a cigarette butt in a gutter, don’t be too quick to scorn it as disgusting and useless.Well, yes, it’s still disgusting, but a…

New Method Keeps Solar Cells Clean And Efficient

New Method Keeps Solar Cells Clean And Efficient

Aug 05, 2014 at 16:02 | Andy Tully

Solar power is clean and renewable, but out of the box it’s not terribly efficient, at best turning about 25 percent of sunlight into electricity. And solar panels tend to…

Tesla, Panasonic Join Forces On Huge Battery Plant

Tesla, Panasonic Join Forces On Huge Battery Plant

Aug 05, 2014 at 16:00 | Andy Tully

Japan’s Panasonic Corp. says it will help finance Tesla Motor Inc.’s $5 billion battery plant in the United States. And at least one major investment firm reportedly believes the batteries…

Summer Gas Prices Down Despite Geopolitical Turmoil, Higher Demand

Summer Gas Prices Down Despite Geopolitical Turmoil, Higher Demand

Aug 04, 2014 at 15:35 | Andy Tully

The American Automobile Association (AAA) has reported that the average pump price of a gallon of gasoline was $3.52 at the end of July, the lowest since March. In…

Superman: Defender of Justice But Physics Lawbreaker

Superman: Defender of Justice But Physics Lawbreaker

Aug 01, 2014 at 16:19 | Andy Tully

Not that you really need to know this, but Superman is a lawbreaker. The Man of Steel may have great powers, but they have nothing to do with the source…

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