The ongoing UAW strike with…
Projecting the oil price outlook…
Ninepoint Energy Fund’s Eric Nuttall…
With all the focus on electric vehicles it can be easy to forget the billions that the government pours into biofuels, and especially corn based ethanol production. Most people prefer…
Building efficiency is becoming more and more popular and important for reducing waste energy and therefore carbon emissions. One of the most important and effective ways of increasing building efficiency…
Germany’s government run, national infrastructure bank KfW Bankengruppe has just announced that it will increase its investment in renewable energy and energy efficiency projects to €100 billion over the next…
Researchers at the University of Arizona have developed a new method for turning solar energy into useable electricity. They have designed a solar module which works rather like a telescope.…
In order to achieve the Department of Defence’s initiative to generate 25 percent of all energy demanded on its bases from renewable energy sources by 2025, the US Army has…
The IEA has agreed with the US government and OPEC, who forecast that global oil demand growth will fall in 2013, despite the low levels of growth this year due…
The problem, I think, is much more serious than Rajoy’s flunking hard choices, and I don’t think there was anything he could do to increase the country’s credibility in a…
Back in 1989 two of the greatest electrochemists in the world, Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann, mad a remarkable announcement. They had witnessed low energy nuclear reactions (LENR) at an…
The fire at Chevron’s refinery in Richmond, California is expected to cause gasoline prices to rise, although analysts do not yet know by how much. They are waiting until Chevron…
Russia and China have strong diplomatic and trade relations, often supporting each other in the UN, yet there is a source of tension between the two nations which has been…
Walmart has announced its latest sustainable development initiative. It will install an industrial sized wind turbine at the Red Bluff distribution centre in California. The new GE 1.0 MW turbine…
National Oilwell Varco Inc., the Houston-based oilfield equipment and services firm, has announced that it will continue with its plans to become one of the largest independent equipment services companies…
Some good news for the British wind industry, and also the Department of Energy and Climate Change; in 2011 Great Britain installed more small wind generation capacity than the US,…
It is common knowledge that oil spills are harmful to the environment, yet in the rush to clean them up we could be doing more damage; at least that is…
India has the most polluted cities in the world, and it’s fully aware of this. The increased use of vehicles in recent years has turned the transport sector into the…
In response to the US Court of Appeals Waste Confidence Rule the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has decided to suspend all licensing decisions until it completes a thorough analysis of,…
China is buying U.S. businesses at a record pace – What will the implications be and will alarm bells ring? “Chinese direct investment in the United States could hit a…
Yesterday at around 6.00pm a leak was discovered by workers at Chevrons large oil refinery in Richmond, California. The leak grew in size as workers were evacuated from the site.
The US Export-Import Bank has announced that it will invest $2 billion into South African green energy funds. The country has plans to increase its power supply by more than…
The Chicago Clean Energy project is a gasification plant which will produce synthetic natural gas from coal and petroleum coke. The facility will cost about $3 billion and is estimated…