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Las Vegas Strip to Use LED Bulbs, Saving $2 Million a Year

Las Vegas Strip to Use LED Bulbs, Saving $2 Million a Year

Sep 13, 2013 at 16:47 | James Burgess

Las Vegas, also known as Sin City, is a place of decadent indulgences and extravagant expense, yet that doesn’t put the place above trying to cut costs and save the…

Giant Pandas Help Improve the Biofuel Production Process

Giant Pandas Help Improve the Biofuel Production Process

Sep 13, 2013 at 16:42 | Charles Kennedy

The Giant Pandas Ya Ya and Le Le at the Memphis Zoo are helping scientist Ashli Brown in her search to improve current methods for producing biofuels from non-food plant…

Libyan Prime Minister Hopes Arrest of Strike Leaders will End Oil Protests

Libyan Prime Minister Hopes Arrest of Strike Leaders will End Oil Protests

Sep 13, 2013 at 16:35 | Joao Peixe

Last month, claiming that the National Oil Company had been benefitting from corrupt sales, armed groups, the same that helped to overthrow the dictator colonel Muammar el-Qaddafi two years ago,…

Scotland Hopes for EV Revolution to Decarbonise Roads by 2050

Scotland Hopes for EV Revolution to Decarbonise Roads by 2050

Sep 13, 2013 at 16:26 | Joao Peixe

On Thursday the Scottish government launched a £14 million plan to increase the number of electric vehicles used on Scottish roads, and help achieve the target of decarbonising all…

Rooftop Solar Panels Prevent Firefighters from Doing their Job

Rooftop Solar Panels Prevent Firefighters from Doing their Job

Sep 12, 2013 at 18:21 | James Burgess

Reuters recently published an article claiming that rooftop solar panels have become the new enemy of firefighters, as they restrict access to roofs to ventilate burning buildings, and offer…

Cost of Renewable Energy has Fallen 50% Since 2008

Cost of Renewable Energy has Fallen 50% Since 2008

Sep 12, 2013 at 18:14 | Charles Kennedy

We all know that renewable energy sources are becoming more cost-competitive with fossil fuels as time progresses. The economic and environmental benefits that clean energy offers provides a constant incentive…

Companies to Invest in Before the Coming Mexican Energy Reforms

Companies to Invest in Before the Coming Mexican Energy Reforms

Sep 12, 2013 at 18:12 | Joao Peixe

Mexico is working to introduce a number of new reforms designed to boost its declining energy industry, and some US firms are set to benefit greatly. A new Merrill…

Iran-Oman Natural Gas Pipeline to Begin Operation in 18 Months

Iran-Oman Natural Gas Pipeline to Begin Operation in 18 Months

Sep 12, 2013 at 18:09 | Joao Peixe

Ali Akbar Sibeveih, the Iranian Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman, recently told the Times of Oman that a new pipeline, intended to transport natural gas from Iran to Oman…

Rio Tinto Cuts Costs by Using Giant Robotic Trucks

Rio Tinto Cuts Costs by Using Giant Robotic Trucks

Sep 11, 2013 at 19:15 | James Burgess

As part of a $13 billion mining operation in East Pilbara, Western Australia, Rio Tinto, one of the world’s largest mining companies, uses driverless, robotic trucks.In 2008…

President Rohani to Restart Nuclear Talks at UN General Assembly Next Month

President Rohani to Restart Nuclear Talks at UN General Assembly Next Month

Sep 11, 2013 at 19:09 | Joao Peixe

Hassan Rohani, the new Iranian President who succeeded President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in August, has announced that his government will use the upcoming United Nations General Assembly, to be held…

European Parliament Prepares to Discuss Future of Biofuels in the EU

European Parliament Prepares to Discuss Future of Biofuels in the EU

Sep 11, 2013 at 19:01 | Joao Peixe

Policies concerning biofuels in the EU is a controversial topic, but this week members of the European parliament (MEPs) are preparing to tackle the subject and clear any doubts…

Scientists Discover New Mechanism to Generate More Energy from Sunlight

Scientists Discover New Mechanism to Generate More Energy from Sunlight

Sep 11, 2013 at 18:58 | Charles Kennedy

A recent study published in the journal ACS Nano, and discussed at a press conference at the American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exhibition in Indianapolis on Monday, has discovered…

Hybrid Rocket Engine could Revolution Space Travel

Hybrid Rocket Engine could Revolution Space Travel

Sep 10, 2013 at 16:22 | James Burgess

Outside of the Culham Science Centre in Oxfordshire, England, sits a jet engine which engineer Alan Bond claims to be the beginning of the world’s first ever fully reusable spaceship…

Blown Out Gulf of Mexico Natural Gas Rig, Plugged but not Sealed

Blown Out Gulf of Mexico Natural Gas Rig, Plugged but not Sealed

Sep 10, 2013 at 16:11 | Joao Peixe

Federal regulators have confirmed that a natural gas well in the Gulf of Mexico that blew out in July has been plugged, although it may still be a long time…

Venezuelan Crisis Worsens: Water Twice as Expensive as Gasoline

Venezuelan Crisis Worsens: Water Twice as Expensive as Gasoline

Sep 10, 2013 at 16:08 | Charles Kennedy

Due to years of underinvestment in the water processing system, and a rich abundance of crude oil, water in Venezuela is now twice as expensive as gasoline.Residents in…

After Years of Delay Giant Kashagan Oil Field Ready to Begin Producing Oil

After Years of Delay Giant Kashagan Oil Field Ready to Begin Producing Oil

Sep 10, 2013 at 16:05 | Joao Peixe

After years of delay, the Kazakh oil and gas minister announced on Tuesday that the Kashagan oilfield was finally ready to start producing crude oil for the first time within…

UK to Set up Sovereign Wealth Fund to Finance Low Carbon Projects

UK to Set up Sovereign Wealth Fund to Finance Low Carbon Projects

Sep 09, 2013 at 17:17 | James Burgess

A new report, written by Professor David Mackay, chief scientific advisor to the Department of Energy and Climate Change, and Dr Timothy Stone, Senior advisor to the Secretary of…

Which Chinese PV Manufacturers will Survive the Post Subsidy Apocalypse?

Which Chinese PV Manufacturers will Survive the Post Subsidy Apocalypse?

Sep 09, 2013 at 17:12 | Joao Peixe

A huge complex built outside Xinyu city in southeast China, was designed to hold 170 solar power companies, but now only five remain.The Chinese government poured billions…

China Buys $5 Billion Stake in Kazakhstan’s Giant Oil Field

China Buys $5 Billion Stake in Kazakhstan’s Giant Oil Field

Sep 09, 2013 at 17:08 | Charles Kennedy

China has been expanding into any foreign energy producing market that it has been able to as it looks to secure a mix of energy and hydrocarbon supplies for its…

Kuwait Petroleum to Spend $38 Million Improving Management Competency

Kuwait Petroleum to Spend $38 Million Improving Management Competency

Sep 09, 2013 at 17:04 | Joao Peixe

In December 2008, just a few months after the global financial collapse, Petrochemical Industries Co., a subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Corp., pulled out of a $17.4 billion contract with…

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