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First Publically Available Electric Plane

First Publically Available Electric Plane

May 04, 2012 at 19:10 | Charles Kennedy

In recent years more and more vehicle types have been designed to be hybrid, or fully electric, in an attempt to reduce reliance on petroleum products and reduce carbon emissions.…

Loophole in US Sanctions Allows China to Trade Gold for Iranian Oil

Loophole in US Sanctions Allows China to Trade Gold for Iranian Oil

May 03, 2012 at 12:44 | James Burgess

As we all know by now, at the end of 2011 President Obama signed an act to impose trade sanctions on Iran in an effort to force economic pressure on…

Peace Talks Ruined as Turkey Starts to Drill for Oil and Gas in Northern Cyprus

Peace Talks Ruined as Turkey Starts to Drill for Oil and Gas in Northern Cyprus

May 03, 2012 at 12:42 | Charles Kennedy

Back in 1974 Turkey invaded the Greek island of Cyprus and took control of the north, claiming the region as the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus; a claim that is…

New Propulsion System cuts Fuel Consumption of Cargo Ships by 75%

New Propulsion System cuts Fuel Consumption of Cargo Ships by 75%

May 03, 2012 at 12:39 | James Burgess

I recently wrote an article about a hybrid propulsion system for cargo ships which used giant sails along with traditional diesel engines. International transport via shipping is very popular,…

Kenyan Energy Companies sign Multimillion Dollar Geothermal Energy Deals

Kenyan Energy Companies sign Multimillion Dollar Geothermal Energy Deals

May 03, 2012 at 12:36 | Joao Peixe

Kenya currently receives most of its renewable power from erratic hydroelectric sources, which struggle to meet the nation’s energy demand, and supply varying levels of electricity to the grid.

Wind Farms do NOT Contribute to Global Warming

Wind Farms do NOT Contribute to Global Warming

May 02, 2012 at 17:15 | Joao Peixe

There are many scientific studies into global warming and climate change, but the only knowledge that many of us have of these studies is from reports and articles in the…

Renewable Energy Push could Cost Fossil Fuel Industry $4 Trillion

Renewable Energy Push could Cost Fossil Fuel Industry $4 Trillion

May 02, 2012 at 17:12 | Charles Kennedy

If we have any intention to save the planet and allow it continue to be an environment that can support life in the future then it is pretty much the…

Gyms to Convert Human Energy into Electricity for the Grid

Gyms to Convert Human Energy into Electricity for the Grid

May 02, 2012 at 17:10 | James Burgess

Energy is used to run everything. Anything that moves or performs some function does so via the use of energy. Energy is never destroyed, but during certain processes it can…

Energy Transfer Partners LP buy Sunoco Inc. for $5.3 Billion

Energy Transfer Partners LP buy Sunoco Inc. for $5.3 Billion

May 01, 2012 at 16:50 | Charles Kennedy

Energy Transfer Partners LP, the Dallas based Fortune 500 natural gas company which owns more than 17,500 miles of natural gas pipelines, has agreed to buy Sunoco Inc. for $5.3…

Exxon Announce 80,000 gallon Oil Spill in Rural Louisiana

Exxon Announce 80,000 gallon Oil Spill in Rural Louisiana

Apr 30, 2012 at 16:47 | James Burgess

When we think of oil spills we tend to think of large slicks in the ocean, killing seabirds and damaging marine ecosystems. Following BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the…

The Art of Recycling: Converting Plastic to Oil

The Art of Recycling: Converting Plastic to Oil

Apr 30, 2012 at 16:46 | Energy Digital

The days of dumping trash into overcrowded landfills may be over. Just as you would not dump gold, diamonds, or hundred dollar bills into garbage bins, you soon will hesitate…

Fast Artificial Photosynthesis Could Change Solar Energy Forever

Fast Artificial Photosynthesis Could Change Solar Energy Forever

Apr 27, 2012 at 17:07 | James Burgess

For more than 30 years scientists around the world have been working on creating an artificial form of photosynthesis, with varying results. Licheng Sun, professor of organic chemistry at the…

Shell have told Cameron they won't Invest in North Sea Offshore Wind Farms

Shell have told Cameron they won't Invest in North Sea Offshore Wind Farms

Apr 27, 2012 at 17:06 | Charles Kennedy

In the recent Clean Energy Ministerial meeting in London the British Prime Minister David Cameron made a plea to private sector investors to help with renewable power in the country.…

Giant Sails cut Fuel Consumption of Cargo Ship by 30%

Giant Sails cut Fuel Consumption of Cargo Ship by 30%

Apr 26, 2012 at 17:26 | James Burgess

All ships used to travel around the world driven by the power of the wind buffeting against their sails. Nowadays cargo ships travel, admittedly much faster, by burning diesel in…

Alex Salmond Hits Back at Donald Trump's Anti-Wind Farm Campaign

Alex Salmond Hits Back at Donald Trump's Anti-Wind Farm Campaign

Apr 26, 2012 at 17:25 | Charles Kennedy

A few months ago Donald Trump declared that he would take all possible action to prevent the Scottish government developing wind farms within sight of his £750 million golf resort…

Ferrari to Produce its First Hybrid Supercar

Ferrari to Produce its First Hybrid Supercar

Apr 25, 2012 at 16:08 | James Burgess

Car manufacturers are under increasing pressure to reduce the CO2 emissions released by their models, and this has lead most to start producing hybrid or electric versions of their cars.…

New Company will Start Plans to Mine Asteroids in Two Years

New Company will Start Plans to Mine Asteroids in Two Years

Apr 25, 2012 at 16:07 | Joao Peixe

Last week a team of high profile investors including; Eric Schmidt and Larry Page from Google, filmmaker James Cameron, Ross Perot Jr. (son of the former presidential candidate), space tourism…

Floating Wind Turbines could see Wind Farms Arrive at the Great Lakes

Floating Wind Turbines could see Wind Farms Arrive at the Great Lakes

Apr 25, 2012 at 16:05 | Charles Kennedy

The problem with offshore wind turbines is that they need to be positioned relatively close to the shore where the water is not too deep, and this upsets residents local…

Goldwind to Release New, Ultra-Low Wind Speed Turbine

Goldwind to Release New, Ultra-Low Wind Speed Turbine

Apr 25, 2012 at 16:04 | Joao Peixe

Goldwind, a Chinese wind turbine manufacturer, has launched a new permanent magnet direct-drive (PMDD) wind turbine designed for ultra-low wind speeds, areas where the annual average wind speed is less…

Video Game Consoles left on Idle Waste over $1 Billion of Electricity per year

Video Game Consoles left on Idle Waste over $1 Billion of Electricity per year

Apr 24, 2012 at 16:12 | Charles Kennedy

Over the last decade video games have grown in popularity until now it is rare to find a household which doesn’t own at least one console. A new study by…

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