The world's economic myths, especially…
The Texas energy grid is…
In a move that could…
Geoengineering is a technique that can be used to reverse the effects of climate change on a global scale; it is considered highly controversial as it may have unknown secondary…
A new report written by Jonathon Porritt, one of the UK’s leading environmentalists, states that the industrial biotech (IB) industry in the UK could be worth £12 billion by 2025…
The Yasuni national Park in Ecuador, where the foothills of the Andes meet the Amazon rainforest on the equator, is one of the most biologically diverse habitats in the world,…
The sun is the source of most energy on earth; yet whilst it provides us with energy, which is vital to our survival, it can also take energy away from…
Back at the beginning of 2011 coal was in very high demand, especially from steelmakers who were struggling to find supplies on the market as heavy flooding at Australian mines…
Relations between the US and Venezuela have been famously frosty during the term of President Hugo Chavez, yet it now seems that the two may be willing to try and…
A few thoughts on the "next recession" ... Forecasters generally have a terrible record at predicting recessions. There are many reasons for this poor performance. In 1987, economist Victor Zarnowitz…
The hostage situation in Algeria’s In Amenas oil field could spell doom for the country’s oil and natural gas industry.Since the end of the civil war in the…
In recent years the US has focussed on adding ethanol to its gasoline as it believes that it will help reduce dependence on foreign oil and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.…
China is the world’s second largest oil importer and will soon become the largest, yet it has petroleum resources that match the US, meaning there is no reason why it…
The Office of Energy Projects, part of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, has recently released a report which states that half of all new energy generation capacity installed in the…
Some British ministers, especially Chancellor George Osborne, hope that fracking will enable the UK to experience a shale gas boom similar to the US, and completely change the energy market…
In order to reduce its reliance on nuclear energy following the meltdown of three reactors back in 2011, Japan is attempting to increase its renewable energy capacity and has recently…
“At present, the world record triple-junction solar cell efficiency is 44 percent under concentration and it is generally accepted that a major technology breakthrough will be required for the efficiency…
The US Army has just put its new White Sands Missile Range Solar Power System online, making it the largest low concentration solar power plant in the world. The plant…
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has decided to take advantage of the fact that offshore drilling companies seem to be highly undervalued despite the strong demand for deepwater drill rigs. He…
One of the final hurdles standing in the way of the $10 billion shale gas deal between Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE: RDS.A) and Ukraine was cleared on Wednesday when local…
At 4.30am local time, armed men infiltrated a facility located in the Ain Amenas gas field in south-eastern Algeria, close to the border with Libya, and took the workers hostage,…
Greg Barker, the UK’s minister of state for energy and climate change, has recently stated that the UAE will be a major investor in Britain’s £200 billion ($321 billion) renewable…
China’s news media is tightly controlled by the government with some delicate topics such as Taiwan and Tibet completely prohibited, and most other negative news heavily restricted or forced to…