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Yemeni Military Attacks Tribesmen Responsible for Oil Pipeline Sabotage

Yemeni Military Attacks Tribesmen Responsible for Oil Pipeline Sabotage

Dec 03, 2012 at 16:39 | James Burgess

Yemeni oil and gas infrastructure has been under constant attack and faced continuous sabotage all year. The Yemeni government has now decided that enough is enough and has launched a…

DoE Publishes Study on the Biological Impact of OTEC

DoE Publishes Study on the Biological Impact of OTEC

Dec 03, 2012 at 16:38 | Charles Kennedy

Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) is a new technology that could play an important part in the future of renewable energy sources. It takes advantage of the natural temperature gradient,…

Audi and VW Plan to Make 300MPG Cars

Audi and VW Plan to Make 300MPG Cars

Nov 30, 2012 at 17:01 | James Burgess

When it comes to efficient transportation and MPG (or MPG equivalent), then human powered locomotion is pretty unbeatable. Bicycles top the charts with an astounding 984 MPGe, pedestrians tend to…

New Report Forecasts China to Have 150GW of Wind Capacity by 2015

New Report Forecasts China to Have 150GW of Wind Capacity by 2015

Nov 30, 2012 at 17:00 | Joao Peixe

According to a recent study carried out by GTM Research, titled ‘China Wind Market Quarterly’, China is on course to reach 150 GW of installed wind capacity by 2015, outstripping…

New Technology Slashes the Emissions from Diesel Engines by 45%

New Technology Slashes the Emissions from Diesel Engines by 45%

Nov 30, 2012 at 16:59 | Joao Peixe

Petrol cars release more CO2 than diesel cars; that fact is fairly well known, and can actually play a large part in the reason why some people decide to buy…

Most Accurate Climate Study Ever Confirms Global Ice Caps are Shrinking

Most Accurate Climate Study Ever Confirms Global Ice Caps are Shrinking

Nov 30, 2012 at 16:58 | Charles Kennedy

A new scientific survey has determined, with an unequalled accuracy, that all except one of the ice sheets in the world are losing huge amounts of their mass. Greenland and…

Obama Signs Bill to Exempt US Airlines from EU Aviation Carbon Tax

Obama Signs Bill to Exempt US Airlines from EU Aviation Carbon Tax

Nov 29, 2012 at 16:34 | Charles Kennedy

The EU has set a tax on carbon emissions for all aircraft flying into European countries, all part of the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). The problem is that Obama has…

Five Exciting New Energy Technologies to be Backed by the US Govt

Five Exciting New Energy Technologies to be Backed by the US Govt

Nov 29, 2012 at 16:33 | Joao Peixe

The MIT Technology Review has recently posted an interesting article looking at five of the most interesting new energy projects that will receive government funding through the Advanced Research…

Protest by Libyan Civil War Veterans Shuts Down Country's Largest Oil Refinery

Protest by Libyan Civil War Veterans Shuts Down Country's Largest Oil Refinery

Nov 29, 2012 at 16:32 | Joao Peixe

Wounded Libyan soldiers, veterans of last year’s civil war in which Muammar Gaddafi and his regime were overthrown, have begun protesting outside Libya’s main oil refinery.The 120,000 barrel…

UK's First Amphibious Houses to Float Above Floods

UK's First Amphibious Houses to Float Above Floods

Nov 29, 2012 at 16:30 | James Burgess

As water levels rise and floods occur there are few places to hide. Any large objects such as cars or houses in the floods path get drowned, and this can…

Ukraine Sign $1.1 Billion LNG Deal with the Wrong Man

Ukraine Sign $1.1 Billion LNG Deal with the Wrong Man

Nov 28, 2012 at 16:38 | James Burgess

Ukraine has just admitted that it signed a $1.1 billion LNG deal with a man who did not even work for the company he claimed to be representing.The…

BP Banned from New Oil Contracts with US Government

BP Banned from New Oil Contracts with US Government

Nov 28, 2012 at 15:54 | Joao Peixe

Having pleaded guilty and agreed to pay $4.5 billion for criminal charges relating to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, BP have now landed themselves in even more trouble.

Poland's Shale Gas Revolution off to a Rather Unimpressive Start

Poland's Shale Gas Revolution off to a Rather Unimpressive Start

Nov 28, 2012 at 15:53 | Joao Peixe

Poland’s high hopes that shale gas will free it from the oppressive influence of Gazprom, and the polluting energy source of coal, seems to have suffered a bit of a…

Large Tankers Start to Use the Arctic Passage to Make Deliveries to Asia

Large Tankers Start to Use the Arctic Passage to Make Deliveries to Asia

Nov 28, 2012 at 15:52 | James Burgess

The Ob River, a large tanker carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Europe to Japan, is the first of its kind to ever attempt the journey using an Arctic passage.

Study Finds UK Media is against Renewable Energy

Study Finds UK Media is against Renewable Energy

Nov 28, 2012 at 15:51 | Charles Kennedy

The PR company CCgroup has carried out a study looking at how the UK’s most popular newspapers view and report on renewable energy technologies.The findings showed that the…

Sandy Proves that New York's Oil Supply Infrastructure Needs an Overhaul

Sandy Proves that New York's Oil Supply Infrastructure Needs an Overhaul

Nov 27, 2012 at 17:06 | Charles Kennedy

The aftermath of Hurricane Sandy left the entire North East Region of the US in a severe gasoline and crude oil supply shortage, and some experts believe that the scenario…

China Dismisses the Environment in Pursuit of Shale Boom

China Dismisses the Environment in Pursuit of Shale Boom

Nov 27, 2012 at 17:03 | Joao Peixe

A recent report by the independent publication Caixin, investigated China’s plans to develop its fracking industry. According to a white paper that the report looks at, China’s government “calls for…

World's Largest Solar Power Plant to be Completed by Year End

World's Largest Solar Power Plant to be Completed by Year End

Nov 27, 2012 at 17:02 | James Burgess

The largest concentrated solar power project in the world is set to be completed by the end of the year, and begin operation at the start of 2013.Construction…

Qatar's Solar Industry Hampered by Dust

Qatar's Solar Industry Hampered by Dust

Nov 27, 2012 at 17:01 | Joao Peixe

Abdullah Bin Hamad Al Attiyah, the chariman of Qatar Electricity & Water Company, told reporters, “we are one of the biggest believers in solar.”Only two years ago the…

Hydropower Rich Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to go Nuclear?

Hydropower Rich Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to go Nuclear?

Nov 26, 2012 at 16:36 | John Daly

While Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan control the headwaters of both the Amu Darya and Syr Darya, Central Asia’s mightiest rivers and both nations have extensive hydroelectric cascades that generate electricity, they…

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