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TransCanada Re-submit their Keystone XL Permit Application

TransCanada Re-submit their Keystone XL Permit Application

May 07, 2012 at 18:45 | James Burgess

In January Obama decided to reject TransCanada’s application for a permit to build the Keystone XL pipeline to transport crude from the oil sands in Alberta, Canada to refineries in…

Creating Instant Geothermal Energy from Abandoned Coal Mines

Creating Instant Geothermal Energy from Abandoned Coal Mines

May 07, 2012 at 18:44 | Charles Kennedy

How to create instant geothermal energy: Take one abandoned mine, flood it with water, wait for the surrounding rock of the mine to heat the water, and enjoy.The…

BP's New System for Capping Deep-Water Oil Wells Almost Ready

BP's New System for Capping Deep-Water Oil Wells Almost Ready

May 07, 2012 at 18:42 | James Burgess

Following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, BP, and other oil companies, have been developing more effective systems for capping the oil flow from…

Kuwait Looks to Foreign Investment to help with $111 Billion Modernisation Plans

Kuwait Looks to Foreign Investment to help with $111 Billion Modernisation Plans

May 07, 2012 at 18:40 | Joao Peixe

According to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development’s website, Kuwait, the fourth-biggest oil producer in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), was the lowest recipient of foreign…

Using Fleets of Microsubmarines to Clean up Oil Spills

Using Fleets of Microsubmarines to Clean up Oil Spills

May 04, 2012 at 19:18 | James Burgess

Scientists from the University of California-San Diego, along with some colleagues based in Spain, have developed a new method for removing oil from water. They used self-propelled microsubmarines to capture…

South Africa Ignores US Sanctions and Increases Imports of Iranian Crude

South Africa Ignores US Sanctions and Increases Imports of Iranian Crude

May 04, 2012 at 19:17 | Joao Peixe

The US sanctions against Iran are due to take effect at the beginning of July. Countries must have halted all trading of Iranian oil by that time, or face punishment…

International Solar Companies have formed the First ever Global Solar Council

International Solar Companies have formed the First ever Global Solar Council

May 04, 2012 at 19:15 | James Burgess

CEO’s representing a wide range of international solar photovoltaic companies have formed the first ever ‘Global Solar Council’ with the intention of expanding “the global deployment of solar energy in…

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.…

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