The expected higher expenditures, as…
The UK government faces growing…
Venezuela's natural gas production has…
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is the only global carbon trading system which is designed to create funding to give poor countries access to new energy technologies; and it is…
Tesco is set to open its first ever Express supermarket in which all light bulbs have been replaced with low energy LED lights. Tesco expect that using LED bulbs will…
Another summer is gone. How much gasoline was used vs. the same months in prior years? These charts from Tim Wallace have the answer.Total Petroleum Usage
Whilst top oil exporters from the Middle East are no rookies when it comes to investing in renewable energy projects, they very rarely develop installations in their own countries.
The world of natural gas may be in for a big change; in fact the whole energy world could change.Methane hydrates are the most abundant source of fossil…
Hillary Clinton recently stated that the US will not set any deadlines on its negotiations with Iran. This has led the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to reply with, “the…
Officials investigating the fire at Chevron’s California oil refinery last month, have stated that those in charge of monitoring the air quality, made mistakes which led to a failure of…
The Department of Commerce reported: [T]otal July exports of $183.3 billion and imports of $225.3 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $42.0 billion, up from $41.9 billion…
Following the Macondo Well oil spill in 2010 BP set itself the target of raising $38 billion in cash through divestitures before the end of 2013, they have just announced…
It is estimated that Afghanistan contains reserves of natural resources, such as oil, gold, iron ore, copper, lithium, etc., which could be worth trillions of dollars, and offers hope for…
Shell released a statement to announce that at the end of August it started preparatory drilling in the Chukchi Sea, about 90 miles off the Alaskan North Slope.“Today…
A new study by the Carnegie Institute and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has discovered that wind power could easily meet the entire planets energy needs.They study determined…
Kungsbrohuset, in Stockholm, is one of the greenest buildings in the world, and recently sold to a Swedish insurance company for €200 million.It was built by Jernhusen who…
There is a growing trend amongst mining companies to develop renewable energy installations to supply their electricity needs.Using Solar, wind, and other renewable energy sources offers several benefits…
Italy has really pursued solar energy with a passion befitting of the Mediterranean country, and can now boast a level of installed capacity per capita that is five times higher…
I won’t recapitulate my core views on the euro crisis (see this talk), but here are a few points:1. The aggregate numbers are workable, but the eurozone…
This Friday the shareholders of Xstrata, one of the largest copper and coal mining companies in the world, will vote on a merger offer that has been submitted by Glencore…
The Canadian oil sands receive a lot of criticism due to the fact that they are far more polluting than other sources of oil. The very dense hydrocarbons of the…
In July - twenty of the leading solar manufacturers in the EU filed a complaint with the European Commission that China was selling its solar panels in the EU market…
Anti-government protests back in 2011 created a power vacuum in Yemen which has enabled armed groups to take advantage of. Since then the impoverished nation’s oil and gas pipelines have…