What happens when you’re a small country—like Sweden—and you want to generate power by converting waste? You have to look beyond your own borders for garbage. Sweden, population…
Researchers at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) say they have met many of the demanding challenges leading up to achieving the highly stable, precisely directed implosion required for fusion…
An economic recovery that isn't one. A civil war that isn't one. Cheap oil that is no more. According to Bob Moriarty, resources remain one of the few absolutes in…
Take a Look at the chart below and you will see that the price of oil is breaking key support. Texas tea has now backed off $13 since the end…
When things go wrong, usually a raft of big issues initially pile up. But after a critical mass of problems materialize, it's often a seemingly small issue that finally tips…
Saudi Arabia, along with OPEC neighbors Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, exported a record high of crude oil this August. Despite pumping out 10.2 million barrels per day, the…
The belief that technology can always overcome natural limits just took a big hit this week when Royal Dutch Shell PLC decided to shut down its pilot oil shale…
The US state of Utah is about to become home to a new 5-megawatt recovered energy generation (REG) power plant thanks to a joint venture between online auction superstar eBay…
First, the good news.Canada’s Calgary-based Husky Energy Inc. and its Norwegian partner Statoil ASA announced a major oil discovery in offshore Newfoundland and Labrador Flemish Pass Basin.
For those of us tracing the arc of the Obama presidency, one can’t help but get the feeling things are about to come full circle in terms of Iran. Recall…
Three recent oil discoveries in the Bay Du Nord off eastern Canada may be the answer to commercial viability for Norway’s Statoil in the region. Last week, Statoil…
Cheap natural gas has become very popular in America.Especially among power generators, speakers told the Marcellus Shale Coalition's Insight 2013 conference in Philadelphia last week.The conference's…
China consumes upwards of four billion tonnes of coal per year—as much as the rest of the world combined. However, rising public opinion opposing terrible air quality in major Chinese…
The United States could become nearly self-sufficient in oil within the next decade. Oil production from Texas, North Dakota and other shale-rich states means the country is less reliant on…
With public pay phones a thing of the past, harkening to the days when Superman used them as a changing booth, the City of New York is toying with putting…
At least 85 Eagles have died in collisions with wind turbines since 1997, and the specter of the biggest US wind farm yet, planned for the state of Texas, where…
In the struggle to use corn for biofuels without actually using corn for biofuels, US researchers are now paving the way for the use of post-harvest corn residue as a…
Having difficulty selling off other assets and suffering from depressed North American natural gas prices, Canada’s Talisman Energy is looking to divest some of its prize holdings in emerging energy…
Traders are stunned by the performance of the shipping stocks this month, which have been far and away a top market performer. The big questions they are now asking are…
China—the world’s largest emitter of carbon-dioxide—expects power demand to grow by 5% annually and plans to more than double its power generation capacity by 2030 to meet this relentless…