Andy Tully

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• Future Mini Electronics May Use Paper-thin, Flexible Batteries

  Published 24 July 2014 | viewed 6,546 times

  Size is everything in today’s pocket electronics, and lithium-ion batteries are just too big for the gadgets of the future.So Imprint Energy, a startup in…

• Cooling Solar Cells, Even At High Noon

  Published 24 July 2014 | viewed 10,145 times

  There’s been a lot of research in the past few years into how to improve the efficiency and lower the cost of solar energy technology.…

• Industry Vows to Fight U.S. City’s Ban on Canadian Oil Sands

  Published 23 July 2014 | viewed 5,416 times

  Many residents of South Portland, Maine, were ecstatic over a recent decision by the city council to forbid the use of the city’s facilities to…

• Despite Drawbacks, Offshore Wind Farms Can Benefit Some Sea Life

  Published 23 July 2014 | viewed 6,717 times

  No one doubts that the rotating turbines of offshore wind farms can hazardous to avian life, and that the devices’ constant whine can scare off…

• DOE, NRG Energy Start to Plan World’s Largest Carbon Capture Facility

  Published 22 July 2014 | viewed 9,277 times

  The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and NRG Energy say they’ve begun work on the world’s biggest carbon capture facility. The project is designed to…

• Energy From Biofuels Can Match Crude Oil Levels

  Published 22 July 2014 | viewed 15,446 times

  The beauty of biofuels is that they don’t pollute. After that things can get ugly.First, biofuel, an oil made from plant tissues, doesn’t generate as…

• Qatar’s LNG Dominance Threatened by Shell’s Reported Withdrawal

  Published 21 July 2014 | viewed 13,667 times

  Royal Dutch Shell’s widely reported decision to end its role in a gas project in Qatar threatens the Gulf state’s dominance in the production of…

• DOE, Intel Work to Keep ‘Moore’s Law’ From Expiring

  Published 21 July 2014 | viewed 4,851 times

  There are two ways to double the number of transistors on a computer chip: Either make the chip twice as big – not an option…

• Russia Touts South Stream Pipeline As Europe’s Gas Lifeline

  Published 19 July 2014 | viewed 14,735 times

  Russia is mounting a major publicity campaign in Europe for its proposed South Stream gas pipeline in an apparent effort to reassure its EU customers…

• Rosneft Scoffs At U.S Sanctions, Says Western Investors Could Suffer

  Published 18 July 2014 | viewed 9,750 times

  Rosneft, Russia’s government-owned oil giant, says news U.S. sanctions imposed because of Moscow’s suspected role in the continuing fighting in Ukraine are not only “illegitimate,”…

• Libyan Oil Ports Open, But Need Work Before Exports Resume

  Published 17 July 2014 | viewed 5,588 times

  Two of Libya’s key ports have reopened despite the continuing unrest in the country, but the oil ministry says they both need maintenance work before…

• U.S. Oil Trade Imbalance With Canada Shrinking

  Published 17 July 2014 | viewed 5,936 times

  Thanks in large part to its energy-rich oil sands, Canada exports 10 times more oil to the United States than the United States exports to…

• Vietnam Says China Backing Down In Oil Rig Dispute

  Published 16 July 2014 | viewed 9,224 times

  A leading Vietnamese military officer said July 16 that China’s decision to remove a huge oil rig from waters claimed by both countries shows that…

• Using Nanotubes To Make Cheaper, Cleaner Hydrogen Fuel

  Published 16 July 2014 | viewed 13,657 times

  Hydrogen has a reputation as a clean source of energy, especially when compared to fossil fuels such as oil and coal. But there’s just one…

• Rosneft Buys Weatherford Operations In Russia, Venezuela

  Published 15 July 2014 | viewed 9,046 times

  Russian state-owned Rosneft, the most productive oil company in the world, is buying the land drilling operations of Weatherford International in Russia and Venezuela in…

• Don’t Be Afraid Of The Damp

  Published 15 July 2014 | viewed 5,463 times

  Charging your cell phone might one day be as easy as exposing it to humidity.In 2013, Nenad Miljkovic, a postdoctoral researcher at the Massachusetts Institute…

• Oil Company Ordered To Halt Illegal Operation Near Fla. Panther Preserve

  Published 14 July 2014 | viewed 4,388 times

  Environmentalists are claiming victory over the Dan A. Hughes Co., which has been drilling for oil in an area of southwestern Florida next to a…

• Huge ND Wastewater Spill Prompts Calls For Fracking Regs

  Published 14 July 2014 | viewed 15,118 times

  Beaver dams have so far prevented about 1 million gallons of fracking wastewater discovered spilled July 8 from a rural North Dakota pipeline from spreading…

• EU Takes Another Step In Integration By Sharing Electricity

  Published 12 July 2014 | viewed 4,771 times

  What we now call the European Union began rather modestly in 1952 with the European Coal and Steel Community, at the time called “the first…

• BP’s Latest Estimate Says World’s Oil Will Last 53.3 Years

  Published 12 July 2014 | viewed 63,221 times

  According to BP, drivers whose vehicles rely on burning oil have a little more than a half-century to find alternate sources of energy. Or walk.BP’s…