Charles Kennedy

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• Richard Branson’s Renewable Playground for the Rich and Famous

  Published 06 February 2014 | viewed 11,564 times

  Billionaire Richard Branson’s Necker Island for the rich and famous will go 75% renewable energy, with solar, wind and smart-technology energy storage in a massive…

• California Drought Expected to Lower Hydro Generation

  Published 06 February 2014 | viewed 7,087 times

  The record drought in California will cut into the availability of water for hydropower generation in the coming months, according to the Energy Information Administration.…

• Lithuania Files Second Lawsuit Against Gazprom

  Published 05 February 2014 | viewed 5,022 times

  Majority shareholders of Lithuanian utility Lietuvos Dujos are preparing to file a second lawsuit against Russian gas giant Gazprom over unfair gas prices. The lawsuit…

• Coal Leasing on Public Lands Deprives Taxpayers of Millions

  Published 05 February 2014 | viewed 7,166 times

  A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that the U.S. government has failed to ensure that coal companies pay the fair…

• Petrobras Stock Hits 8-Year Low

  Published 04 February 2014 | viewed 5,312 times

  On February 3, the stock price for Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras), Brazil’s flagship oil company, dropped by 5.8% to an eight-year low. Once one of…

• Getting Around the US Crude Export Ban

  Published 03 February 2014 | viewed 10,495 times

  Those who seek to get around the ban on most US crude exports that has been in place for four decades are reportedly eyeing the…

• New Process Recycles Old Plastics into Usable Liquid Fuels

  Published 01 February 2014 | viewed 7,450 times

  Plastics are a pain. They are very useful during their product life but once disposed they don’t degrade naturally, and this creates huge problems in…

• Study: Gas Prices to Remain Stable for 2 Decades

  Published 30 January 2014 | viewed 11,417 times

  A new study predicts that natural gas prices will remain stable over the next two decades due to sustained levels of shale production. The report,…

• Coal Markets Hit Hard as Emerging Economies Begin to Wobble

  Published 30 January 2014 | viewed 8,308 times

  Slowing growth in developing countries has started to affect the commodities market, especially for coal, as orders are slashed and prices have fallen as much…

• Australian AWE Downsizes in Tasmania

  Published 29 January 2014 | viewed 4,096 times

  Australian oil firm AWE has sold down its interests in the Bass basin offshore northern Tasmania for $74 million in cash to the Indian Prize…

• Seabed Carpet to Generate Huge Amounts of Energy from Waves

  Published 29 January 2014 | viewed 12,111 times

  Reza Alam, an assistant professor at US Berkeley and expert in wave mechanics, is designing a ‘carpet’ to be laid across the seafloor that will…

• Foreign Oil Companies Near Commercial Output in Uganda

  Published 28 January 2014 | viewed 5,420 times

  International oil companies have moved one step closer to launching commercial crude production in Uganda as the government announces the finalization of talks with foreign…

• Iraqi Energy Sector Threatened by Syrian Spillover

  Published 28 January 2014 | viewed 4,406 times

  Despite the fact that Iraq is preparing to experience one of its largest ever jumps in oil production output in its history, Hussain al-Shahristani, the…

• Chevron to Fight $5 Billion Nigeria Lawsuit

  Published 27 January 2014 | viewed 8,418 times

  US oil giant Chevron has announced it will “vigorously” oppose a $5 billion lawsuit filed in the United States by Nigerians residing in the vicinity…

• UAE Considers Importing Cheap Shale Gas from North America

  Published 27 January 2014 | viewed 5,552 times

  In perhaps the strongest sign of the impact that the North American shale boom is having on the world, the United Arab Emirates, a member…

• US Officials State that Iran has been Exaggerating its Crude Export Figures

  Published 25 January 2014 | viewed 9,207 times

  Throughout the whole period the West imposed its harsh economic sanctions on Iran, the Persian state has tried to maintain that it has not been…

• More Trouble in the Arctic for Shell

  Published 25 January 2014 | viewed 14,826 times

  A US court decision may delay Royal Dutch Shell’s drilling plans in the Arctic in a small victory for environmentalists and Native American groups.  A…

• Report Says Clean Coal Tech Not Present-Day Reality

  Published 23 January 2014 | viewed 17,637 times

  A new report compiled in consultation with the White House and a pool of clean-energy experts suggests that clean-coal technology is too embryonic to use…

• Railways Favouring Oil, Leaving Canada’s Record Grain Crop Stuck on the Prairie

  Published 23 January 2014 | viewed 15,851 times

  As the boom in production of crude oil in North America has grown it has far exceeded the flow capacity offered by pipelines. Transporting oil…

• UAE to Invest $1.2bn in Kurdish Oil

  Published 22 January 2014 | viewed 11,826 times

  Majority state-owned UAE national oil company has announced plans to invest some $1.2 billion in the development of a key oil and gas block in…