Joao is a writer for Oilprice.com
The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has stated that without a serious change to our energy consumption habits, the global average temperature will increase…
After World War II the US government dumped millions of kilograms of unexploded bombs into the Gulf of Mexico. This is no secret; many governments…
Ed Davey, the UK climate and energy secretary, recently told the government that he has approved plans to build twenty new natural gas fired power…
The government has just released its latest quarterly energy statistics and the results are mixed. Renewable energy has enjoyed a bountiful year, whereas coal power…
The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in Washington is working to develop a system that can produce jet fuel from seawater.Last year the US Naval Military…
At the recent UN general assembly, the UN secretary general Ban-Ki Moon pushed his idea for the Sustainable Energy for All initiative. One of the…
The LNG industry in Yemen is not being given a break, after yet another explosion at one of its pipelines causing production to drop.The country’s…
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is in New York this week for the UN General Assembly, and rather than be on his best behaviour, he has…
One of the biggest problems with batteries is the weight and bulky nature of their packaging. It is the major limiting factors for electric vehicles.…
Shell’s San Francisco renewable energy program has been approved by the city’s Board of Supervisors. The CleanPowerSF, is a $19.5 million initiative which allows residents…
ExxonMobil have agreed to buy Denbury Resources Inc’s stakes in the Bakken shale formation for $1.6 billion, in a deal that will see their holdings…
Russia has been the world’s largest diamond producer for the past 3 years. Its diamond mines in Yakutia produce massive profits in a tightly controlled…
Boeing has spent 45 days in Glasgow, Scotland, testing its next-generation 737-800 ecoDemonstrator aircraft. The airplane uses a range of technologies designed to increase its…
In attempts to reduce the oversupply of cheap solar panels on the market, as well as provide itself with cheap, clean, renewable energy, China is…
Spain is still struggling in the aftermath of the 2008 property market crash, and has just recently accepted a 100 million euros rescue loan to…
Shell must be beginning to wonder if there is some greater power that doesn’t want them to drill for oil in the Arctic after they…
Following the nuclear disaster in Japan last year the country closed down its entire nuclear energy sector, which accounted for about 30% of its energy…
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has granted approval for the construction of the Plains and Eastern Clean Line wind power transmission cable. The 800 mile…
Analyst reports have recently suggested that the sub-sea equipment sector offers one of the best opportunities for growth, and that oil and gas service companies…
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have proposed a new oil spill clean-up technique which is set to be simple, fast, and energy…