Joao is a writer for Oilprice.com
Last week a team of high profile investors including; Eric Schmidt and Larry Page from Google, filmmaker James Cameron, Ross Perot Jr. (son of the…
Goldwind, a Chinese wind turbine manufacturer, has launched a new permanent magnet direct-drive (PMDD) wind turbine designed for ultra-low wind speeds, areas where the annual…
On Thursday the Chief Minister of the Indian state of Gujarat, Narendra Modi, announced via Twitter that the world’s largest photovoltaic solar park, a $2.3…
On Monday, at the suburban residence of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, the chiefexecutives of the US and Russian oil giants, ExxonMobil and Rosneft, signed…
India has finally overtaken China as the largest importer of Iranian oil during the first quarter of this year. They achieved this due to a…
Oil and Gas veteran T. Boone Pickens believes that the US can achieve energy independence by following his ‘Pickens Plan’. His strategy calls for the…
Iran used to count Britain, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Greece, Germany, Italy and Portugal amongst its European customers. However when the EU and US sanctions…
Heavy oil accounts for a large portion of new oil being produced around the world today. It is known as heavy oil due to its…
Over the past several years ConocoPhillips has invested billions of dollars to help it grow into the third largest oil company in America, behind Exxon…
Following the deepwater horizon spill at BP’s Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico back in 2010, Brazilian authorities have increased their scrutiny of wells…
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) describes a source of renewable energy that is growing in popularity amongst tropical island nations. Warm seawater from the surface…
Prices of wind power have been constantly decreasing of late, and now electricity from wind is almost as cheap as that from conventional fossil fuel…
Fracking has revolutionised the US natural gas industry by enabling the extraction of previously unreachable shale gas. The shale gas industry is now huge in…
The European Union has plans to introduce legislation that will limit the amount of carbon emissions that airlines can emit. The new laws will force…
Africa is becoming more and more famous for its renewable energy projects. The huge continent has vast abundance of renewable energy sources, and as its…
The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Energy (ARPA-E) was founded by the US Department of Energy (DoE) in order to fund research into new energy…
Greece’s economic problems are well documented around the world, and a major contributor to the economic troubles experienced throughout Europe. Greece must find a way…
A new report by the market researchers Venture Middle East has announced that the Middle East is due to spend a combined $180 billion on…
The general energy objective in the US is to achieve energy independence, because they believe it will ensure energy security. In Obamas State of the…
The EU is currently discussing a Fuel Quality Directive, which will designate Canada’s tar sands as 22% more polluting than conventional fuels and effectively ban…