Pakistan in talks to buy Chinese reactors

Pakistan is negotiating the purchase of between six and eight nuclear power reactors from China during the next decade in the most ambitious expansion yet of the country’s nuclear energy capability. The deal could cost $7bn-$10bn and would involve adding 3,600-4,800 megawatts of capacity using a series of 600MW reactors. The plants are expected to […]

Iraq’s oil exports hit lowest level since war; oil minister resigns

Iraq’s exports of oil hit their lowest level in December since the war, as the country’s oil minister resigned Monday in the wake of protests and riots over soaring gas prices and lengthening lines at the pump. Only 34.4 million barrels were exported last month, or about 1.1 million barrels per day — the lowest […]

New buses could help Beijing cut fuel intake

As part of Beijing’s effort to cut down fuel consumption and reduce emissions, 50 energy-efficient buses using hydraulic hybrid technology will soon be experimentally operating throughout Beijing’s streets. If the plan proves successful, the new technology could be introduced to all the city’s buses, said an official with the Beijing Municipal Commission of Development and […]

Indo-US Nuclear Deal

The Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran visited Washington on December 21-22, 2005. The primary objective of the visit was to expedite the implementation of agreements and understandings contained in the July 18, 2005 Joint Statement issued following the discussions held between the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President George W. Bush. The Indians earnest […]

Gas Dispute Reignites Atomic Energy Debate

Economics Minister Michael Glos suggested Germany could backtrack on its decision to stop using nuclear power as natural gas companies reported disruptions in supplies from Russia due to the Moscow-Kiev gas dispute. Germany should rethink what can be done to make the country less dependent on foreign energy sources, Glos said in an interview with […]

Countries Report Gas Delivery Shortfalls

VIENNA, Austria – The impact of Russia’s dispute with Ukraine over natural gas spread West, with European countries reporting delivery shortfalls as high as 50 percent. Moscow, facing angry customers and sharp criticism, promised to increase gas shipments to the continent by Tuesday. As Russia and Ukraine traded accusations on who was to blame for […]

Nigeria Burns an Opportunity

The nation would like to process its gas reserves into the liquefied form. Instead, the ‘flaring’ of excess fuel — and health fears — have risen. Plans to end the environmentally damaging practice of burning off unused natural gas by oil companies in Nigeria are being stymied by funding problems amid pressure to increase oil […]

Ocean Powered Hydroelectric Generator Invention

Sea Solar Power International of Baltimore, Maryland, a division of the Abell Foundation, is currently evaluating Portland, Oregon resident, Richard M. Dicksonscoop

U.S. Oil Majors Return To Libya After Two Decades

Three U.S. oil majors have reached agreement to resume oil and gas production in Libya after a two-decade gap.  After stock trading closed Dec. 29, ConocoPhillips, Marathon Oil and Amerada Hess said they were returning to their former energy fields in Libya after abandoning the country when U.S. sanctions were imposed in 1986. industryweek

Why We Should Pray that the Peak Be Soon

Peak oil is a term for the point in time when world oil production will stop increasing and begin to decline. New reports are coming in from many quarters telling us that this moment is arriving much sooner than expected. The news is alarming; but if it is true, we should be thankful. If the […]

Challenges ahead for US economy

Many people may not know the name Ben Bernanke. But at the end of January he becomes the world’s most powerful central banker when he succeeds the respected head of the US Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan. He is a leading advocate of “inflation targeting”, the idea that central banks should set a target for inflation […]

Europe chases alternative gas supplies

Europe is scrambling to secure back up supplies of gas after a dip in flows from its biggest provider Russia highlighted concerns about the continent’s heavy reliance on one energy source. Utilities primed emergency storage tanks and scoured the market for extra supplies from sources like the Netherlands and Algeria as flows from Russia to […]

U.S. takes terror fight to Africa’s ‘Wild West’

Aside from the 2003 kidnapping issue, U.S. and Algerian authorities have failed to present “indisputable verification of a single act of alleged terrorism in the Sahara,” Keenan said. “Without the GSPC, the U.S. has no legitimacy for its presence in the region,” he said, noting that a growing American strategic dependence on African oil has […]

Russia vows to end gas shortage

Russia says it will pump more gas to Europe after various countries said their supplies had fallen by up to 40% after Moscow cut Ukraine’s provision. France, Italy, Germany and Poland were among those reporting falling volumes. Russia said it was sending an extra 95m cubic metres a day to make up for gas “stolen” […]

Getting Resourceful About Resources

One question naturally arises when you hear that 67 million more people are on the way: Do we have enough to go around? Last year raised worries about “peak oil,” the notion that the glass of crude may be half empty, bringing with it higher prices, increased jousting with countries like China, maybe even threats […]

U.S. plays follow the leader on ethanol

Tom Koehler, a marketer and builder of ethanol production plants, is more optimistic than ever about the future of the homegrown fuel as an alternative to gasoline. Microsoft mogul Bill Gates is willing to gamble that ethanol has a future in the United States. In November, he invested $84 million in Pacific Ethanol Inc., the […]

Chinese Academy of Science Institute Becomes Partner of EU FP6 Hydrogen Project

After several rounds of scrutiny by experts in more than one year, the research proposal by an international team on hydrogen research, dubbed HyApproval, has won the support of the Sixth European Commission Framework Program for Research and Technological Development (FP6). A research group led by Prof. LI Qing from the CAS Institute of Technical […]

Hybrids, Hydrogen and Hype

THE hybrid car has been around for years, but in 2005 it went mainstream. Sales of the Toyota Prius soared, with inventories measured in hours rather than days. Gas-electric powertrains appeared in mainstream Honda Accords and in S.U.V.’s from Ford, Mercury, Toyota and Lexus. Even skeptical General Motors joined the parade; BMW and DaimlerChrysler joined […]

Milestones and Trends in Renewable Energy

2006 could see several solar designs do the same. Cold fusion was boosted with two, concurrent and independent sonofusion breakthroughs, though the stigma in the name is still deeply seated. 2006 could see floating wind turbines arrive on the commercial scene — floating in the water like oil rigs, or floating high in the air, […]

Environmentalists see energy, sound cleanup as priorities

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Gas bills may hit new high after Russia cuts supplies

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Atlantic tropical storm forms, 27th of 2005

A month after the hurricane season officially ended, a new tropical storm formed Friday in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, the National Hurricane Center reported. Tropical Storm Zeta formed about 1,000 miles southwest of the Azores islands, according to an advisory posted on the centerIt was not likely to threaten land, hurricane center forecaster Martin Nelson […]

Nuclear Clouds Gather Over the Asia Pacific

The Asia-Pacific region has not only emerged as one of the main engines of the world economy, it has also taken the global centre-stage in developments pertaining to nuclear weapons, in efforts to acquire a capability to make them, and in nuclear conflicts among regional powers as well as with the United States. at present, […]

Major oil refinery reopens in northern Iraq

Iraq’s most productive oil refinery reopened Saturday after closing for 10 days under the threat of insurgent attacks, a move that might ease a fuel crisis that has worsened long lines of anxious buyers at gas stations across the country. But the battle over the linchpin of Iraq’s economy — its enormous oil supply — […]

China’s economy set to overtake France and the UK

China’s economy will probably expand at more than four times the pace of Europe and Japan this year as Premier Wen Jiabao boosts consumer spending and encourages investment to ease transport bottlenecks. The economy, on course to overtake France and Britain to become the world’s fourth largest, will grow by 8.7 per cent after an […]

‘Turbines can create energy equal to a nuke plant’

Scientists have said that underwater generators based on wind energy could be used for harnessing enough energy to supply residents of the UK with power equivalent to a nuclear power station. Researchers have said that the ‘TidalStream’ system built to harness the power of deep, fast-flowing tidal waters would produce somewhere between 20 to 40 […]

Gas row sends shiver through EU

Russia’s decision to cut gas imports to Ukraine is causing dismay across Europe, where supplies in a number of countries have been disrupted. The US has also expressed concern, saying the move raised “serious questions about the use of energy to exert political pressure”. ..In Hungary, gas firm MOL said its supplies from Russia were […]

Ship used to install wind farms faces future in oil and gas sector

A 14,000-tonne ship called MV Resolution originally designed to install offshore wind turbines is expected to be sold and converted for use in the oil and gas market. The move is a blow to the Government, which is pushing for 10pc of the UK’s energy to be generated from renewable sources by 2010 in line […]

Palm oil industry blamed for abuse of orang-utans

Endangered orang-utans in Indonesian Borneo are suffering routine physical abuse when they stray into palm oil plantations, say wildlife groups and campaigners in the region. Poor migrant workers, often encouraged by the offer of extra pay from rainforest loggers, trap the animals and beat them to death. Wildlife rescue centres in Indonesia are overflowing with […]

Alberta’s oil wealth fuels tensions in Canada

With the increase in world energy prices, Alberta’s growing capacity to attract professionals and investors, and to shape Canada’s economic agenda. is stirring resentment elsewhere in the nation, sparking a fight that could do more to shake national unity than 40 years of separatist strife in French-speaking Quebec. Alberta’s oil riches, and what to do […]

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