Hydrogen fuel has potential for transportation use

The future of hydrogen as a consumer transportation fuel was discussed by a retired executive vice president of ExxonMobil Wednesday night. Michael Ramage spoke to a full Gallery Room in the Memorial Union and focused on the findings of a committee in the National Research Council formed to study the future of the hydrogen economy, […]

Solution to global warming

We all know what must be done to save our planet from global warming: Stop loading the atmosphere with greenhouse gases. If we do nothing, entire ecosystems will collapse. The ice sheets will melt, and much of our coastline will disappear under the waves. Wallace Broecker says he likes windmills and fuel-efficient cars to the […]

Alaska, Energy Firms Agree on Pipeline

Alaska has reached a tentative agreement with three of the world’s largest energy companies to build a new pipeline to transport natural gas from the North Slope to the lower 48 states, Gov, Frank Murkowski’s office said Tuesday. The agreement with the North Slope’s major oil and natural gas operators – BP, ConocoPhillips and ExxonMobil […]

Solar cell developers look beyond silicon

HelioVolt Corp. (Austin, Texas) has developed a process based on rapid thermal annealing and anodic bonding that allows high-performance copper-indium-gallium-selinide (CIGS) films to be deposited on just about any substrate. Founder and photovoltaic pioneer Billy Stanbery claims the process can dramatically shorten manufacturing time and reduce the thermal budget by a factor of 10 to […]

The Hirsch Report – One Year Later

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New Nuclear Power Plants in the next 5 years

As oil, coal, and gas become increasingly expensive, energy utilities take another look at nuclear power. The nuclear reactor builders are jostling for business as more than 26 plants may be ordered or constructed over the next five years in Canada, China, several European Union countries, India, Iran, Pakistan, Russia, and South Africa. Companies in […]

Renewables In Global Energy Supply

The IEA has published a fact book called “Renewables in Global Energy Supply”. It seems as if biomass contributes more energy to the world than nuclear does. A closer look shows that 86% of the world’s biomass power is being generated in countries outside the OECD while most of the “new” renewables (wind/solar/geothermal/tide) are developed […]

Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engines as a Transitionary Technology

While it is apparent that the long-discussed hydrogen economy is not emerging as rapidly as some had anticipated or hoped, hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles greencarcongress

DOE Announces $160 Million for Biorefinery Construction

Energy Secretary Samuel W. Bodman, today announced $160 million in cost-shared funding over three years to construct up to three biorefineries in the United States. The Secretary made the announcement while visiting the Archer Daniels Midland Ethanol Plant, his second of four stops to promote the Advanced Energy Initiative announced by President Bush in his […]

Another Mediocre Reserve Replacement Year For Energy Cos

Not all the numbers are in yet, but 2005 is turning out to be another unimpressive year for oil companies seeking to replace oil and gas reserves. Oil giants BP Plc (BP), Royal Dutch Shell Plc. (RDSB.LN) and Total Plc. (TOT) have all fallen short of replacing 100% of their reserves. Several other leading companies, […]

Norwegian Bourse Director Wants Oil Bourse – Priced in Euros

Andersen is of the opinion that Norwegian oil must be traded in Euros, which can be advantageous for international customers. “We have performed market studies and both Russia, which is a large oil exporter, as well as the countries of the Middle East have large parts of their economies in Euros. They would be able […]

Won’t Get Fueled Again – The Straight Dope by Cecil Adams

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Ecuador Declares Emergency in Oil Producing Region

Ecuadorean President Alfredo Palacio declared a state of emergency in an eastern oil-producing region after protesters, demanding higher social spending, sabotaged the country’s biggest petroleum pipeline. Soldiers and police today began guarding oil wells and pipeline installations in the jungle region of Napo, 160 kilometers (100 miles) east of Quito, Interior Ministry spokesman Rigoberto Medina […]

And we thought Colorado had problems

Note the comments on this story from Oklahoma! …My company is currently suspending drilling operations in Oklahoma due to lack of available water. State, municipal and private water owners have all told us that they will no longer sell water to us. We are experiencing similar problems in Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico, but not […]

The 21st Century Threat: Global Energy Terrorism

As Canada becomes the key to America’s energy security, we remain woefully unprepared for the kind of sabotage that role might expose us to. VANCOUVER – A report on the “Top 10 Financial Risks” was released by Goldman Sachs on February 9th. The report itself was drawn from a survey held at a conference in […]

My Name Is Randy, And I’m Addicted To Oil

Over the past year or so, White, 29, has gotten serious about throwing off the trappings of his old lifestyle, the habits that drove him to use more and more of the stuff, but it hasn’t been easy. By his own admission, White is still hopelessly hooked. It’s hard, he confides, when almost everyone you […]

Iran Will Not Use Oil as Weapon in Atomic Row

Iran will not hold back its vital oil exports as a weapon in its nuclear dispute with the West, a move that could push crude oil prices to fresh record highs, a senior Iranian oil official said on Monday. “Iran will not use oil as a weapon because we think it would have a very […]

5 Stocks for the New Oil Reality

The first two months of 2006 should end any dreams that oil will drop below $50 anytime soon. They make a good case that the new price range for oil is between $55 and $70 a barrel….. There may indeed be, as the oil bears argue, a risk premium of about $10 a barrel in […]

Fuel supply problems ahead?

As refineries stop using the fuel additive MTBE in reformulated gas and switch to ethanol, the East Coast and Texas may face price spikes at the pump. WASHINGTON – The East Coast and Texas regions that use reformulated gasoline may face local supply disruptions and price spikes at the pump later this year as oil […]

Bargain price hybrid in works at Honda?

Automaker to sell fuel-sipping version of its Fit subcompact for about $12K TOKYO (Reuters) – Honda Motor Co. plans to sell a low-cost hybrid car, a version of its popular Fit subcompact, a Japanese daily reported, signaling the auto maker’s long-term commitment to the fuel-sipping powertrain. Japan’s third-biggest auto maker aims to sell the Fit […]

Niger Delta: the Gathering Storm of War

Up till last weekend, many could still not fathom the reality that another batch of foreign oil workers have been kidnapped by militant youths, operating under the aegis of the Movement for Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND) in Delta State barely three weeks after the four expatriate oil workers who were taken hostage in Bayelsa […]

Nigeria: Shell extends force majeure on oil, gas

Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) yesterday said it had extended its period of non-liability in honouring contractual obligations to its partners. Called force majeure, the period of grace was occasioned by attacks and subsequent kidnap of oil workers by militants at the weekend. Corporate Affairs Manager (External) of SPDC, Dr. Don Boham, in a statement […]

Indiana producers face rising property taxes, fuel and fertilizer costs

With Hoosier farmers facing sharply higher production costs in 2006, the fervent hope is that property taxes do not increase as well. However, as the General Assembly ponders property tax relief for homeowners, there is concern that other property taxpayers, such as farmers, may wind up paying for some of that relief. Chris Mann, a […]

Bus service cuts to leave kids behind

San Mateo County Transit’s route 17 is the only public transport option for many Coastside residents …Skyrocketing fuel prices and the vast, hilly territory of the Coastside put the school district in its present predicament, he added. SamTrans spokesman Jonah Weinberg said the agency was under its own budget constraints and could not offer Coastsiders […]

Thirsty ONGC strikes oil and gas off the Andhra coast

60 m barrels estimated, 1 TCF of gas too NEW DELHI – The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation has struck significant oil and gas reserves in the Krishna-Godavari (KG) basin last week. While its oil find at block GS-15 (20 km south of Amalapuram in Andhra) is estimated at 60 million barrels, the gas find […]

Surging Energy Costs Push Inflation Up

WASHINGTON – Consumer prices shot up in January at the fastest pace in four months as the cost of gasoline and electricity posted big gains. The Labor Department reported that its closely watched Consumer Price Index rose by 0.7 percent last month, with about 70 percent of that increase coming from higher energy costs. The […]

The West Striving for a New Age of Energy

From the heads of the Western industrialized countries, like George Bush, to the numerous repeated statements made by presidents and ministers at the G8 summit to the current daily reports and news in Western media outlets, the same clear message is conveyed: hydrocarbon, mainly oil will be soon replaced by renewable and clean energy (hydrogen, […]

Study Finds Permafrost Thawing Quickly

Feb. 21, 2006 “This (projection) is definitely higher than other projections, both in area and depth,” said David Lawrence, a climate modeler with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate and Global Dynamics Division. Lawrence and Andrew Slater of the University of Colorado in Boulder published their permafrost projection in the February issue of Geophysical […]

Producer prices rise on oil and coal expenses

China’s producer prices grew 3.1 percent last month year on year, powered by the rising cost of crude oil and coal, the National Bureau of Statistics said yesterday. Crude oil prices climbed the most, jumping 40.7 percent in January over the same month last year. Gasoline prices increased 25.9 percent from a year earlier, and […]

Global Warming in Arctic Ocean May Mean Less Food

A warmer Arctic Ocean may mean less food for the birds, fish, and baleen whales and be a significant detriment to that fragile and interconnected polar ecosystem, and that doesn’t bode well for other ocean ecosystems in the future. That’s the word from University of Miami Rosenstiel School’s Dr. Sharon Smith who spoke on “Potentially […]

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