Anglo American and Shell Form Coal-Conversion Alliance

Anglo American, one of the world greencarcongress

UK researchers unveil polymer hydrogen storage

Microporous polymers could provide a solution to hydrogen storage challenge Researchers working at the Universities of Cardiff, Manchester and Birmingham in the UK have developed a pure organic microporous polymer that can absorb and release hydrogen gas, providing a potential storage option for fuel cell power applications. The researchers have developed a novel-structured constrained geometry […]

A Personal Peak Oil Discovery Process, Part I

Raise the Hammer – (Ed. Note: This is Part I of a two-part series. Part I chronicles the process by which John Rawlins discovered the scale and extent of the coming peak oil crisis. Part II will detail the steps he has taken to prepare for a world of diminishing oil resources.) I recall reading […]

Saudi Oil Output Down to Lowest Level in Year

LONDON (Reuters) Production cut due to seasonal dip in global refinery demand The worldBahrain Tribune

Kunstler: The Suburban Fantasy

There is now powerful evidence in the production figures worldwide that we have reached global peak oil production. The collective nations of the earth will not make up for this by importing oil from other planets. Contrary to a faction of wishful thinkers, the earth does not have a creamy nougat center of oil. Oil […]

Growing use of corn for conversion to fuel may push up world food prices

“This year looks like being the first time ever that as much or more corn is converted into ethanol than exported. If oil prices stay high, it will propel this trend much further,” USDA economist Keith Collins, said in an interview with the Financial Times. US energy legislation requires ethanol production to increase to 7.5bn […]

China’s future energy demand to rely on domestic supply

Zhang Guobao, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) revealed on Thursday that there is a huge potential for domestic energy supply from the perspective of future development, and thus China can meet its future energy demand mainly through its domestic supply. Zhang indicated that as a developing country, the basic principle […]

The World After Oil Peaks

Sentido.tv – Peak oil is described as the point where oil production stops rising and begins its inevitable long-term decline. In the face of fast-growing demand, this means rising oil prices. But even if oil production growth simply slows or plateaus, the resulting tightening in supplies will still drive the price of oil upward, albeit […]

Boost in Oil Spending Not Seen as Magic Wand

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Pressuring oil companies to invest more has become a popular refrain among activists and lawmakers seeking to ease the burden of rising energy prices. But oil economists and regulators this week expressed doubt over the wisdom of throwing more money at the problem, warning it may only drive costs even higher, […]

The Oil Drum: Will biofuels always be hopeless?

I think most readers of TOD are persuaded that corn ethanol is a boondoggle right now. Robert Rapier made the case well again on Wednesday. Also, a little while back, Kyle argued pretty persuasively that cellulosic ethanol will not be much better in the near term. Fair enough. I buy all that. But, I think […]

Enough coal on hand to keep US cool?

Christian Science Monitor – Utilities that rely on coal give cautious assurances they can meet electricity demand of a hot summer. The United States is heading into what could be a hot summer with high power consumption, and a number of electric utilities are scrambling to make sure they have enough coal on hand. With […]

Russia looks at oil control move

BBC – Russia is floating the idea of taking majority control of three oil projects in Siberia owned by Western firms Shell, ExxonMobil and Total. The Resources Ministry says it is studying a plan to take a 51% stake in the projects, fanning fears the Kremlin is ignoring Western business interests. The proposal has been […]

Heat ‘Batteries’ Dramatically Cut Energy Use

Heat storage tanks that can cut energy used for heating by 50%-70%, and are becoming an increasingly profitable investment as energy prices shoot up. “The heat tank is basically a battery for heat,” said Trefor Evans of First Light Energy Ltd., the company currently launching its heat tanks in the U.K. following their success in […]

Annan urges G8 summit to liberalise trade, ensure energy security

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called on the leaders of the “Group of Eight” industrialised countries to adopt at their upcoming summit bold trade liberalisation measures while tackling the energy crisis in a way that respects the environment. “The lack of significant progress on trade is conspicuous, even perilous,” Annan said in a letter to […]

Danish Energy Consumption Continues to Decline on Efficiency Improvements

Total Danish energy production in 2005 broke all records at 1,311 PJ. This is 0.7 per cent more than in 2004. The production of crude oil fell by 3.9 per cent, while production of natural gas rose by 10.5 per cent. The increase in production of natural gas is due to greater exports of natural […]

Oil-Starved Korea Pushes Ahead to Explore East Sea for Petroleum

Korea will set up an eighth oil and gas exploration block in the East Sea in coordination with an Australian development company. Woodside Petroleum of Australia initially made the proposal to the government and the Korea National Oil Corp. which accepted it, according to the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy (MOCIE). This will be […]

Russia’s Energy Giants to Tap Into Colombian Fields

Moscow’s interest in Colombia has been renewed, said analysts, by Bogota`s commitment in recent years to cracking down on both leftist rebels and right-wing paramilitaries, both of which were blamed for the decline of the country’s oil sector during the 1990s. That, and record high prices per barrel, are prompting energy giants worldwide to reconsider […]

Energy producers are getting greener – shame about the public

Anyone reading your front page about pollution would be entitled to wonder exactly what was going on in the UK, with headlines claiming that the five biggest polluters in Britain – including E.ON UK – produced more CO2 than all motorists combined (New figures reveal scale of industry’s impact on climate, May 16). That is […]

The Gazprom nation

Gazprom is actively investing in Western distributors and wants to become a global gas giant under vertical integration, selling gas to everyone and his neighbor. What Gazprom wants is to control the whole chain – from production to the final consumer in Europe. What the EU wants is for Gazprom to bring gas to the […]

Situation in Sinking Tuvalu Scary, Says PM

Low-lying nations such as Tuvalu are slowing slipping under the waves and only dramatic steps, such as legal action against big polluter the United States, might stem the tide, Tuvalu Prime Minister Maatia Toafa said on Thursday. His tiny South Pacific nation is a cluster of islands and atolls with a land area of just […]

The Scramble for African Oil

Africa is the final frontier as far as the world’s supplies of energy (both oil and natural gas) are concerned. World oil production is only just meeting world demand and old fields are being drained faster that new production can be brought on line. Supplies will be tight for the foreseeable future, so any new […]

Senators to examine oil shale at hearing

Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colo., will join Committee Chair Pete Domenici, R-N.M., and Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, in Grand Junction for a hearing and a tour of oil shale test facilities in Rio Blanco County. The trip will allow the senators to check up on the progress of oil shale development – a process officials hope could […]

How will you live in a world without cheap oil?

Ominously, during the past four decades, oil discoveries worldwide have slowed to a snail’s pace while demand for and production from earlier discoveries have soared. Similar to what occurred in America in 1970, oil production in other regions of the world has also encountered peaks. Oil production in places as diverse as Indonesia and Mexico, […]

Opec offers membership to Sudan

Opec invited Sudan to become a full member of the global oil body on Wednesday, Sudan’s official news agency has reported. Sudan is a small oil producing country whose current output stands at around 500,000 barrels per day (bpd). But the country has attended meetings of the 11-member body for more than five years as […]

House votes for oil drilling in Alaska refuge

The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved a plan to allow oil drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The House voted 225-201 to approve a plan sponsored by California Republican Richard Pombo that would allow drilling on 2,000 acres of ANWR out of the refuge’s total 19 million acres. yahoo

California Advised to Adopt 50% Renewable Power Goal

At the opening session of the California Geothermal Summit held at the University of California (UC) Davis Alumni Center, the head of the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA) told state energy officials that California should set a goal of producing 50 percent of its energy from renewable energy resources by 2025. renewableenergyaccess

DuPont Introduces Herbicide-Tolerant Sunflower Hybrids

DuPont has introduced the first sulfonylurea (SU)-tolerant sunflower hybrids in Europe greencarcongress

Summer May Bring $4 Gas

Komo News – A new report for a California Taxpayer Foundation warns that when it comes to gasoline we are “Running on Empty in the West.” The report prepared by Tim Hamilton, a petroleum industry expert, warns that low gas inventories are setting the stage for $4 a gallon gas this year. Hamilton says the […]

China Crude Oil Consumption to Reach 500 Mln Tons by 2020

BEIJING (AFX) – China’s crude oil consumption will reach 500 mln tons by 2020 from 320 mln tons last year, according to Zhu Jianjun, director of the department of development research for China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC). China’s consumption of crude oil in 2010 is projected at 380 mln tons, Zhu said at an energy […]

Your electricity choices revealed

Renewables are the form of electricity generation favoured by users of the BBC News website’s Electricity Calculator. Your ideal mix of generation methods to meet demand in 2020, projected to be 381 billion kilowatt hours (bn kWh), is: fossil fuels – 85bn kWh or 21% nuclear – 113bn kWh or 28% renewables – 143bn kWh […]

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