US On-Board Hydrogen Boost Unit to Launch in New Zealand

On 11 Dec, an international collaboration lead by RENZ (Renewable Energy New Zealand), a New Zealand-based Charitable Trust, will introduce an on-board electrolysis unit that produces and injects small amounts of hydrogen into the combustion cylinders of an engine. The result is improved combustion with lower fuel consumption and fewer emissions. greencarcongress

3/4 Americans Want Detroit/Washington to Impose 40 MPG Fuel-Efficiency Standard

Fully 78% of Americans want Washington to impose a 40 mile per gallon (mpg) fuel-efficiency standard for American vehicles, according to a new Opinion Research Corporation (ORC) national opinion survey released by the nonprofit Civil Society Institute (CSI). greencarcongress

Siemens achieves major milestone in Solid Oxide Fuel Cell program

Siemens Power Generation announced the successful testing of its latest solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology that incorporates its high power density technology being developed under the U. S. Department of Energy fuelcellsworks

Africa Seen as Potential Leader in Biofuel Production

For a number of reasons, including an agricultural sector that enjoys relatively low land and labor costs, many see sub-Saharan Africa as well suited to pioneer the development of biofuel as an alternative energy source for the continent and the world. Development analysts say it may be decades before biofuel becomes a significant alternative source […]

U.S. report raps Chinese energy tactic

China is increasingly challenging U.S. interests around the world with its aggressive effort to lock up foreign energy resources for its rapidly growing economy, a report from a congressionally appointed commission says. The report says that, in its quest for secure energy supplies, China is befriending anti-American dictatorships, undermining global energy markets and expanding its […]

Putin says 370 arrested in energy sector anti-crime operation

Russia’s law enforcement agencies have so far arrested 370 people through a major ongoing anti-crime operation in the country’s fuel and energy sector, the Russian president said Tuesday. Vladimir Putin, who is currently attending an all-Russia coordinating session of law enforcement agency chiefs to discuss measures to counter corruption and crime, said the operation, named […]

Turkey: Fuel Companies Convene at Energy Ministry Meeting

The issue of oil reserves, crucial against possible fuel shortages during crises times like war, floods and earthquakes, will be discussed by Turkey’s Energy Ministry. “Turkey’s oil reserves are not calculated according to EU methodology,” the European Union Progress Report released on Nov. 8 criticized. However, as it is not clear whether oil reserves will […]

Russia attacks the West’s Achilles’ heel

Russia has found the Achilles’ heel of the US colossus. In concert with its oil-producing partners and the rising powerhouse economies of the East, Russia is altering the foundations of the current US-led liberal global oil-market order, insidiously working to undermine its US-centric nature and slanting it toward serving first and foremost the energy-security needs […]

The Peak Oil Crisis: Picking the Peak

Why is CERA putting out the same old claims — this time wrapped in some name-calling about the inadequacies of the people who believe that peak oil is imminent? Why is CERA ignoring reams of solid evidence that world oil production is indeed approaching a peak and that there is unlikely to be any technological […]

Zimbabwe launches campaign to save energy

Energy-starved Zimbabwe has launched a campaign to save electricity, urging locals to switch off lights, hot water tanks and computers to stave off more frequent power cuts, it was reported Wednesday. There are fears Zimbabwe will be badly hit next year, when a regional power deficit will mean that formerly-exporting countries will no longer be […]

Peak Oil – Peak Opportunity?

With the growing concern that the global oil production has peaked, making hydrocarbon resources more difficult and more expensive to recover, researchers, policy-makers, and concerned individuals are examining discarded concepts and discovering viable, sustainable energy sources that can never be depleted. From water to wind, from plants to sunlight, they are developing technologies that actually […]

The Oil Drum: Retroactive Tax Law and the Canadian Energy Sector

Finance Minster Jim Flaherty recently gave the income trust sector an unwelcome surprise. Prime Minister Harper had previously promised to “stop the Liberal attack on retirement savings and preserve income trusts by not imposing any new taxes on them”, but the government underestimated the momentum towards trust conversion and was facing a very significant loss […]

Fort Lewis College disdains diversity of thought on energy

… So far in 2006, FLC has sponsored the showing of the film, “The End of Suburbia – Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream” and offers a four-credit course, “The End of Oil,” in its regular curriculum. Both promote an agenda on energy issues that is extreme in its desire for swift […]

Eni: All Hostages at Nigeria Oil Flow Station Released

Italian energy giant Eni SpA (E) said Monday that all remaining hostages at a Nigerian crude oil pumping station it operates were released late Sunday and said 50,000 barrels a day in output from the facility will resume shortly after being shut-in early this month after a raid by armed militants. “Eni informs that the […]

G.M. Plans Shift to Small Cars for the Emerging World

BEIJING G.M. has traditionally not been very strong at the bottom of the market, Mr. Reilly conceded, but added that,

Developing countries get climate adaptation boost

But Nairobi conference leaves open the question of what happens after Kyoto. A roadmap for the expansion of the Kyoto protocol, including ways to assist developing countries adapt to the effects of climate change, was reached at the United Nations climate-change conference that concluded in Nairobi, Kenya, this weekend. But there was little movement on […]

OPEC struggles to halt price sag but with mixed results

PARIS (AFP) – OPEC oil producers are next month likely to back a fresh production cut, the cartel’s president said in an interview, as a recent move to lower output ceilings has so far failed to stem a slide in crude prices. “I have no doubt that there is going to be a cut in […]

Indonesia Scraps Import Tariffs on Upstream Oil, Gas Products

Indonesia’s Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has scrapped import taxes levied on capital goods used in the upstream oil and gas sector, according to a ministry statement. The policy change was enacted Oct. 16, and is retroactive to July 16, the ministry said in a press release viewed by Dow Jones Newswires Monday. “The new […]

House Republican group backs Senate drilling bill

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group of Republican lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday said the House should abandon its broad legislation to expand offshore drilling, giving a boost to a much narrower Senate drilling bill that could pass in Congress’ lame duck session. The Senate has approved a bill to open a […]

Peak oil and U.S. cities

The past year, consciousness surrounding Peak Oil has gained momentum as the topic has moved more and more into the mainstream, even though it still has a long ways to go. The present dip in oil prices, partly seasonal in nature, is merely a short term blip on an ever increasing upward spiral. We are […]

ZAP Seeks to Electrify Demand

Electric vehicle maker ZAP is showing off some prototype electric vehicles at the San FranciscoSf_auto_show_007 International Auto Show in the hopes of generating enough consumer interest to warrant building commercial versions. The enclosed Vogue cycle pictured here is a gasoline version based on a gasoline vehicle that is currently selling in Europe. According to ZAP […]

Next move in Iraq?

Instead of cutting and running or staying the course, it is time for us to begin to redeploy. But how can we do this and improve our prospects for success? First, we have to think past Iraq and above partisan politics, folding actions in Iraq into a strategy to protect broader U.S. interests throughout the […]

China, India to Boost Trade, Investment, Energy Ties

China and India, the world’s two fastest-growing major economies, agreed to boost trade and investment and promote cooperation in areas such as civilian nuclear energy. Trade between the two countries should be boosted to $40 billion by 2010, said Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at a joint press conference in New Delhi before the agreements […]

China boasts plan for world’s largest solar plant

China, seeking to ease its dependence on coal to fuel its booming economy, said on Tuesday it will build the world’s largest solar power station in the poor but sunny northwestern province of Gansu. The 100 megawatt (mw) project would cost approximately 6.03 billion yuan ($766 million) and construction would take five years, Xinhua news […]

Global warming said killing some species

Animal and plant species have begun dying off or changing sooner than predicted because of global warming, a review of hundreds of research studies contends. At least 70 species of frogs, mostly mountain-dwellers that had nowhere to go to escape the creeping heat, have gone extinct because of climate change, the analysis says. It also […]

Saudi Sees 20% Growth in Gas Reserves Over 10 Years

Saudi Arabia expects to add at least 20% to its existing reserves of 242 trillion cubic feet of natural gas reserves within the next ten years, a Saudi oil executive said Sunday. Saudi Arabian Oil Co., or Saudi Aramco, hopes to add “a minimum of 50 trillion cubic feet in the next 10 years,” Abdulla […]

Near-term peak unlikely to happen

A peak in global oil production is unlikely to occur in the next 25 or even 300 years, oil and gas experts told a conference in Abu Dhabi . Dr Richard Vierbuchen, vice president, Caspian/Middle East region, Exxon Mobil, said that supply can adequately meet the increasing demand. He said estimates of the liquids resource […]

6 nations, EU sign nuclear fusion accord

Officials from six nations and the European Union signed a long-awaited, $12.8 billion pact Tuesday to build an experimental nuclear fusion reactor aimed at developing a cheaper, cleaner and safer energy source. The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor is expected to create about 10,000 jobs and take about eight years to build. If all goes well […]

Iowa scores an ethanol coup

The first commercial-sized cellulosic ethanol plant in the United States will be located in Iowa, Broin Cos. said Monday. The Voyager Ethanol plant in Emmetsburg will be converted from a 50 million-gallon-a-year conventional corn dry mill facility into a 125 million-gallon-a-year commercial-scale biorefinery producing ethanol from not only corn but also the stalk, leaves and […]

Winds of Change Blow Through California Power Grid

The whirling blades of 100 giant wind turbines sent a jolt of electricity into California’s power grid as a group gathered in Rio Vista [last week] to dedicate the Shiloh Wind Power Plant. Combined, the 30-story high turbines can generate 150 megawatts of power at full capacity, enough juice to power more than 100,000 PG&E […]

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