Picture Perfect Parabolic Solar Collector Systems

A mirror alignment measurement device, invented by Rich Diver, a researcher at Sandia National Laboratories, may soon make one of the most popular solar collector systems, parabolic troughs, more affordable and energy efficient. renewableenergyaccess

Gas could hit $4 if storm enters Gulf

If you think gasoline prices are high now, consider the eye-popping possibilities if another monster storm pummels the Gulf of Mexico this hurricane season, the way Katrina and Rita battered the petroleum-rich waters in 2005. The petroleum industry has spent nearly two years trying to repair the damage from those historic Gulf hurricanes, rebuilding the […]

Automakers Rally US Citizens to Oppose Higher Fuel Economy Standards

Beginning this Memorial Day weekend, members of the auto industry are rolling out a comprehensive campaign to convince Americans to oppose proposed increases in Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) fuel economy standards, and to pressure their elected officials to vote such proposals down. greencarcongress

Plant shows promise as biofuel

A plant that flourished in Europe roughly 3,500 years ago could become a major source of biofuel. Researchers say that camelina, planted on millions of acres of marginal farmland from eastern Washington State to North Dakota, could help power the nation’s drive for cleaner energy. “This is the most exciting crop I have seen in […]

Why gas is still too cheap

…don’t hold your breath. Republicans running for the White House are lining up to take pledges for no new taxes, no matter how badly they are needed. Connecticut is actually rolling back its state gas tax by 5 cents a gallon to throw a bone to voters. Oh boy — 5 cents! Ridiculous!

Democrats are showing no more courage, though they are talking more about the need for greater fuel economy

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The dynamics of crude oil

In recent times, WTI has been trading at a heavy discount to Brent, which is seen as a broken benchmark. For India, this means a spurt in the oil import bill and inflationary tendencies. As India marches forward, it is inevitable that the country’s energy consumption will also increase. The total oil bill constitutes almost […]

Go green: work at the office not at home

It seems the perfect combination of conscience and convenience, but working from home may not be so good for the planet after all. In fact, the growing numbers who avoid daily commuting could actually be contributing to global warming, research shows. They typically produce almost a third more carbon dioxide in a year than staff […]

The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity and The Renewal of Civilization

Thomas Homer-Dixon’s “Upside of Down” is available as a free PDF on ASPO-Canada’s web site. Introduction by The Rt. Hon. Edward Schreyer: I welcome this opportunity to bring to ASPO CANADA His published works have helped us understand differences between local and regional exploitation and collapse of resources as in the days of antiquity in […]

Climate change activists plan Heathrow camp

Climate change activists said yesterday that they expected more than 2,000 people from all over Britain to join west London residents in a mass direct action against plans to expand Heathrow airport. The activists announced that they would set up a “high impact” climate camp near the airport between August 14-21. “We are simply not […]

Feelgood funding blocks eco-warriors

Which is more pressing – saving animals from extinction or saving the habitats that support them? Amounts spent on each show some odd logic Conserving animals and birds attracts more than 10 times as much money from green foundations and philanthropists as campaigning on the overriding crisis of climate change, a report reveals. Zac Goldsmith, […]

Battle for biofuels drives world food prices higher

America’s thirst for environmentally friendly biofuels is driving up food prices around the world as farmers scramble to devote more land to corn, writes Heather Stewart. With the oil price back above $70 a barrel, biofuel looks increasingly attractive, and as more corn is grown to fill fuel tanks, the prices of other food crops […]

New biofuel gives the power of petrol

IN 2004, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pumped $42.6m ( The price of oil passed $70 a barrel last week, a nine-month high. In America, petrol prices have remained stubbornly above $3 a gallon (40p a litre). With the Middle East in turmoil, the dollar in the doldrums and global warming taking its toll, […]

Can Alex keep the lights on

ON A good day, the coast of Skye can just be made out from the Eishken Estate, at the southern end of the Isle of Lewis. It is one of the most scenic parts of the Western Isles, where sea lochs puncture the rugged landscape. It is also where, if plans are accepted, 53 huge […]

India: Govt to focus on renewable energy sources

Concerned over the rising petroleum import bill, the government plans to generate more than 80,000 MW power from renewable energy sources by 2032. The ministry of new and renewable energy has said by the end of the 15th Five-Year-Plan grid-interactive renewable power (wind, small hydro, bio-mass and bagasse) capacity could reach about 84,776 MW corresponding […]

Investigating Ghana’s energy crisis

Ghana’s energy crisis began last August – and continues today, with estimates that it could cost the country’s economy millions of dollars. As the winner of the BBC’s NewsMaker competition – I am more usually a teaching assistant at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology – I wanted to investigate the cause and effect […]

Pelosi heads to Europe for global warming talks

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is on an overseas trip to embrace an audience and a topic for which President Bush has shown scant affection: msnbc

CONVERTING CO2 TO ENERGY: Environmental 2-For-1

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Experts fear a Middle East arms race

As Iran races ahead with an illicit uranium-enrichment effort, nearly a dozen other Middle East nations are moving forward on their own civilian nuclear programs. In the latest development, a team of eight U.N. experts was to return to Austria today after a weeklong trip to Saudi Arabia to provide nuclear guidance to officials from […]

This energy road map is getting us nowhere fast

How many energy ministers does it take to change a light bulb? Sorry, that is not a joke; it’s a serious question. The Government published yet another White Paper last week on the future of the energy industry. It was supposed to answer long-standing questions about how we are going to keep the lights on […]

With Help, Could Ethanol Be the Next Internet?

The private sector is responding with alacrity, ramping up the construction of wind farms, solar arrays and ethanol plants. The Renewable Fuels Association, a trade association based in Washington for the ethanol industry, said that the 85 ethanol projects now under construction would more than double the existing capacity of six billion gallons a year […]

China discovers 3.8 tln cubic meters gas reserves

About 3.8 trillion cubic meters of natural gas deposits have been discovered in southwest China’s Sichuan Basin, with verified exploitable reserves topping 600 billion cubic meters. xinhuanet

Man tries to peak student interest

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Sunlight, Only Stronger: Rethinking Solar

The five-decade quest for cheap solar power has produced an alternative energy that’s still about four times more expensive than conventional electricity. But a group of local physicists, engineers and astronomers hope to be the first to break the cost barrier of solar energy. Their solution: concentrating sunlight to magnify its power. redorbit

Gardens grow green by moonlight

As a result, gardeners for major landowners – including the National Trust – have developed a host of new gardening practices. ‘Lack of water is going to be a major problem,’ said Ikin. ‘That is why we are experimenting with techniques like moon planting. We are going to have to get by with less water […]

Rolling in on two wheels

Some of the world’s biggest gas peddlers are encouraging their workers to pump the pedal. Exxon Mobil, BP and ConocoPhillips are among the Houston-area employers trying to make it easier for employees to bike to work. chron

Uganda scraps plan to cut rainforest for palm oil

Uganda’s government has scrapped plans to convert thousands of hectares of rainforest on an island in Lake Victoria into a palm oil plantation, the environment minister said on Saturday. President Yoweri Museveni has faced intense opposition, including violent protests, over proposals to give private firms the right to bulldoze protected forests to create farms.The government […]

GCC economies: oil revenues have probably peaked

The Arab media has recently caused some controversy among commentators by suggesting that the GCC economy this year is stagnant. Business is not as lively as last year. But there is good reason for this change which is directly related to falling oil revenues, and marks a slowdown from very high rates of growth.The average […]

About 70% of Iran oil income in non-U.S. dollar

TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran, embroiled in a row with Washington over its nuclear program, has increased the amount of its oil export earnings in currencies other than U.S. dollars to about 70 percent, an Iranian official said on Saturday. The figure is up from 60 percent cited in March for Iran’s non-dollar oil export income […]

Iran wants to develop shared oil fields with Iraq

TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran wants to develop previously untapped oil fields shared with neighboring Iraq, a move that will benefit the two countries which fought a war in the 1980s, an Iranian oil official said on Saturday. “We hope to start working together. Both countries stand to gain. We would strengthen investment and make the […]

Japan eyes households, transportation in struggle to cut emissions

Japan should cut greenhouse gas emissions from households and transportation to meet carbon dioxide reduction targets required under the Kyoto global warming pact, the head of an environmental panel said Friday. Japan is falling far behind in its struggle to meet its obligation under the Kyoto Protocol to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 6 […]

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