Iraqis hope solar-powered lights will make Baghdad safer

BAGHDAD — In a city with constant electricity shortages but no lack of sunshine, the new buzz is solar energy. Teams of engineers have appeared along major Baghdad roadways, bolting panels and bulbs to rows of towering steel poles to make solar-powered streetlights.The workers who turned up recently in the upscale Karada district approached the […]

Four killed as supersized crane collapses on oil refinery workers

Four workers were killed and two others are in hospital today after one of the world’s largest cranes collapsed at a U.S. oil refinery. Five other workers were also hurt when the 300ft crane – capable of lifting a massive 500 tons – toppled in Houston, Texas. The crane fell on top of a smaller […]

How China’s taking over Africa and why the West should be VERY worried

…Reminiscent of the West’s imperial push in the 18th and 19th centuries – but on a much more dramatic, determined scale – China’s rulers believe Africa can become a ’satellite’ state, solving its own problems of over-population and shortage of natural resources at a stroke. With little fanfare, a staggering 750,000 Chinese have settled in […]

Pakistan: Agri sector faces acute shortage of water

ISLAMABAD: Rising petroleum prices would affect the agriculture sector of the country as farmers are dependent on fuel to operate their tube-wells for getting water, which is the basic need for irrigation and growth of crops. “Due to inadequate canal system, the farmers are dependent on electric and diesel run tube-wells for irrigation but price […]

Pickens, Democrats agree in calling for alternative fuels

WASHINGTON Now he’s stopped donating to such groups as he preaches a clean-energy gospel that’s won over Democrats such as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Mr. Pickens, 80, will meet Tuesday with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other top Democrats about his plan to replace oil with wind power and natural gas. As Democrats struggle […]

Chief Says Exxon Will Keep Doing What It

OIL prices had their biggest ever drop this week, falling by more than $16 a barrel in the last four days. Still, oil remains at stratospheric levels, settling at $128.88 a barrel on Friday. And with global oil consumption still growing faster than new supplies, there are few remedies. In an interview, Rex W. Tillerson, […]

Peak Oil Happened Already

Clifford Wirth, peak oil specialist, thinks we reached peak already; 2007 was the magic year. If you look at the run-up in oil prices in terms of peak oil, it might really make sense. Peak oil doesn’t mean there won’t be more oil out there, nor does it mean that we won’t continue to use […]

Nevada plant to make fuel from garbage

In its search for new sources of fuel, the green-tech industry has turned to wood chips, grass, algae – even cow manure. Now a Pleasanton company plans to make fuel out of garbage. Fulcrum BioEnergy announced plans Friday to build a $120 million plant by 2010 that would make ethanol out of municipal waste, stuff […]

Coal-to-liquid plant planned for Pikeville

PIKEVILLE After a yearlong, $850,000 study by Pike

2,400-mile car race is powered by the sun

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Even as U.S. oil refiners scramble to increase the flow of Canadian crude from Alberta to Texas, a caravan of futuristic solar cars is racing that 2,400-mile route in reverse to show what transportation could look without a drop of oil or gas. The sleek solar-powered sports cars competing in the […]

Gas under $4? It may be closer than you think

Drivers could see gasoline prices below $4 by Labor Day, and even a nickel decline within days, after oil prices fell again Friday. In the last four days, oil prices have dropped more than $16 a barrel, as the market looked optimistically at calm weather, U.S.-Iran negotiations, failing bank rescues and lower demand for gasoline. […]

To Save Gas, Shoppers Stay Home and Click

To go shopping these days, more Americans are trading in their car keys for a keyboard. Online shopping is gaining at a time when simply filling up a gas tank to head to the mall can seem like a spending spree. A number of retailers

Bush: Congress could take steps to ease gas prices

CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) Democrats say they have a different plan to combat record-high gas prices, but that Bush and the Republicans in Congress are blocking it. They argue that oil companies should drill in about 68 million acres of federal land they have already leased for such use

Oil Shock

For more than a year the U.S. economy has been reeling from the housing and credit crises, but now it … In this crisis lies a great opportunity. This shockwave could radically restructure our economy and lifestyles. But how this transformation occurs depends on whether choices are made individually through

Why the gas tax could go up

Proposals for a gas tax holiday faltered over job losses – and now lawmakers need to come up with money to repair roads. WASHINGTON (AP) — The political vision of a summer gas tax holiday died a quick death in Congress, losing to a view that federal excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel will […]

UDOT feels pinch in rising costs of asphalt

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) – It’s not only expensive to drive your car these days but what you are driving on is getting costly too. The Utah Department of Transportation is experiencing an asphalt shortage. Several of UDOT’s road construction projects have already experienced delays. It is because asphalt is now in competition […]

UK: Threat from lack of gas capacity, expert says

A lack of adequate gas storage has left Britain’s energy market like a John Hall, an energy analyst, said that this acute shortage was a key factor creating volatility in Britain’s wholesale gas market, which in turn is resulting in bigger bills.

Small, developing nations feel impact of food and energy crisis

New York – The Marshall Islands said Friday electrical power in the small Pacific nation may be switched off in September when its fuel supplies are expected to run out, as high food and energy prices have begun to hit hard some developing countries, particularly small islands isolated from the rest of the world. ‘Unless […]

Robert Bryce: Iran Rising

Gas for Europe, Gas for India & Pakistan…Sanctions? Israel? No Problem The rise of Iran continues. And that rise was made abundantly clear during the 19th World Petroleum Congress in Madrid in early July. A large, supremely confident Iranian delegation attended the triennial gathering that brings together energy officials from all over the world. The […]

New Hampshire accepts Venezuelan oil

The state scorned the free assistance two years ago, but costs have risen. CONCORD, N.H. — Two years ago, New Hampshire refused to accept heating oil from Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the pro-Castro U.S. critic who once called President Bush “the devil.” But with fuel prices rising, well, free oil is free oil. With the […]

Airlines stepping up efforts to cut CO2

Airlines are striving to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in an effort to tackle global warming. Moreover, soaring oil prices have prompted airlines to consider various ways to reduce fuel costs. The amount of CO2 emitted on a per passenger, per kilometer basis by a commercial jet is about six times higher than that of a […]

Nigeria: The Effects of Biomass Burning On Mother Nature

Biomass burning is widespread, especially in the tropics. It serves to clear land for shifting cultivation, to convert forests to agricultural and pastoral lands, and to remove dry vegetation in order to promote agricultural productivity and the growth of higher yield grasses. Furthermore, much agricultural waste and fuel wood is being combusted, particularly in developing […]

Russia’s energy drive leaves US reeling

What emerges is that if anything, Medvedev is pursuing Russia’s energy diplomacy more robustly than Putin. Soon after taking over in the Kremlin in May, Medvedev ordered the expeditious completion of the first stage of the Eastern Siberia Pacific Oil Pipeline (ESPO) by end-2009. The ESPO has a vital role in Moscow’s efforts to balance […]

A potential ‘jobs boom’ in solar technology

Solar certainly offers many attractions to the ambitious electronics engineer because it is relatively new it provides novel technical challenges, its base technology is less complex than that already used in other electronics sectors meaning that barriers to entry are low and last, but certainly not least, it gives the opportunity to do your bit […]

Biofuel to Answer Energy Crunch in Asia-Pacific

The Asia-Pacific region is expected to witness a rapid growth in biofuel production in near future as rising population and high economic activities in the region are leading to an increase in the demand for primary energy, particularly for transportation and industrial use, according to “Asia-Pacific Biofuel Market Forecast”, a new research study by the […]

Toyota develops painting process that uses far less energy

Toyota’s Tsutsumi plant has solar panels, grass growing on the roof and ivy crawling on walls to be as green in production as the Japanese automaker’s reputation for mileage is exemplified in its Prius hybrid. Under Toyota Motor’s latest drive to make its famous lean production even leaner, it has also achieved a breakthrough in […]

S-Af: Eskom Profit Plunges 86% as Coal, Diesel Costs Soar

Eskom Holdings Ltd., South Africa’s state-owned power utility, said full-year profit plummeted 86 percent as coal prices jumped and it spent more on diesel to ease a national electricity shortage. “The underlying health metrics are not going in the right direction,” Chief Executive Officer Jacob Maroga said in a speech. “Our financial performance was severely […]

UK: How to beat 60% rise in gas prices? Wear two jumpers, says energy boss

One of the UK’s biggest energy suppliers came under fire yesterday after one of its senior executives said consumers struggling with record-high gas prices should keep warm by putting on two jumpers. Charities for the aged and consumer groups reacted angrily at the comments made by Jake Ulrich, the managing director of Centrica, which owns […]

French nuclear firm admits uranium leaks at two plants

The French nuclear giant Areva yesterday confirmed there was a radioactive leak from a broken pipe at a nuclear fuel plant in south-eastern France, a week after a uranium spill at another of its plants polluted the local water supply. The latest incident comes as an embarrassment to the French government as it struggles to […]

Pa. turns its eyes toward the sun for energy

YORK, Pa. – For a state with energy-production roots drilling deep into the coal mines and oil fields, the time has arrived for a heavenward look to try to harness the power of the sun. Gov. Rendell last week signed a bill here dedicating $650 million to the development of alternative and renewable energy, with […]

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