Congress to Restore Hydrogen Car Funding

Congress appears close to restoring the $100 million in funding for hydrogen research that Steven Chu, the energy secretary, had cut from his budget in May. The House of Representatives voted 320-97 last Friday to approve $26.9 billion for the Department of Energy, including $153 million for hydrogen and fuel cells in the Energy Efficiency […]

Storm hobbles Alberta refineries, cuts fuel supply

CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) – A severe weekend storm in the Edmonton, Alberta, area knocked out power to two of the region’s three major refineries, worsening an already-tight gasoline supply situation, industry officials said on Tuesday. Worst hit in the wind, hail and electrical storm was Petro-Canada’s 135,000 barrel a day refinery. Its major gasoline processing […]

Interview with Bill McKibben Part 1 & 2

Jonathan Faull – Tell us a little bit about why you are in the Maldives. Bill McKibben – We are working all over the world People haven

Renewable Transition 1: Targets & Troubles

In this series I will again approach the issue of energy return on energy invested (EROEI), or net energy. Rather than a detailed analysis of the EROEI value of specific types of renewable energy technology, however, my goal is to consider systemic implications and the role of uncertainty in the ability of our civilization to […]

US energy use drops in 2008

LIVERMORE, Calif. – Americans used more solar, nuclear, biomass and wind energy in 2008 than they did in 2007, according to the most recent energy flow charts released by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The nation used less coal and petroleum during the same time frame and only slightly increased its natural gas consumption. Geothermal […]

Climate engineering research gets green light

Hacking the planet to rein in humanity’s effect on the climate has been given a scientific stamp of approval. The umbrella body for meteorological scientists in the US is about to endorse research into geoengineering as part of a three-pronged approach to coping with climate change, alongside national policies to reduce emissions. New Scientist has […]

Welcome chaos, mother of ecological capitalism

The world economy has not grappled with this much uncertainty since World War II. Not even the 1973 OPEC embargo comes close. Easily accessible oil riches by the hundreds of billions of barrels were still in the Earth Oil and the international monetary order are the proto-variables of the chaotic transition that now besets the […]

Q&A: Mark Little, Head of GE Global Research

GE is pushing the smart grid and thin-film solar, but don’t expect new kinds of nuclear reactors. Mark Little, head of the $6 billion-a-year research effort at GE, sat down with Technology Reviewrecently to talk about his company’s latest technologies and how GE will respond to pending carbon emissions caps, such as those proposed in […]

BP Says North Sea Oil, Gas Production Will Drop 9% This Year

(Bloomberg) — BP Plc, Europe

UN Sudan chief "reassured" over oil area troop exit

The head of the United Nations in Sudan on Monday said he was “reassured” south Sudan’s army had taken steps to remove soldiers from a contested oil area in the countdown to a divisive ruling on the territory’s borders. U.N. special representative Ashraf Qazi over the weekend accused southern soldiers of straying into Abyei, a […]

Ecuador mulls 2-year oil supply deal with China

Ecuador is negotiating a two-year oil supply contract with China for which the Andean country would receive $1 billion as an advance payment, Economic Policy Minister Diego Borja told Reuters on Monday. “(The $1 billion) is a down payment for oil sales. We’re going to agree to supply 96,000 barrels per day at the day’s […]

Solar Cells, Automation and Green Jobs

Aside from its environmental benefits, solar energy is frequently touted for its job creation potential. But for solar manufacturers themselves, machines — not employees — may be the key to their long-term survival. Take, for example, photovoltaic solar panels — the most common form of solar technology. As Roger Efird, the managing director of the […]

Coal on the slide as renewables top 11 per cent of US power mix

The renewable energy revolution under way in the US appears to be gathering pace according to new figures from the Energy Information Administration suggesting that zero carbon energy sources are successfully replacing fossil fuel-based forms of energy production. According to the Administration’s July Electric Power Monthly report, green energy generation accounted for 11.1 per cent […]

Weaknesses In Chinese Wind Power

The world’s largest producer of carbon emissions has been doubling its wind power capacity every year since 2006; it was the world’s second-largest buyer of wind turbines in 2008. Yet, about 30% of its wind power assets are not in use–much of that not even connected to the transmission grid–a result of Chinese power companies […]

Is Britain going to be at the centre of the 'green car' revolution?

Why are we asking this now? Because Nissan has said that production of electric car batteries will begin at its Sunderland plant, with the creation of 350 jobs. Some Doesn’t the UK make too many gas guzzlers? Yes and no. Given that there will always be some demand for the sort of luxury cars and […]

Goodnight, moon travel

It’s time to save planet Earth. And our inspiration, once again, comes from JFK In 2004, President Bush announced his plan for sending humans back to the moon and eventually Mars. Last week, Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, proposed a manned mission to “Mars by the 60th anniversary year of […]

"No Compromise in Defense of the Earth"

Today we can discern an upward trend in radical, non-discursive, and often illegal interventions against the activities of polluting industries and the inertia of governments and citizens. From the anti-whaling campaigns of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society to the tree-sitting of Earth First!, from Greenpeace unfurling a global warming banner on Mt. Rushmore to James […]

'Peak oil' debate is no longer on hold

The advent of peak oil has long been brushed aside by some because it seems like a far-fetched, if not a ridiculous, idea concocted by alarmists. This is despite deafening cries that it is a real and serious threat. Even among those who agree that it will happen, views differ sharply on the date . […]

Russia, China numbers missing

Moscow and Beijing have hailed what they describe as a bilateral strategic partnership, but Russian and Chinese state-run energy companies struggle to agree to a compromise on energy prices. Both sides insisted that the visit by China’s President Hu Jintao to Russia on June 16-18 was aimed at further deepening the bilateral strategic partnership and […]

Game changers spell end for old petroleum age

Every few years, the engineers toiling to supply energy to the world achieve advances that qualify as game changers. But often, the breakthroughs go unnoticed. That may be because energy companies hate to broadcast details of their cutting-edge technology to rival firms. Or the key improvements may be too subtle to impress outsiders. It is […]

French Government Warns Ecuador Over Perenco Oil Field Takeover

The French government warned Ecuador Monday that its decision to take control of two oil concessions operated by French oil oil company Perenco Group could jeopardize foreign investment in the country. Perenco suspended oil production in Ecuador last week in a long-running tax dispute that has involved Ecuador seizing 70% of its output since March. […]

OPEC may need to cut output in Sept: Algeria

OPEC will need to cut output when it next meets in September if there is not enough demand for its oil, Algeria’s energy and mines minister said on Monday. “I think OPEC’s objective is to satisfy demand in the world market and to meet any real demand,” Chakib Khelil told reporters in Milan on the […]

global Warming-Please listen to me!

Global Warming has nothing to do with green house gases, holes in the ozone, CFC, R-12 refrigerant, the sun going nova, aerosol propellant, and methane gases, etc. Hydrocarbons such as coal are safe to use, its crude oil/ methane gas that should be left alone. WARNING: Ridding the air of green houses will not reverse […]

Peter Tertzakian: Uncertainty good for oil market?

Oil markets are still in a tug-of-war. Pulling one way on the rope, with thumbs down (if that Each side of the rope makes valid arguments. The bearish side clings on to a few big, legitimate points: there is a glut of oil in storage; OPEC spare capacity is the highest it

Peak Oil Overview – July 2009

Most people who have read a little about peak oil have heard that US oil production peaked in 1970. This happened, even though oil companies have been working as hard as they can to keep production up. Oil companies have even applied enhanced oil recovery techniques to wells where it looked like doing so would […]

Oil Refiner Margins Poised to Rise as Shuttered Plants Increase

(Bloomberg) — Refiners from Germany to Hawaii are weighing plans to shut or sell plants amid the biggest drop in oil demand in almost three decades. Petroplus Holdings AG told workers in Teesside, northern England, their jobs are at risk. Royal Dutch Shell Plc may sell or close two plants in Germany and another in […]

Analyst: Solar approaching grid parity in U.S.

SAN FRANCISCO But Bradford added that there is skepticism that grid parity is within reach, especially among those who last looked at photovoltaic system costs back in 2007, when they were significantly higher. “I’m not sure that a lot of people believe it,” Bradford said. Others have predicted previously that a majority of the U.S. […]

Should we deliberately move species?

LOS ANGELES Something similar will be tried in the Lower 48. Researchers will uproot moisture-loving Sitka spruce and Western redcedar that grace British Columbia’s coastal rainforests and drop their seedlings in the dry ponderosa pine forests of Idaho. All of this swapping begs the question: Should humans lend nature a helping hand? AP

Bio-Mass Burning Stove Also Converts Heat Into Sound Then Electricity

A low-cost generator with the potential to transform lives in the world …The aim of the Score project is to make a low-cost, high efficiency generator that can be used in the world

Geoengineering: The promise and its limits

Four expert speakers attended an event organised by the Institute of Physics, the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Royal Academy of Engineering on 15 July, at the House of Commons, to address an audience curious about geo-engineering the planet to combat the effects of global warming; the solutions it offers and the concerns it […]

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