Energy News
Power shortages hit Venezuela again
Caracas, Venezuela (UPI) May 10, 2011 - Power shortages hit Venezuela again after several months of respite, plunging large areas, including homes and factories, into darkness.
Energy Tech
Quebec unveils $80 bln plan for undeveloped north
Montreal (AFP) May 9, 2011 - Quebec unveiled an $80-billion plan on Monday to rev up forestry and mining development over the next 25 years in its vast northern region, dubbed one of the world's last unspoiled wildernesses.
Energy Tech
USGS Economic Analysis Updated for the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska
Washington DC (SPX) May 09, 2011 - The U.S. Geological Survey assessment on the economic recoverability of undiscovered, conventional oil and gas resources within the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA) and adjacent state wat
Energy Tech
Qatar rules out drastic’ OPEC action on prices
Doha (AFP) May 8, 2011 - Qatar on Sunday ruled out any dramatic action by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries to control prices, insisting that production and supplies were at healthy levels.
Wind Daily
Evolutionary lessons for wind farm efficiency
Adelaide, Australia (SPX) May 06, 2011 - Evolution is providing the inspiration for University of Adelaide computer science research to find the best placement of turbines to increase wind farm productivity. Senior Lecturer Dr Frank
Energy Tech
Iraq pays Kurd oil contractors: regional premier
Baghdad (AFP) May 6, 2011 - Iraq has paid oil contractors in its autonomous Kurdistan region for the first time, the region's premier said in a statement released on Thursday, a significant step in an ongoing energy dispute.
Energy Tech
New method found for controlling conductivity
Boston MA (SPX) May 06, 2011 - A team of researchers at MIT has found a way to manipulate both the thermal conductivity and the electrical conductivity of materials simply by changing the external conditions, such as the surround
Energy Tech
Universal Bioenergy’s NDR Energy Group Awarded Gas Supply Agreement
Irvine CA (SPX) May 06, 2011 - NDR Energy Group has announced that it was awarded a contract to supply natural gas to one of the nation's largest gas distribution companies. The agreement limits NDR Energy from disclosing t
Energy Tech
Crude oil plunges below $100 in New York
New York (AFP) May 5, 2011 - Crude oil prices plunged Thursday, with the WTI futures contract sliding below $100 a barrel in New York, after disappointing US economic indicators and a stronger dollar.
Energy Tech
Oil drilling group Transocean reports profit slump
Zurich (AFP) May 5, 2011 - Switzerland domiciled global offshore drilling group Transocean's first-quarter net profit fell by 54 percent, the company said on Thursday.
Energy Tech
Strong dollar, weak data send oil prices plunging
New York (AFP) May 5, 2011 - Crude oil prices plunged Thursday, dragging New York's main contract below $100 a barrel for the first time since March 16, after disappointing US jobs data and the dollar's rise spurred demand fears.
Energy News
Australians turning off carbon tax: poll
Sydney (AFP) May 4, 2011 - Australians are increasingly opposed to a carbon tax to combat climate change with support for the government's proposal plunging over the past two months, a poll released Wednesday showed.
Energy News
China facing electricity shortages
Beijing (UPI) May 4, 2011 - China is grappling with power shortages in advance of the summer peak consumption season.
Bio Fuel
Formidable fungal force counters biofuel plant pathogens
Walnut Creek, CA (SPX) May 04, 2011 - Fungi play significant ecological and economic roles. They can break down organic matter, cause devastating agricultural blights, enter into symbiotic relationships to protect and nourish plants, or
Energy Tech
FuelCell Energy To Develop Clean-Coal Fuel Cell Power Plant
Danbury CT (SPX) May 04, 2011 - FuelCell Energy has announced an $11.7 million cost share award from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for Phase III of the Solid State Energy Conversion Alliance (SECA) coal-based systems program
Energy Tech
Study helps explain behavior of latest high-temp superconductors
Houston TX (SPX) May 04, 2011 - A Rice University-led team of physicists this week offered up one of the first theoretical explanations of how two dissimilar types of high-temperature superconductors behave in similar ways.