Baghdad (AFP) June 8, 2022 - Iraq passed Wednesday an emergency finance bill to pay debts to Iran to ensure gas supplies and forestall worsening power cuts, as well as to buy grain for food security.
Nottingham UK (SPX) Jun 08, 2022 - A new study shows a deep connection between some of the largest, most energetic events in the universe and much smaller, weaker ones powered by our own Sun. The results come from a long observ
Buenos Aires (AFP) June 6, 2022 - Argentina's president vowed Monday to pursue a special tax on company profits boosted by the war in Ukraine, a phenomenon he described as an immorality given the inflationary pressure on poor households.
Baghdad (AFP) June 4, 2022 - Iraqi security forces have said they forced down a microlight aircraft near the Kuwaiti border headed to the emirate from Iran with one million pills of the amphetamine-type stimulant captagon.
Bengaluru, India (SPX) Jun 03, 2022 - In a breakthrough, researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and their collaborators have discovered how next-generation solid-state batteries fail and devised a novel strategy to make t
Upton NY (SPX) Jun 02, 2022 - A team of researchers led by chemists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory has learned that an electrolyte additive allows stable high-voltage cycling of nickel-ri
Vienna, Austria (SPX) Jun 01, 2022 - Hydrogen could be an important part of our future energy supply: It can be stored, transported and burned as needed. However, most of the hydrogen available today is a by-product of natural gas prod
Baghdad (AFP) June 1, 2022 - Iraq has failed to pay $1.6 billion owed to neighbouring Iran for gas imports, a debt needed to guarantee further supplies critical to prevent worsening power cuts, Baghdad's authorities said Wednesday.
Hannover, Germany (SPX) Jun 01, 2022 - Rotor blades are one of the most important components of a wind turbine. They can be up to 70 metres long and weigh between 15 and 20 tonnes. In order to operate wind turbines more efficiently in th
London (AFP) June 1, 2022 - Britain drew criticism from environmentalists Wednesday after giving Shell permission to develop the Jackdaw gas field off the Scottish coast in a bid to ramp up energy security.
Ames IA (SPX) Jun 01, 2022 - When the power grid goes down, there's a step-by-step recovery process - a blackstart that up to now has depended on power from gas or hydro turbines spinning away inside a power plant. It w
Houston TX (SPX) Jun 01, 2022 - Lithium-ion batteries are currently the preferred technology to power electric vehicles, but they're too expensive for long-duration grid-scale energy storage systems, and lithium itself is becoming
Frankfurt (AFP) May 31, 2022 - German prosecutors raided Deutsche Bank offices in Frankfurt on Tuesday as part of a probe into allegations that the financial institution was marketing investment products as greener than they actually were.
Columbus OH (SPX) May 31, 2022 - To better understand why plastics don't biodegrade, let's start with how plastics are made and how biodegradation works. Oil, also known as petroleum, is a fossil fuel. That means it's made from the
Sydney (AFP) May 30, 2022 - Australia's biggest carbon emitter AGL abruptly announced on Monday the departure of its chairman, CEO and a string of board members, while scrapping a long-planned move to spin off its lucrative coal business.
Riyadh (AFP) May 29, 2022 - Saudi Arabia announced Sunday it had named a senior diplomat as its first climate envoy, as officials vow to ramp up oil production while pursuing ambitious goals for emission cuts.
