According to geological estimates, between 30 and 35 percent of the world's undiscovered oil deposits are found in the Arctic, alongside 13 percent of the globe's natural gas reserves. With the effects that global warming has on the North Pole, the ice barriers that once made it impossible to even consider ... |
29 May 2009
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The Russian government-held company Gazprom, the world's largest producer of natural gas, and the giant Shell Corporations have only recently signed an agreement that would basically allow the European monopoly to start selling its products on the US market, the largest of the kind in the world. The products wil... |
13 April 2009
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The US Congress now finds itself in a dilemma – how to impose changes in the way America produces electrical energy, while at the same time keeping standards high. And the best place to start thinking about this is the Capital Power Plant, a 99-year-old facility that is supplying power to the important building... |
2 March 2009
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on Friday that it was seeking to revise regulations set in place last June, which forced refineries to be very careful about the amounts of emissions they pumped into the atmosphere. Following the lobby of several major oil associations, EPA seeks to give companies ... |
13 December 2008
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The construction of new coal-powered power plants in the US has now grinded to an almost complete standstill, because tighter carbon capture and storage regulations are in place in most states. And because most builders cannot afford the technology needed for sequestration, they simply prefer not to build the plant a... |
5 December 2008
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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's plans, of curbing Russian gas flares to 5 percent by 2011, went up in flames on Thursday, when the Energy and Natural Resources ministries announced that the country would be unable to sustain such massive cuts in such a short time. Instead, the two state departments said that 201... |
4 December 2008
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Increasing electricity demand in Europe has prompted EU officials to elaborate a strategic energy grid development plan, which is to break the vicious circle that keeps the Union dependent on Russia for most of its gas imports. Seeing how 42 percent of all gas coming into the Old Continent is delivered by the Russian... |
17 November 2008
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Increasing carbon emissions from power plants relying on fossil fuels for generating electrical current have prompted utilities companies to try and combine both polluting and clean energy techniques in a single facility. As a result, the Electric Power Research Institute will outfit two natural gas-powered plants in... |
12 November 2008
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North Carolina State University recently received a grant from NSF (the National Science Foundation) for the National Research Center for Future Renewable Energy Delivery Management Systems they want to develop, dubbed "Internet for energy." The $18.5 million (about 13.5 million Euros) invested by NSF will prov... |
12 September 2008
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I think it is pretty obvious that the petrol alone will not be sufficient enough to satisfy our energy needs in the near future. Thus, the scientists are permanently looking for alternative fuels and energy production devices. Natural gas is just one of the alternatives. Now you are probably wondering why we are not ... |
22 January 2008
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