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- Energy Roundup: Crude's Rollercoaster Ride, Cheap Solar Power, and More
- Recession fears, inventories spur oil's wild ride this week -- Crude oil was trading below $35 a barrel earlier this week as concerns of a global recession deepened. Prices suddenly rose 14 percent after a U.S. government report showed a drop in supplies for the first time this year, as imports...
- Blog posts 2009-02-20
- Solar Tax Credit Hooks Another Major Utility
- The solar investment tax credit is turning out to be the bait the industry needs to keep money flowing in an economy running short on investors willing to fund renewable energy projects. When the federal tax incentives package was passed last October, which included the solar investment...
- Blog posts 2009-02-26
- Energy Roundup: Mr. Ethanol Goes to Washington, Carbon Dioxide-Sucking Rocks, and More
- Ethanol producers hit Capitol in bid to increase blend -- U.S. ethanol producers pressed the Obama administration to raise the limit on ethanol in fuel to 15 percent, a move they said would create as many as 136,000 new jobs and reduce imports. Growth Energy, an ethanol trade group, submitted a...
- Blog posts 2009-03-06
- Energy Roundup: Sahara Solar Plan, U.S-China Climate Talks, Nabucco Gas Pipe Accord Signed, and More
- Backers of Sahara solar power plant project sign initiative -- A dozen major companies including Siemens, German insurer Munich Re and utilities RWE and Eon signed a renewable energy initiative Monday aimed at developing electricity via solar power plants and wind farms in the Sahara desert. The Desertec Industrial Initiative is the...
- Blog posts 2009-07-13
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- Researchers: Renewable Energy Jobs Are Safer
- The push for renewable energies has one more feather to put in its cap: improved health for its workforce and the potential of evading death, at least while on the job. As more workers shift from fossil fuel-related jobs to those in renewable energy, their health should improve, according...
- Blog posts 2009-08-20
- Energy Roundup: Green Mobile Technology, Antarctica's Carbon-Free Base, and More
- Green technology star of cell phone industry show-- Solar panel cell phones, eco-friendly packaging and energy efficient chargers will be among the latest green technology applications featured this week at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. A number of products have been unveiled at the industry show, which kicked off...
- Blog posts 2009-02-16
- Energy Roundup: Apache Cuts Staff, Wal-Mart Doubles Solar Effort, and More
- Apache cuts 200 staff as activity slows -- Independent oil and gas firm Apache still may be looking to buy up assets from cash-strapped companies, but that doesn't mean it's not hurting from a decrease in oil prices. Apache joined a growing list of oil-related companies including ConocoPhillips, Baker Hughes and Halliburton by laying off...
- Blog posts 2009-04-22
- Energy Roundup: Total Stalls Oil Sands Project, Exxon's $129 Billion Plan, and More
- Total suspends Canadian oil sands pilot project -- Coaxing oil out of the Canadian oil sands is getting a bit too expensive for some of the world's largest energy companies. Totalrecently suspended one of its pilot projects because it did not hit the expected 10,000 barrels of oil a day production mark. Paris-based...
- Blog posts 2009-04-06
- Energy Roundup: Gazprom Taps U.S. Gas Market, Solar-Powered City, and More
- Gazprom, Shell pen deal that will bring liquefied natural gas to California -- Gazprom, the world's largest natural gas producer, is accessing a long-sought after piece of the U.S. gas market in a deal with Royal Dutch Shell. Russia's state-controlled company will ship gas from the new Sakhalin-2 project to a LNG regasification facility...
- Blog posts 2009-04-09
- Energy Roundup: EPA Deems CO2 Hazardous, Pope Pursues Solar, and More
- EPA proposal on greenhouse gases could trigger regulation -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued its proposal on greenhouse gases today, and as expected the agency has determined that CO2 -- and five other gases including methane and hydrofluorocarbons -- is bad for humans and contributes to global warming. The proposal may push...
- Blog posts 2009-04-17
- Energy Roundup: Prius Goes Solar, Shell Investors Reject Exec Bonuses, Pacific Ethanol Bankruptcy, and More
- Shell investors say 'No' to senior executive pay packages -- A majority of Royal Dutch Shell shareholders, angry with plans to award bonuses in a year of missed performance targets, rejected the senior executive pay package at its annual general meeting. The vote is advisory and the pay package including the...
- Blog posts 2009-05-19
- Energy Roundup: China Solar Subsidy, Vestas Workers Revolt, Halliburton CEO's Recovery Doubts and More
- China boosts solar sector with massive subsidy plan -- China will subsidize 50 percent of the investment for solar power projects, an unprecedented plan that could spur more than $10 billion in private funding and make the country a leading market for solar equipment. The subsidies also will be extended to power...
- Blog posts 2009-07-21
- Energy Roundup: Bumps Equal Energy, World's Oil Appetite Falls, and More
- MIT students turn bumpy roads into energy -- Undergraduate students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology invented a shock absorber for cars and trucks that captures energy with every bump in the road and turns it into electricity. The new shocks, which can improve fuel efficiency by 10 percent, are being tested on Humvees...
- Blog posts 2009-02-11
- Energy Roundup: China Ups Acquisition Ante, Q-Cells Axes 500 Jobs, Chevron's New Toy, and More
- China's insatiable energy resource appetite --Â China's hunger for energy resources has boosted its spending on oil and mining acquisitions by at least half this year, despite growing concern and opposition in the U.S. and Australia. If China National Petroleum buys Repsol YPF's Argentine unit, the country's purchase of overseas...
- Blog posts 2009-08-14
- Energy Roundup: PetroChina Buys Overseas, G-8 Urges Energy Investment, and More
- PetroChina buys 45.5 percent stake of Singapore Petroleum -- In a sign that overseas investment by Chinese companies will continue unabated, PetroChina snapped up 45.5 percent of Singapore Petroleum for $1 billion from Keppel Corp., the world's largest builder of offshore oil rigs. PetroChina's purchase of Singapore Petroleum's assets, which include a...
- Blog posts 2009-05-25
- Energy Roundup: Obama's Green Week, Takeovers and Bidding Wars, and More
- Massive offshore drilling proposal delayed for further review -- The Obama Administration this week continued its effort to undo some of President Bush's last-minute drilling and environmental decisions. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on Tuesday stalled a five-year drilling plan that would affect some 300 million offshore acres. Salazar hasn't scrapped...
- Blog posts 2009-02-17
- Energy Roundup: Suncor Buys Rival Petro-Canada, Tata Unveils Nano, and More
- Suncor's purchase of Petro-Canada spurs oil sands consolidation debate -- Suncor Energy's plan to buy Petro-Canadafor $15.5 billion has sparked speculation and debate the deal will accelerate consolidation in the Alberta oil sands. The all-share deal -- the largest in the oil and gas industry since 2006 -- would create Canada's...
- Blog posts 2009-03-23
- Energy Roundup: Oil Lobby Jumps 30%, Nissan's Electric Car, Cleantech VC Funding Spikes, and More
- Oil-and-gas companies boosts lobbying efforts -- Even the "inside the beltway" lobbying machine could not escape the global recession and credit crunch. Overall, the amount of money spent to lobby Congress and the Obama administration fell 1 percent to $814.6 million in the second quarter. There were a couple of exceptions, notably...
- Blog posts 2009-08-03
- Energy Roundup: Anadarko's Triple Play, Salazar Quashes Leases, and More
- Anadarko strikes oil twice, reports tripled profits -- Anadarko Petroleum, one of the nation's largest independent oil and gas producers, hit pay dirt twice this week when it announced back-to-back deepwater Gulf of Mexico oil discoveries. The news came on the heels of its fourth-quarter earnings, where the Houston-based company reported...
- Blog posts 2009-02-04
- Week in Oil & Gas: Foreign Oil Sands Grab and Climate Shenanigans
- Korea National Oil Corp.'s $3.9 billion acquisition of Harvest Energy sent a message last week to the industry: the Canadian oil sands are back. High operating costs and low crude prices turned the region into an investment desert for months. That dim view is brightening, however, as...
- Blog posts 2009-10-26
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