Ons

Energy Developers on the Hunt for New Fuels

Energy firm Scottish Power is to construct solar projects for the first time to maximise onshore renewable energy potential in the UK and Ireland, it announced …

Nuclear Fuel

Russia Awards Contract to Build BREST Reactor

Siberian Chemical Combine (SCC) has awarded a RUB26.3 billion (USD412 million) contract to Titan-2 for the construction and installation works for the BREST-OD-…

28 Years Ago, Big Oil Predicted Carbon Tax was Necessary to Stop Global Warming

As far back as 1991, the Canadian arm of Exxon Mobil Corp.’s empire anticipated that a high tax on carbon emissions would be necessary to maintain a stable cli…

Crude

OPEC Fails to Pin Down New Output Target after Marathon Talks

OPEC failed nail down the details of an agreement to adjust its official production target, as six hours of talks in Vienna found no resolution amid objections …

Welsh Port And Marine Energy Company Sign Memorandum of Understanding

The company is developing a 1.5 MW mWave™ wave energy converter demonstration device which will harness the potential of marine energy.

Energy Conservation And The Climate Crisis

In a recent “Deep State” article, Free Press reporter Lance Tapley argued that energy conservation could help us get off “the road to world ruin” from globa…

The Technical Path to Zero Carbon

I base that prediction on U.S. energy consumption patterns over the last 30 years as well as the prospect for achieving major gains in energy efficiency moving …

Change of Energy Consumption Habits from The Mid-1850s to The Present

Various studies from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) provide a glimpse into changing individual energy consumption habits from the mid-1850s to t…

Coal Mine

Revealed: UK Banks' £25 billion Support for Global Coal

HSBC, Standard Chartered, Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland have continued to finance companies which are investing in new coal plants even after the Paris cl…

Gas power plant

Hong Kong to Invest 500 Million Dollars to Build Two LNG Power Stations

Hong Kong based CNTIC VPower YGI Limited is planning to invest over US$500 million to build a 400-megawatt LNG fired power station in Thaketa Township and a 150…

Gas power plant

Gas Should Play An Increasing Role in Meeting Sub-Saharan Africa's Demand for Power

There are 13 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa currently consuming gas for power generation and ten of those countries generate power from their own domestic gas …

European Cities Commit Commit to Net Zero Carbon Buildings

On 4 December 2019, leading European cities and companies pledged to slash carbon emissions from their buildings to net zero. Helsinki, Finland and Valladolid, …

Solar Power Panel

Carlson Electric will Install 100-kW Solar System at Wisconsin Horseradish Farm

Huntsinger Farms, the world’s largest grower and processor of horseradish and the parent company of Silver Spring Foods, has won a $28,902.60 Focus on Energy g…

Agreement Will See New Dam Built for Flood Protection in Hatch, US

The Doña Ana County Flood Commission and the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) are to sign an agreement next week to design and construct a dam in …

New Zealand

New Zealand Will Consider Climate Crisis in All Major Policy Decisions

Consideration of the climate crisis will be front and center in all of New Zealand's major policy decisions.