Turning coal waste into light
In a distressed region of Pennsylvania, Reliant Energy is turning to poisonous piles leftover from decades of mining and using it to power a new plant
David Ivanovich
Coal crunch: Industry in desperate need of miners
Competing companies are raiding each other for experienced help, renting ad space, billboards, even banner-towing planes at beach resorts with generous offers of pay and benefits in what is turning out to be one very hot sector of the job market.
Venezuela plans to ride oil to economic growth
Venezuela aims to ramp up oil production to an average 3.6 million barrels per day in 2005 to generate 5 percent economic growth and build on this year’s oil-driven recovery, according to the government’s draft budget for next year.
NZ: $1 billion gasfield ‘all on’
It’s “all on” for the $1 billion development of Taranaki’s Pohokura gas discovery. Pohokura will be New Zealand’s most significant petroleum development since the now-declining Maui field came into production in 1979.
Oil hits $US53 for first time
New York’s main crude oil contract has shot to $US53 a barrel for the first time in opening trade as fears rose for heating oil supplies in the United States winter.
Oil price rise hits cattle operator
One of Australia’s largest cattle operators says the dramatic rise in oil prices this year has cost it about $1 million.
Michael Klare on oil wars and the American military
Despite official administration dreams of drastically raising Iraq’s oil output and then using it to float our occupation, we’ve essentially “lost” Iraqi oil — as has the rest of the planet.
Lebanese energy crisis didn’t just happen overnight
The energy crisis that has battered Lebanon should have been foreseen months ago, when crude prices on international markets began skyrocketing.
Lebanon: Electricity crisis gets short-term fix but problem not resolved
Many Lebanese citizens went to slept in darkness on Wednesday and woke up to no power Thursday despite Energy and Water Minister Ayoub Humayed saying that the severe power rationing system will be reduced after oil tankers provided power plants here with fuel on Wednesday.
Ireland – Wood Energy tipped for carbon & price benefits
“Wood energy can provide certainty of supply and certainty in price. This is an important message for commercial and industrial customers who are currently exposed to the fluctuations in the world energy markets.
North Sea production wilts
North Sea oil production has sunk more than 260,000 barrels per day from last year, aggravating a shortage of high-quality crude that has stoked record prices.
Hydrogen economy looks out of reach
Converting every vehicle in the United States to hydrogen power would demand so much electricity that the country would need enough wind turbines to cover half of California or 1,000 extra nuclear power stations.
