Crude Will Hit “$60 Before $40”
Energy tycoon Boone Pickens says “we’ve seen $40 oil for the last time” and expects “$10 natural gas” probably within “four months”
Renewable Energy
From Wood to Coal in an Effort to Stop Deforestation
The competition between energy and environmental needs in Niger has taken centre stage of late, with authorities seeking to promote the use of coal in a bid to halt deforestation in the North African country.
Brown Sees Short Path to Oil Independence
“With the price of oil above $50 a barrel, with political
instability in the Middle East on the rise, and with little
slack in the world oil economy, we need a new energy strategy,”
says Lester R. Brown, president of the Earth Policy Institute, a
Washington, DC-based research institute. “Fortunately, the
outline of a new strategy is emerging with two new technologies.”
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BP: We May Invest in Alternative Energy Sources if Profitable
Peter Davies, the vice chairman and chief economist of BP said: “Wind and solar energies are only in the minds of scientists at the moment. They are not in the market now, but they may be in 50 years.”
UK: Wind energy becalmed by the Nimbys
THE Government will fail to hit its target of generating 10% of the country’s energy from renewable sources by 2010, senior industry figures have told Financial Mail on Sunday.
The Problem: We’re Almost Out of Oil and Fossil Fuels
A treasure chest of downloadable presentations on Peak Oil topics, including OPEC, energy and equity, alternative energy, and hydrogen.
Report from Germany: The 3rd International Meeting on Peak Oil and Gas
Eight-page report on the Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas (ASPO)conference this May in Germany…Our conclusion from the meeting? Peak Oil is real, and it’s getting closer.
UK boost for biomass fuel crops
The UK is to encourage the production of biomass, crops grown specially for use as environmentally-friendly fuels.
UK chemists seek hydrogen store
UK scientists think they have taken a major step forward in making hydrogen a practical replacement for petrol.
Japan-Power Aiming at Early Use of Fuel Cells for Power Generation
Japan’s Electric Power Development Co. aims to soon commercialize a new electric power generation system that combines fuel cells and coal-fired thermal power, President Yoshihiko Nakagaki said Thursday.
UK: Biodiesel fuel plant opens
A plant which can convert vegetable oil into biodiesel fuel is opening in west Wales.
