Nukes And Windmills Around The Bay
Yet we also know that nuclear power provides 70 percent of all the greenhouse gas-free electrical power in the United States. Hydropower, in which dams block many great rivers like the Susquehanna to...
View ArticleDummerston Signs Vermont Yankee Response Plan
After years of debate, Dummerston Selectboard has approved a plan that details the town's response in the event of an emergency at the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant.
View ArticleEstimates Say Faster Fermi Evacuation
Residents living near DTE Energy's Fermi 2 nuclear power plant would leave the area faster after a serious plant accident than in prior years because roads are better and the population has shrunk,...
View ArticlePhotovoltaic Systems Focus Of Solar Summit
A Maui "Solar Summit" will focus this month on issues relating to the installation and use of photovoltaic systems. Presented by Maui County and the Sustainable Living Institute of Maui, the summit...
View ArticleMorocco To Harness The Wind In Energy Hunt
As plans to boost the country's wind energy production progress, Energy Minister Fouad Douiri said he hoped to see renewable sources developed even further....
View ArticlePresident Obama Supports Natural Gas Exports
With President Obama recently signaling his support for US exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) , more export projects look likely.
View ArticleIn Areas, Little Impact From Gas Drilling Fees
Municipalities have started spending some of the proceeds from the state's impact fee on natural gas drillers.
View ArticleDespite Concerns, BP Panel To Prioritize Projects
No one knows how much it will be or when it will come, but a new Monroe County committee has been tasked with ranking projects for local money from Deepwater Horizon settlements....
View ArticleCanada Uneasy About Oil-Sands Byproduct Accumulation
A member of the Canadian Parliament said he wants an investigation with the United States into a three-story mound of coke piling up at a refinery in Ontario.
View ArticleConcerns Raised On Nuclear Plant Evacuation Plan
The U.S. Government Accountability Office earlier this year issued a report citing the possible need for more planning outside the standard 10-mile emergency zone surrounding nuclear power plants ....
View ArticleDOE Ends LNG Export Approval Moratorium
Pending applications were put on hold while the DOE/FE awaited the outcome of the LNG Study, which was performed by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) and NERA Economic Consulting (NERA)...
View ArticleVote To Determine Fate Of Falmouth Wind Turbines
"We have got to come up with alternative power sources and stop burning fossil fuels," Laird said. "There's no question we have to do that. But I'm not sure that putting a wind turbine you can't make a...
View ArticleQEWC, QPI And QH Form $1bn Company To Invest In Power And Water Sector...
Qatar: Qatar Electricity and Water Company (QEWC) , Qatar Petroleum International (QPI) , and Qatar Holding (QH) signed a Shareholders' Agreement to incorporate a new Qatari shareholding company that...
View ArticleIran Has Funds To Develop South Pars
Iran will invest $16 billion in development of the offshore South Pars gas complex over the next 10 months, a natural gas company director said.
View ArticleInterior Releases Updated Draft Rule For Hydraulic Fracturing On Public And...
As part of the Obama Administration's all-of-the-above strategy to support safe and responsible domestic energy production, the Department of the Interior recently announced the release of an updated...
View ArticleLibyan Gas Complex Attacked By Militants
Militants stole as many as 20 military vehicles when they raided the Mellitah oil and natural gas complex in western Libya, a military leader said.
View ArticleEgypt Resumes Wind Expansion With Auction
It also coincides with resumed building work of NREA's 200MW wind project using 2MW turbines from Spain's Gamesa and towers from El Sewedy Wind Energy Generation (SWEG) . Egypt leads the North...
View ArticleOil Production Starts Offshore Vietnam
Canadian company Talisman Energy said it expects to produce 15,000 barrels of oil per day from its newly launched development offshore Vietnam.
View ArticleMore Oil Pipeline Capacity Planned For Texas
A 95-mile pipeline extension from western Oklahoma and the Texas panhandle will carry as much as 75,000 barrels of oil per day, a pipeline company said.
View ArticleEU Destroys Competitiveness - Throws Away 1.1 Billion Euros Per Day
More wind energy will increase Europe's competitiveness, which is being undermined by increasing fossil fuel import costs....
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