CZTSe Solar Cells Achieve 9.7% Efficiency
A Copper Zinc Tin Selenide (CZTSe) solar cell technology has achieved an efficiency of 9.7% and an open-circuit voltage of 0.41 volts, a bit less than the 0.5 volts that most silicon-based solar cells...
View ArticleTime To Eliminate Ethanol Mandate
It's hard to justify keeping a failed program up and running. At some point, you have to recognize it's a mistake and pull the plug. That's where we stand right now with the federal ethanol mandate ....
View ArticleOpportunity Amid Uncertainty In Egypt
1P, 2P, and 3P represent proven, probable, and possible reserves, respectively. Reserve data is provided to the company by DeGolyer and MacNaughton Canada Limited, an independent petroleum engineering...
View ArticleTAPI's Search For Lead Consortium Partner Continues
The much-awaited Turkmenistan-Afghanistan- Pakistan -India (TAPI) gas pipeline's future is again stuck as the search for a global energy major as lead consortium partner is facing a rough weather due...
View ArticleShale Gas, Gasland, And Truthiness
I should have been pleased to hear that Gasland II is coming out. It took only a brief viewing of Josh Fox's original Gasland to move me to tears-of laughter. He employs a number of fairly transparent...
View ArticleJennifer Lopez Sparks Controversy After Performing For Dictator
The representative went on to say that the request for the birthday song was made at the last minute by China National Petroleum Corp., which paid for and put on the event....
View ArticleState's Solar Credit Program Reaches Turning Point
After reaching two major milestones this spring, the rise of solar power in Massachusetts is at a crossroads as state regulators wrestle with how to keep the industry humming along while trimming the...
View Article1 "Pie In The Sky" Idea To Save Coal
Environmentalists call it a dirty fuel, while Santa Claus uses it to punish naughty little boys and girls. That really is a shame because coal has the power to produce a lot of energy, as well as...
View ArticleMoily In Iraq To Expand Cooperation In Energy Sector
Besides, Indian Oil Corp (IOC) has been training Iraqi oil officials in downstream refining and marketing. Moily will formally inaugurate the 17th session of India-Iraq Joint Commission tomorrow with...
View ArticleSchlumberger And The Oil Industry
It was also driven by the ambition of the Ministry of Energy, the Petroleum Commission and then the National Petroleum Company setting up and giving us the opportunity to prove what we can do as a...
View ArticleSolar Plane Flies Coast To Coast
According to a report in Live Science, a solar-powered plane has made a trans-continental flight tour across the United States, starting in San Francisco, stopping in several cites, before landing at...
View ArticleFeds Bar New Mining Claims In Solar Energy Zones
Federal officials have taken another step toward establishing 17 new "solar energy zones" on public lands in the West by barring new mining claims that could impede renewable energy development on the...
View ArticleQuebec Disaster Spurs Rail-Versus-Pipelines Debate On Oil
A train disaster in Quebec promises to touch off a debate over the safety record of using railroads or pipelines such as TransCanada Corp.'s Keystone XL to carry crude oil.
View ArticleWas Nuclear The Right Decision For SCE&G?
The most likely others are two reactors under construction across the Savannah River near Augusta at Southern Nuclear's Vogtle nuclear power station ....
View ArticleSolar, Wind Power Gain Over Nuclear Power In China, Says German Official
It also quoted He Yu, chairman of the China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group, as saying that, with a capacity of 58GW by 2020, nuclear energy would comprise less than 4 per cent of generating capacity....
View ArticleOman Oil Marketing Plans New Terminal At Duqm Port
Oman Oil Marketing Co (OOMCO) has announced plans to set up a large distribution terminal and start a bunkering business at the Port of Duqm, Muscat Daily has reported. "We are in the process of...
View ArticleQuebec Rail Disaster Shines Critical Light On Oil-By-rail Boom
By Scott Haggett, Dave Sherwood and Cezary Podkul (Reuters) - The deadly train derailment in Quebec this weekend is set to bring intense scrutiny to the dramatic growth in North America of shipping...
View ArticleBiofuel Investments At Seven-Year Low As BP Blames Cost
BP Plc (BP/) and Royal Dutch Shell (RDSA) Group Plc have halted funds for four separate ventures because the technology to produce fuel from woody plants and waste won't be economical until 2020 or...
View ArticleFG To Generate 4,000MW Electricity From Coal
To address the country's epileptic power supply situation, the Federal Government has announced plans to generate additional 4,000 megawatts of electricity from coal. This, according to the government,...
View ArticleDeadly Derailment Fuels Crude-By-Rail Concerns
The deadly weekend explosion of a runaway crude-carrying train in Quebec threatens to ratchet up scrutiny of rising crude-by-rail shipments on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border, amid a boom in North...
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