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New all-solid sulfur-based battery outperforms lithium-ion technology
Jun 07, 2013 (SPX)
Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have designed and tested an all-solid lithium-sulfur battery with approximately four time...
Stanford scientists create novel silicon electrodes that improve lithium-ion batteries
Jun 06, 2013 (SPX)
Stanford University scientists have dramatically improved the performance of lithium-ion batteries by creating novel electrodes made of silicon and conducting p...
Bringing cheaper, 'greener' lighting to market with inkjet-printed hybrid quantum dot LEDs
Jun 06, 2013 (SPX)
It's not easy going green. For home lighting applications, organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) hold the promise of being both environmentally friendly and ver...
East Med gas complicates regional rivalries
Jun 05, 2013 (UPI)
Energy Minister Gebran Bassil gleefully boasts every chance he gets of the 30 trillion cubic feet of gas he says lie in just 10 percent of Lebanese waters. But ...
Australia on course for a shale bonanza?
Jun 05, 2013 (UPI)
Australia may have more than a sextillion cubic feet of shale gas resources, a new study indicates, more than double the size of current estimates. But the rese...
Oil prices down in Asia as weaker China data weighs
Jun 04, 2013 (AFP)
Oil prices fell in Asian trade Tuesday as data showing weak manufacturing activity in China suggested growth in the world's second largest economy was slowing. ...
Intelligent street lights adapt to conditions in Finland
Jun 04, 2013 (SPX)
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a dimmable LED street light that consumes significantly less energy than current lighting systems, while ...
Iraq offers oil to cash-strapped Sudan, Khartoum says
Jun 04, 2013 (AFP)
Iraq has agreed to provide cash-strapped Sudan with oil while deferring payment, Khartoum's investment minister said on Wednesday. Sudan lost most of its own oi...
Germany shelves 'fracking' draft law for now
Jun 04, 2013 (AFP)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives on Tuesday dropped plans for a draft law on "fracking" for the time being amid concerns by some coalition allies...
No peak coal for China until 2030?
Jun 04, 2013 (UPI)
China's thermal coal demand is expected to double by 2030, says a new report. Wood Mackenzie, in its "'China: The Illusion of Peak Coal," report notes even thou...
US renews exemptions to Iran oil sanctions
Jun 04, 2013 (AFP)
China and India on Wednesday were again exempted from US sanctions aimed at choking off Iran's oil exports after significantly cutting back on purchases of crud...
US eyes progress on South China Sea tensions
Jun 04, 2013 (AFP)
A US official on Wednesday voiced hope that China and Southeast Asian nations will start talks soon on a code of conduct to resolve disputes over the South Chin...
EP panel OKs stricter reporting rules for extractive industries
Jun 03, 2013 (UPI)
Oil and natural gas companies would have to disclose additional details of payments made to national governments under legislation backed by a European Parliame...
Britain group massively hikes shale gas estimate
Jun 03, 2013 (AFP)
British exploration company IGas Energy on Monday said it believed it was sitting on a far bigger amount of shale gas than thought, ahead of controversial drill...
China's Xi talks energy in Trinidad
Jun 01, 2013 (AFP)
Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks on the Asian giant's energy needs with leaders of Trinidad and Tobago, as he prepared to wrap up Sunday his first stop o...
US targets Iran petrochemical industry
May 31, 2013 (AFP)
The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on Iran's petrochemical industry, vowing to target more of the Islamic regime's sources of revenue after curbing i...
Petrobras mulls reducing energy role in Argentina
May 31, 2013 (UPI)
Concern over Argentina's mercurial policy on foreign investments is pushing regional business entrepreneurs toward caution and or keeping them away from the Lat...
Canada's westernmost province rejects pipeline to Pacific
May 31, 2013 (AFP)
Canada's westernmost British Columbia province on Friday rejected a proposed pipeline to move crude from the oil sands of Alberta province to the Pacific coast,...
Vietnam slams 'groundless' maritime claims
May 31, 2013 (AFP)
Vietnam on Friday slammed "groundless" territorial claims in Asian waters and called for self-restraint among nations involved in disputes. Speaking at a securi...
OPEC moves towards holding output
May 30, 2013 (AFP)
OPEC appears set to maintain its output ceiling after Venezuela suggested Thursday that there was agreement among member nations to keep the status quo, on the ...
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