ENERGY TECH - NANO DAILY

Mar 14, 2013 (SPX)

The energy produced by solar panels, be it heat or electricity, has to be used right away. It is hard to store and preserve and also its transportation can be r...

Oilmen see security problems in Africa

Mar 14, 2013 (UPI)

International oil company chiefs gathered at a recent energy conference in Algiers hailed the protection Algeria's security forces provide the country's vital e...

Iran pipeline to Pakistan tests U.S. stand

Mar 13, 2013 (UPI)

The launch of a controversial $7.5 billion natural gas pipeline from Iran to energy-starved Pakistan, despite U.S. efforts to torpedo the project, could have a ...

Japan extracts seabed methane gas

Mar 13, 2013 (UPI)

Japan has extracted natural gas from methane hydrate from offshore deposits and is believed to be the first country to do so. Methane hydrate, dubbed "burning i...

China plans to survey disputed islands: state media

Mar 12, 2013 (AFP)

Beijing plans to send a survey team to land on small East China Sea islands at the centre of a bitter territorial dispute with Japan, state media reported Tuesd...

Oil prices slip as China concerns eclipse US optimism

Mar 12, 2013 (AFP)

Global oil prices drifted lower on Tuesday, as Chinese economic worries overshadowed last week's upbeat US non-farm payrolls data, dealers said. Brent North Sea...

Japan extracts 'fire ice' gas from seabed

Mar 12, 2013 (AFP)

Japan said Tuesday it had successfully extracted methane hydrate, known as "fire ice", from its seabed, possibly unlocking many years' worth of gas for the reso...

Oil prices fall on China data

Mar 11, 2013 (AFP)

Global oil prices fell on Monday as Chinese industrial production showed signs of a slowdown in the world's biggest energy-consuming nation, analysts said. In l...

Britain, Italy, Greece say hostages killed in Nigeria

Mar 10, 2013 (AFP)

Britain, Italy and Greece on Sunday said that a claim by a Nigerian Islamist group that it had killed seven foreign hostages appeared to be true, while London d...

Venezuela, China vow deeper ties after Chavez death

Mar 09, 2013 (AFP)

Venezuela's new acting president, Nicolas Maduro, held talks with a Chinese delegation on Saturday and the two sides vowed to deepen strategic relations in hono...

Russia muscles in on East Med gas boom

Mar 08, 2013 (UPI)

A new deal by Russia's Gazprom energy giant to market Israeli liquefied natural gas puts Moscow firmly in the burgeoning and contentious east Mediterranean ener...

World leaders at Chavez funeral: Who's Who of US foes

Mar 08, 2013 (AFP)

The gaggle of world leaders paying their last respects to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Friday features a Who's Who list of US foes: Cuba's communist lead...

Oettinger: EU wants Norway natural gas

Mar 08, 2013 (UPI)

Natural gas produced in Norway has a role to play in the European Union's low-carbon energy future, EU Commissioner Gunther Oettinger assured this week. Amid wa...

Iraq parliament approves $119.1 billion budget

Mar 07, 2013 (AFP)

Iraq's parliament approved on Thursday a $119.1 billion (91.6 billion euro) budget for 2013 after weeks of delay, but Kurdish representatives and most members o...

Analytical theory may bring improvements to lithium-ion batteries

Mar 07, 2013 (SPX)

Researchers have shown theoretically how to control or eliminate the formation of "dendrites" that cause lithium-ion batteries to fail, an advance that if reali...

Coal-fired power plants making Europeans sick: report

Mar 07, 2013 (AFP)

Emissions from coal-fired power plants in the European Union contribute to over 18,000 premature deaths a year and cost an annual 42.8 billion euros, a report f...

Bulgaria abandons Russia-Greece oil pipeline project

Mar 07, 2013 (AFP)

Bulgaria's outgoing parliament confirmed on Thursday a government decision to pull out of the long-stalled Burgas Alexandroupolis oil pipeline project. A total ...

Trouble brews for Iran-Pakistan pipeline

Mar 07, 2013 (UPI)

After years of delays and setbacks, not least bitter U.S. opposition, Pakistan is set to start work on its section of a $7.5 billion pipeline that will pump bad...

Peak Oil Is Almost Here and There's No Magic To Counter It

Mar 07, 2013 (SPX)

This where we stand, and it's a fairly bleak view: Peak oil is almost here, and nothing new (with the possible but unlikely exception of Iraq) is coming online ...

Man-made material pushes the bounds of superconductivity

Mar 07, 2013 (SPX)

A multi-university team of researchers has artificially engineered a unique multilayer material that could lead to breakthroughs in both superconductivity resea...