ENERGY TECH - NANO DAILY

Low-carbon hybrid energy critical to China's energy solutions

Feb 15, 2013 (SPX)

A low-carbon solution to high-carbon energy resources such as coal is proposed by their high efficient integration with either nuclear or renewable energy, whic...

Construction starts on ED5-PVH Project

Feb 15, 2013 (SPX)

Western gave the green light to start work on a transmission line and substation to connect the renewable-rich zone south of Phoenix, Ariz., with the Palo Verde...

Cheap, strong lithium-ion battery developed at USC

Feb 14, 2013 (SPX)

Researchers at USC have developed a new lithium-ion battery design that uses porous silicon nanoparticles in place of the traditional graphite anodes to provide...

Euro Parliament panel exempts shale gas from beefed-up rules

Feb 14, 2013 (UPI)

Backers of shale gas scored a victory this week when a European Parliament committee exempted the industry from beefed-up environmental impact assessments. The ...

Can Leak Detection End the Pipeline Impasse

Feb 14, 2013 (SPX)

Pipelines used to be things that were just built without blinking. It is said that there are enough pipelines now in the US to encircle the Earth 25 times with ...

IEA to improve Chinese oil demand stats

Feb 14, 2013 (UPI)

The International Energy Agency says it will change its method of calculating China's oil demand. Previously, IEA calculated apparent demand as the sum of Chine...

Quebec plans oil exploration program

Feb 14, 2013 (UPI)

Quebec plans to partner with private sector interests in an oil exploration program on Anticosti Island in the Canadian province. "These agreements with private...

Aubrey McClendon and the Destruction of the Natural Gas Market

Feb 14, 2013 (SPX)

Aubrey McClendon is gone - or at least he's on his way out from Chesapeake energy (CHK). But the destruction of the natural gas market, where he was the ringlea...

Fracking fluid spews from Colo. gas well

Feb 14, 2013 (UPI)

At least 84,000 gallons of water contaminated with hydraulic fracturing chemicals spilled from a broken well-head in northern Colorado, authorities say. A mecha...

Russia to tap global LNG market

Feb 14, 2013 (Voice of Russia)

Russia is ramping up the production of liquefied natural gas. The Russian JSC Gazprom has completed the development of a project to build a LNG-production facil...

Queensland approves shale development

Feb 13, 2013 (UPI)

The Queensland, Australia, government has approved the development of the oil shale sector under strict environmental conditions. The approval gives the green l...

New wave of unrest imperils Mideast energy

Feb 13, 2013 (UPI)

The consequences of the January takeover of an Algerian natural gas complex by Islamist militants could be far-reaching because it endangers supply, the Interna...

Increasing Power Generation from Municipal Solid Waste in Brazil

Feb 13, 2013 (SPX)

Brazil's economic development and environmental awareness have created a favorable scenario for the generation of power from municipal solid waste. Technologica...

Minister claims Lebanon faces 'conspiracy' over gas fields

Feb 13, 2013 (UPI)

As Lebanon's political leaders and sectarian chieftains squabble over who will control the Energy Ministry and the oil and gas bonanza in the eastern Mediterran...

Shell India plans floating LNG plant

Feb 12, 2013 (UPI)

Shell India will invest $1 billion for a floating liquefied natural gas terminal off the coast of India. The company is building the facility on the port of Kak...

Iraqi pipeline attacks raise fears of threat to oil

Feb 12, 2013 (UPI)

Fifteen soldiers were killed this week guarding an oil pipeline in northern Iraq, the first assault to involve so many casualties amid concerns an al-Qaida insu...

New batteries can recharge in 10 minutes

Feb 12, 2013 (UPI)

Researchers in California say they've developed a lithium-ion battery using nanoparticles that has more energy capacity and recharges more quickly. Scientists a...

New Delhi orders probe on gas pricing

Feb 12, 2013 (UPI)

New Delhi's government called for a criminal probe of charges against federal oil minister Veerappa Moily, Reliance Industries Ltd.'s Chairman and Managing Dire...

Chinese coal cuts to affect Australia

Feb 11, 2013 (UPI)

China's projected reduction of coal consumption will have an effect on Australia, experts say. Estimates by Kieran Davies, an economist at Barclays Bank, show t...

Venezuela devalues again amid downturn

Feb 11, 2013 (UPI)

Venezuela's latest devaluation of national currency bolivar dealt a new blow to the country's trading partners, including the United States, and was seen as a s...