ENERGY TECH - NANO DAILY

Nanotrees harvest the sun's energy to turn water into hydrogen fuel

Mar 09, 2012 (SPX)

University of California, San Diego electrical engineers are building a forest of tiny nanowire trees in order to cleanly capture solar energy without using fos...

Nigerian oil zone faces renewed insurgency

Mar 09, 2012 (UPI)

Armed militants in Nigeria's main oil-producing region appear to be cranking up an old insurgency targeting foreign oil companies as the West African giant seek...

Natural Gas Companies Respond to Investor Concerns

Mar 09, 2012 (SPX)

Four companies, EOG Resources, Noble Energy, PennVirginia Corporation and Stone Energy, have responded to shareholder concerns and are improving transparency ar...

Metamaterials may advance with new femtosecond laser technique

Mar 09, 2012 (SPX)

Researchers in applied physics have cleared an important hurdle in the development of advanced materials, called metamaterials, that bend light in unusual ways....

Energy potential for New York City's trash

Mar 09, 2012 (UPI)

New York City aims to convert its garbage into energy. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has called for bids from private companies to build a pilot "state-of-th...

Overcoming the energy squeeze

Mar 09, 2012 (SPX)

A polymer is a mesh of chains, which slowly break over time due to the pressure from ordinary wear and tear. When a polymer is squeezed, the pressure breaks che...

We need energy storage for the energy revolution

Mar 09, 2012 (SPX)

Until now, energy storage has mainly been used in devices such as mobile phones or notebook computers. Energy experts say this is going to change. As the use of...

'Green' light bulb to come at hefty price

Mar 09, 2012 (UPI)

A "green" light bulb that won a U.S. government award of $10 million may have trouble attracting buyers because of its $50 price tag, retailers say. The light-e...

US Senate rejects oil pipeline plans

Mar 08, 2012 (AFP)

The US Senate voted down Thursday a measure to start building the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline between Canada and the Gulf Coast of Texas despite Pres...

China's diplomacy juggle in Sudan-S.Sudan oil crisis

Mar 08, 2012 (AFP)

As former foes Sudan and South Sudan try to break a long running deadlock over a furious oil dispute, economic giant China is forced into a difficult juggling o...

Libya's oil-rich east declares autonomy

Mar 08, 2012 (UPI)

The declaration of an autonomous region in Cyrenaica in eastern Libya, which contains most of the country's oil, is the most serious threat to central authority...

US, Philippines set joint military exercises

Mar 07, 2012 (AFP)

The Philippines said Wednesday it would hold large-scale military exercises with the United States next month near an area where it is locked in a tense sea ter...

Piracy peril for West Africa's oil boom

Mar 07, 2012 (UPI)

A sharp increase in pirate attacks in the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa is threatening plans to double oil production from 4 million barrels a day amid a swell...

Oil prices rebound on fresh concern over Iran

Mar 07, 2012 (AFP)

World oil prices rebounded Wednesday on lingering concerns over Western efforts to rein in the nuclear programme of major crude producer Iran. The energy market...

Oil prices mixed as Iran risks weigh

Mar 06, 2012 (AFP)

Oil prices were mixed in Asian trade Tuesday as traders weighed geopolitical tensions over crude producer Iran's nuclear programme and weak economic data from E...

Sudan's warning shots as oil crisis talks with South resume

Mar 06, 2012 (AFP)

It is a sight the South Sudanese hoped had gone for good: twisted metal shards embedded in thigh-deep bomb craters left by an airstrike blamed on former foes in...

Oil prices slide on eurozone worries, easing Iran tension

Mar 06, 2012 (AFP)

Oil prices slid on Tuesday, mirroring heavy losses on European equity markets in the wake of weak eurozone economic data and amid an easing of tensions over the...

South Korea clinches Emirates oil deal

Mar 06, 2012 (UPI)

South Korea has signed a deal to develop three oil fields in the United Arab Emirates. Under the deal signed Monday, a consortium led by state-owned Korea Natio...

Use of microfluidic chips a first in bitumen-gas analysis

Mar 06, 2012 (SPX)

University of Toronto research team has developed a process to analyze the behavior of bitumen in reservoirs using a microfluidic chip, a tool commonly associat...

UK scientists develop optimum piezoelectric energy harvesters

Mar 06, 2012 (SPX)

Scientists working as part of the Metrology for Energy Harvesting Project have developed a new model to deliver the maximum power output for piezoelectric energ...