About 6.7 billion yuan $1 billion was “misappropriated” during the construction of a long-distance electricity grid in China last year, the country’s top auditing office said this week. The government report—which details the use of fake invoices and […]
Well, it’s finally happened. Last September, according to the calculations of the Energy Information Administration, China passed the United States as the world’s largest importer of oil products. The crossing of paths […]
Since thicker coal seams that are closer to the surface are often first excavated, mining costs tend to rise over time. While new discoveries of low-cost mines and technological advancements will keep […]
Recently, BP ruled itself out from drilling shale gas in the UK because it may “attract the wrong kind of public attention” [1]. In 2013 new studies estimated huge shale potential in […]
Two of the world’s first coal-fired power plants with integrated carbon capture are nearing completion in Saskatchewan and Mississippi, providing a rare lift for a technology that has languished in recent years. […]
DCS requested that GSI extend the work effort described in our initial Report on a Preliminary Investigation of Ground-Level Ambient Methane Levels in Manhattan, New York City, New York (16 December 2012) […]
If you’ve been following the evolution of the LED markets (and who hasn’t?) you will note that there are a lot of different players in the mass market lighting space. One of […]
Across the United States, economics are increasingly favoring investment in renewable energy at the expense of dirty coal energy. As the price of solar dips below coal and even natural gas in […]
Renewables prices have been falling precipitously over the past five years as government research and incentives have encouraged and excited deployment. There has been exponential growth, firstly with wind and now solar, throughout […]
Ethane is a hydrocarbon with a molecular structure C2H6, and belongs to the group of natural gas liquids (or NGLs). NGLs include ethane, propane (C4H8), n-butane (C4H10), iso-butane (C4H10), and natural gasoline […]
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