Imagine a photovoltaic cell or module that actually produces and stores energy, acting as a battery and producing power even after dark. New research into silicon-based supercapacitors at Vanderbilt University shows that it’s possible. […]
Andrew Bolt, damned statistics, and climate change
Climate sceptics and denialists put forward many arguments to support their views that climate change is not a big issue. A core argument has been that warming has stopped over the past […]
Brazil Grapples with Biofuel Supply Glut
Brazil is eyeing a 5% increase in biodiesel requirements in January 2014 and up to a 10% increase in biodiesel requirements for 2020 as the country deals with a supply glut. The […]
Fuel Crises and Choices
“You’re hitting your head against a stone wall,” his advisors told him. A revolution and hostage taking in Iran destabilized global oil and energy markets. An accident at Three Mile Island halted […]
Then and Now: Mapping Fuel Choice in the 21st Century
Although we face similar energy challenges, crises, and opportunities we did in the late 1970s, things like climate change, globalization and the digital era have fundamentally changed the way we actually approach […]
What Utility Planners Need to Know About Solar
The road to bringing more distributed solar into the utility resource mix runs through long-term planners. Solar complicates utility planning decisions, according to the findings presented in Treatment of Solar Generation in […]
International shale plays likely to face water shortfalls
Lack of sufficient water for hydraulic fracturing may impede international growth of oil and gas production from tight formations. via Fuel Fix http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/11/08/international-shale-plays-likely-to-face-water-shortfalls/
Friggin’ in the Riggin’: Traders Claim Oil Price Manipulation
Before we start with this weeks news please do take a moment to look at our latest presentation which analyzes various developments taking place within oil & gas and predicts 5 areas […]
Top Climatologist Slams Science Magazine For Getting The Extreme Weather Story Very Wrong
Climate change makes many extreme weather events more frequent and intense, such as heatwaves, droughts, wildfires and superstorms, according to a growing body of literature. That’s why so many climate scientists and […]
More corn grown in U.S. this year than ever before. Thanks, biofuels.
Cars and cows are slurping up the largest corn crop ever grown in the U.S. With the fall corn harvest three-quarters done, traders are anticipating a yield of about 14 billion bushels, Bloomberg […]
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