The cost of gas set to soar
DOMESTIC gas bills are expected to soar this winter as the future cost of gas hits record highs. The price of gas for delivery in October is currently 66p a therm, a 75% premium on this point last year.
Energy Infrastructure
When PR goes nuclear
Thorough examination of how the nuclear industry in the UK has used climate fears to resurrected itself – with lots of help from PR agencies, ex-ministers and other highly paid pillars of the establishment.
U.S. places large bet on pipeline
American-backed plans to build a nearly 1,100-mile-long oil pipeline from the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean are about to go from what skeptics once called a “pipe dream” to a reality.
Billion barrel baby–But is it enough?
You might think that the last thing on the mind of someone sitting on a newly discovered billion-barrel oil find would be alternative fuels. You would be wrong.
UK: Wave, wind, sun and tide a powerful mix
Research at Oxford University shows that intermittent renewables, combined with domestic combined heat and power (dCHP) could dependably provide the bulk of Britain’s electricity.
The growing consensus is that only new nuclear power can plug that gap without contributing to global warming.
But a new report indicates that a judicious mix of intermittent renewables – wave, wind, sun and tide – could supply over half of UK electricity.
USA plans to expand military presence in Azerbaijan, promises $100mil for Caspian guard
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld visited Azerbaijan (an Asian republic of the former USSR) on April 12th. It became Rumsfeld’s second visit to the republic in four months — that is why it can hardly be treated as a formal visit of no particular importance.
Report (draft): Global Energy Demand and Capacity Building in Saudi Arabia’s Petroleum Sector
Release of draft report examining global demand and supply balance, Saudi reserves, current production capacity and planned investments, infrastructure security, and Saudi government revenue constraints on infrastructure spending.
NZ: Chance to turn the tide of power supply
The anticipated power crisis in Auckland can be circumvented by careful, innovative planning and the deployment of tidal-current turbines, claims retired Professor Dr Anthony Bellve.
Pipedreams To Prosperity
The Iran-Pakistan-India oil pipeline and its proposed extension to southwestern China will radically transform the relationship between these countries.
Are we re-entering the dark ages?
Worldwide, populations are suffering from poor levels of energy investment and ageing power plants. The research calculates that about $12.7 trillion (£6.7tn) of investment, greater than the entire US annual economic output, is understood to be needed globally to meet an expected doubling in electricity consumption through 2030.
Why Our Food is So Dependent on Oil
Excellent review of the current cheap-oil-energy and material intensity of UK food production and makes a good case for relocalisation as integral to improving the situation.
Geo-Green dreams
If Geo-Green ideas are unchallenged, we will watch tragedy unfold as unsustainable proposals continue to be written as energy policy in Washington D.C., with billions spent on blind industry wish fulfillment.