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With energy bills for the average UK resident rising dramatically this summer, politicians and citizens alike have been looking ahead toward the winter months with growing apprehension. Writing in a guest commentary on the site MoneySavingExpert.com this week, Prime Minister David Cameron and Energy and Climate Secretary Chris Huhne
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For a fascinating and in-depth — if also somewhat despair-inducing — account of efforts to build a modern energy infrastructure in Afghanistan, be sure to check out Glenn Zorpette’s article in this month’s IEEE Spectrum. “Re-engineering Afghanistan” illustrates more vividly than any whitepaper the vast assortment of obstacles (sadly, far
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With some already likening our energy challenges to a war, it seems appropriate that the US Department of Energy (DOE) is now preparing a regular, strategic review of energy technologies similar to the Defense Department’s Quadrennial Defense Review. Released today, the first-ever Quadrennial Technology Review (DOE-QTR) assesses the DOE’
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My skepticism alarm goes off whenever I see a news story or press release cross my newsfeed with some headline to the effect of, “Wind energy (or solar energy or energy efficiency) not worth the investment.” And the bells started ringing loudly today when I came across a wire story
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New improvements to Kuwait’s largest power plant have added about 10 percent of capacity to the nation’s grid, ensuring that the country is better able to meet peak electricity demand during the hot summer months. The Sabiya plant recently activated six advanced-technology gas turbine-generators from GE that are
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The decision by 28 International Energy Agency (IEA) member countries to release 60 million barrels of oil in the coming month to compensate for supply disruptions caused by the conflict in Libya has had an immediate effect on crude’s trading price. However, don’t look for it to result
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British officials see the need for a massive investment in the country’s energy infrastructure in the near future. The government today published a final version of its Energy National Policy Statements (NPSs) in advance of their scheduled debate in Parliament. The statements highlight the need for a “surge of
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Coal consumption: up. Oil consumption (and prices): up. Hydro, solar, wind, geothermal and biofuel consumption: all up. Carbon dioxide emissions: up. An improving (though it didn’t feel like it in some places) global economy last year caused growth in all things energy-related as well, according to the just-released 60th
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Faced with the growing reality that energy insecurity threatens national and international “regular” security, military organizations around the world are working to conserve energy, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adopt alternative fuels. In the US, the Department of Defense is waging an increasing aggressive “green war” that encompasses everything from
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How do you transform the energy system of a nation of 300 million people? The US Department of Energy (DOE) has outlined a strategic plan to help the country catch up with — and, it hopes, leap past — other parts of the world now leading in the clean-energy development race. The
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Reducing the military’s dependence on fossil fuels would not only make it easier to provide supplies in a war zone but could save the lives of many soldiers, according to a renewable energy company executive whose firm focuses on security and international aid markets. Speaking at the European Defence
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Here’s a question for you: What is the best way for the energy and technology industries to overcome irrational opposition? The problem of non-fact-based thinking appears to be snowballing, just when we need clear, logical heads more than ever. Instead, we have US Republicans who seem beyond-eager to eliminate