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1 Utility Company Gives Clean Coal A Shot

Duke just announced that it has brought a 618 megawatt coal gasification plant in Indiana on line. The facility will emit 70% less EPA-regulated pollutants, and 50% less carbon dioxide per megawatt...

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WPZ Seeks Pipeline Growth Approval

Through their subsidiaries, Cabot, Piedmont Natural Gas and WGL own a share of 25%, 24% and 10%, respectively....

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One Real Question, Is How Much Energy Did This "Investment" Produce?

From my perspective, the solar industry has always been about people hearing what they want to hear, and very little about addressing the fossil fuel disaster we are now well into experiencing....

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Finavera Reports Results Of Annual General And Special Shareholder Meeting

Pattern currently operates approximately 1,000 MW of installed wind energy capacity in North America and Puerto Rico . The Company's full development pipeline exceeds 3,000 MW of renewable energy and...

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Indian Nuclear Power Plant Get Green Light Amid Regulatory Risks

The Kudankulam nuclear power plant in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu has finally begun operationsfollowing a landmark Supreme Court of India ruling approving the project....

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Egat Chief Looks To Start Of Coal-Fired Power Plant In Dawei By Year-End

The governor of the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand yesterday said he hoped plans for the Dawei power-generation plant, which had been submitted to the Myanmar government, would be...

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Shell Sells Ekofisk Crude; Urals Blend Advances To 10-Month High

Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) sold North Sea Ekofisk crude, the second cargo to trade this year, at a bigger premium than the previous trade. No bids or offers were made for Russian Urals after the...

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Comox Valley Coal Mine Critic Standing By His Math

Mr Mike Bell co chair of the Sierra Club Comox Valley said that I'd like to thank Ms Nina Usherwood for her letter on the size of the Compliance Energy's Raven Mine waste pile. However, I disagree with...

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Keystone Seen Failing To Sop Up Canada Oil Glut

Even if U.S. President Barack Obama approves the Keystone XL pipeline, Canadian crude oil probably will remain the cheapest in the world, hampering expansion of the country's largest export industry.

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TVA Indefinitely Delays Bellefonte Nuclear Project

The Tennessee Valley Authority ( TVA ) last week indefinitely delayed new construction on its Bellefonte Nuclear Plant in Alabama, saying it had slashed the project's budget by 64% and would reduce...

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BG Group Looking To Partner Up For Proposed West Coast LNG Project

The U.K.'s BG Group PLC says it expects to own less than 50% of a liquefied natural gas project proposed for Canada's West Coast....

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Leaks Overshadow Japan's New Nuclear Rules

High levels of two radioactive substances have been found in a well holding groundwater at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, a disclosure that came on the same day that Japan's nuclear...

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Niger's Worst Power Cuts In Years Threaten Economy

Uranium accounts for 61 percent of Niger's exports, and Somair made up two-third of the 4,500 tonnes produced last year. "This energy crisis is going to have an impact on economic growth," said Cherif...

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Canada's Envoy Says Keystone Denial Won't Block Mining

Heavy oil from Alberta will be developed with or without the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, though the fuel will be delivered to market using less efficient means, Canada's ambassador to the U.S. said.

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FTS International And Cabot Oil & Gas Use Natural Gas To Power Equipment For...

FTS International Software Developer Peter Ballard and Electronics Technician Chris Hightower (foreground) are part of the FTSI team working on the company's dual fuel project.

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Statoil Makes Second Flemish Pass Basin Oil Discovery

Statoil has made the company's second discovery of light, high-quality oil in the Flemish Pass basin offshore Newfoundland but said it cannot yet judge the find's resource potential.

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Oil Minister Denies Allegations Of Favouring RIL

Strongly refuting allegations of favouring Reliance Industries, Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily today hit back at CPI leader Gurudas Dasgupta saying the Left MP was being swayed by vested interests to...

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Atlas Energy Downgraded By Zacks To Neutral

Atlas Energy, Inc., formerly Atlas America, Inc., is an independent developer and producer of natural gas and oil, with operations in the Appalachian Basin, the Michigan Basin and the Illinois Basin....

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Noble Energy Confirms Deepwater Oil Field Offshore At Gunflint In Gulf Of Mexico

The second Noble Energy Inc. (NYSE: NBL) appraisal well at the Gunflint field in the Gulf of Mexico found 109 ft (33 m) of net oil pay.

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BG Group Seeks Canada LNG Export License

BG Group has applied with Canadian authorities for a license to export liquefied natural gas, capitalizing on abundant supplies in North America.

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