A team from the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a novel, environmentally friendly low-cost battery. The new aluminum-graphite dual-ion battery (AGDIB) Continue Reading
The continuous slowdown of China’s economy does not mean the country will be unable to reach its target of maintaining an at least 6.5-percent growth during the next five years, Continue Reading
Advocacy group Bold Nebraska, which helped take on the Keystone XL pipeline, declared victory after state leaders passed a measure to control oil and gas waste. The Nebraska Legislature passed Continue Reading
Approval of a wind-energy research plan in the federal waters off Virginia’s coast is a pathway to commercial sector development, the state’s governor said. The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Continue Reading
The provincial government of Alberta said it was freezing salaries for the next two years in an effort to address lingering economic pressures. The government said it was freezing salaries Continue Reading
Many U.S. states are considering dialing back solar-power incentives amid growing pressure from local electric utilities, potentially dealing a blow to the companies that install home solar systems around the Continue Reading
In the poorest parts of the world, energy is scarce. That is why some scientists are excited about the prospect of generating electricity from urine. Human waste, after all, is Continue Reading
Meridian Energy Group expects to use a fee-based business model at a 55,000 b/d refinery it plans to build in North Dakota, CEO William Prentice said Wednesday. The start-up company Continue Reading
Persistent low oil prices have lead to slower business in much of North Dakota’s Bakken oil fields. The collapse of U.S. oil and gas investment could have… More than a Continue Reading
He’d borrowed from banks and investors and retirement funds, all in a frenzied mission to drill for oil and gas, and by the time Terry Swift realized he’d gone too Continue Reading
