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Lightning in Humid Regions Could Be Harvested for Energy

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 02 September 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Energia, English

Move over solar, wind and wave power — there’s a new renewable on the block. Researchers are experimenting with devices that can pull electricity from the air.

Arctic: Greenland happy to be the new oil frontier

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 28 August 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Comercio Internacional, Energia, English

The rain was tipping down today on the cluster of multicoloured buildings in the heart of the capital of Greenland but there was no dampening the spirits of Nuuk’s residents following news that hydrocarbons had been found.

Plan Seeks 100 Pct Renewable Energy in Australia in Ten Years

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 25 August 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Comercio Internacional, Energia, English

The tipping point for climate change, after which many of its most destructive effects will become irreversible, strongly suggests that atmospheric CO2 must be reduced from its current level of 390 ppm to “well below 350 ppm‚ significantly closer to pre-industrial concentrations of 285 ppm,” according to a recent report by Beyond Zero Emissions, an [...]

Egypt: oil and gas reserves up to 18 billion barrels

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 22 August 2010 | 3 Comments
Categories: Comercio Internacional, Energia, English

Egyptian reserves of oil and natural gas have risen to 18.3 billion barrels in (2009-2010) in what makes the proven reserves rise to 20 billion barrels in the next two years, Egyptian Petroleum Authority (EPA) said Saturday.

Portugal Now Gets 45% of its Electricity From Renewable Energy

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 20 August 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Energia, English

The new power plants, mostly wind and hydro, will add a small percentage to ratepayers bills (about 5% more than the US average electricity rate rises of around 6% a year) but within a decade that initial investment expense should be gone, and ongoing rates will be much lower, due to the fuel-free nature of [...]