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Responsible drilling is impossible, an opinion…

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 31 May 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Comercio Internacional, Energia, English

U.S. President Barack Obama has said that “domestic oil production is an important part of our overall strategy for energy security, but I’ve always said it must be done responsibly for the safety of our workers and our environment.”But that’s just it, we cannot protect our environment when we are extracting oil 1,500 metres underwater. [...]

USA remains most attractive country for renewable energy

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 12 December 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Energia, English

The quarterly Renewable energy country attractiveness indices provide scores for national renewable energy markets, infrastructures and their suitability for individual technologies. The weighting in the latest rankings has been amended to give 68% for wind (both onshore and offshore), 15% for solar (PV and CSP) and 17% for biomass and other renewable energy technologies.

U.S.-China Clean Energy Announcements

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 22 November 2009 | 1 Comment
Categories: Comercio Internacional, Energia, English

The announcements include the creation of an Energy Research Center, initiatives on electric vehicles and shale gas initiative amogst others:

El Petróleo del Ártico II….

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 31 May 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Energia, English

Complementando mi post anterior, incluyo esta información acerca del “mapeo” del petróleo y gas del ártico que ya realizaron expertos. Si bien son estimaciones muy generales con rangos amplísimos, vemos que el tema está ya en la discusión donde Rusia y Estados Unidos tienen las mejores posibilidades (English).

What to do with Ethanol?

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 17 February 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Artículos, Energia, English

(New York Times) Barely a year after Congress enacted an energy law meant to foster a huge national enterprise capable of converting plants and agricultural wastes into automotive fuel, the goals lawmakers set for the ethanol industry are in serious jeopardy.