Way back in early 2011, members of the U.N. Security Council had no problem getting a resolution through that authorized military force in Libya ostensibly to protect civilians from attacks by forces loyal to strongman Moammar Gadhafi. The year before, lawmakers on both sides of the Atlantic were bickering over who did what and why [...]
Big Oil is determined to use its astronomical profit levels, courtesy of American taxpayer subsidies thank you very much, to influence the upcoming 2012 election. They have launched a “Vote 4 Energy” campaign in which they will try to persuade voters that it is in their best interest to vote for Republican candidates that will [...]
“Greedy Lying Bastards” is a new feature length documentary, scheduled to be released in 2012, investigating the role the oil industry plays the world over in all facets of people’s lives from politics and economics to the environment. Filmmaker Craig Rosebraugh traveled the globe including Tuvalu, Peru, England, Uganda,Kenya, Belgium, Denmark , Germany and the [...]
As the worlds economy struggles to rebound from the worst recession most of us have seen in our lifetime the price of oil and gas has stayed relatively low. A rebound in the economy and industrial demand will come with an increase in fossil fuel demand and prices at the pump. If there ever was [...]
10,000 American Flags Planted in Front of Washington Monument Washington, D.C. – Today, veterans, union leaders and environmentalists gathered in the shadow of the Washington Monument to call on President Obama to end America’s dependence on oil. Starting as an online campaign planting 50,000 virtual flags, volunteers began last night planting 10,000 actual American flags [...]
Foster Wheeler AG (Nasdaq: FWLT) announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Power Group has been awarded a contract to design, supply and provide site advisory services for two sets of solar steam generators (preheaters, kettle type evaporators, superheaters and reheaters) as well as low pressure and high pressure feedwater heaters. The contract was [...]
In 1901 in a dusty field in Texas the Lucas ‘Gusher’ blew oil 150 ft into the air. The area where it erupted became the world’s first major oil field – ‘Spindletop’. This flood of oil led to oil prices crashing low enough to compete with other energy technologies. Everything changed. The oil industry boomed [...]
Governments both federal and local need to lead by example when it comes to the adoption of clean energy and particularily promote research and development of solar thermal technology. When it comes to rooftop commercial solar thermal hotwater systems we tend to think of the warmer climates nearer to the equator, however recent advancements in the technology [...]
At a time when many U.S. power companies are trying to design carbon capture systems for their existing coal fired generating plants Florida’s largest utility company is spending money to revitalize a natural gas generator by combining it with Concentrated Solar Thermal technology. In a move that validates the companies stated commitment to reduce their [...]
At the direction of the President, Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson and NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco will return to the Gulf region next week as they continue their work, aggressively responding to the BP oil spill. These officials’ actions on scene will be coordinated by National Incident [...]
A new report from the EIA gives a sobering forecast of the world wide increase in energy consumption that will likely occur in the next 25 years. In light of our troubles trying to fulfill our recession economies need for oil and the ends that that oil and coal demand has driven us this forecast becomes [...]
A recent article by National Public Radio (NPR) highlights how politics, environmentalism and clean energy are not always on the same page. Solar Thermal and PV companies have been investigating how to utilize the Mojave desert’s vast solar resources for years and many have projects in the works to build generating facilities. These plans have all [...]
First Solar Thermal Power Plant in Southeast Asia is Fully Operational
Torresol Energy Launches Commercial Operations of Twin Solar Thermal Plants in Spain
Solar Alliance and SEIA Merge to Establish U.S. Solar policies at the State Level
Thai Deputy Prime Minister Yongyuth Wichaidit Pushes Start Button at First Solar Thermal Power Plant in Thailand
Thai Deputy Prime Minister Yongyuth Wichaidit pushes start button at first solar thermal power plant in Thailand built with Solarlite’s unique technology
New Concentrated Solar Thermal Technology Uses Considerably Resources than any Other CSP technology
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