U.S. drillers are idling rigs at a record pace

The U.S. rotary rig count from Baker Hughes was down 48 at 1,310 for the week of February 20, 2015. It is 461 rigs (26.0%) lower than last y...

Fossil fuels still being heavily subsidized

Many people think that renewable energy sources are the ones being heavily subsidized but the latest study published by Worldwatch institute...

Fossil fuels, energy use, climate change and new technologies

World will still rely on fossil fuels this century - New technologies desperately needed to halt climate change impact Climate change is see...

Nuclear energy still extremely important to Japan

Fukushima is still fresh in heads of many Japanese but this doesn't mean that nuclear energy has started seriously losing popularity in ...

Greenhouse emissions growing - World not doing enough

Climate change still remains one of the most pressing environmental and social issues and world leaders are yet to do anything meaningful ab...

Shale gas in Europe – Good as geothermal energy?

Shale gas is natural gas found in shale rock. It has been reported that according to the latest estimates North America has around 1,000 tri...

Nuclear fuel facts

Uranium is a relatively common element that is found throughout the world. It is mined in a number of countries and must be enriched before ...

Quick introduction to energy sources

The energy can take many different forms and this is the main reason why there is a variety of different energy sources. The first thing you...

Energy diversification between US and EU

It is a well known fact that United States and Europe have been following different energy policies over the past 20 years or so. The divers...

Hybrid solar-gas power plants

Natural gas is becoming increasingly popular energy option because of its recent low prices, mostly due to the recent shale gas discoveries....

Coal and gas usage continues to grow on global level

The oil is still the world's most important energy source but the use of coal and natural gas continues to grow in significance, accordi...

Carbon capture and storage can lead to less CO2 emissions

Burning fossil fuels releases large quantities of carbon dioxide, a harmful greenhouse gas which is held mostly responsible for climate chan...

The outlook for nuclear energy in France

Despite the fact that nuclear energy has lost much of its appeal in the last ten years or so, and especially after the Fukushima accident in...

Hydrogen production – nanotechnology boost

Hydrogen is often being mentioned as one of the top energy sources in years to come, and now in the first-ever experiment of its kind scient...

Shale gas - Transitional energy option?

The popularity of coal is rapidly declining in United States, and the main reason for this latest trend has been natural gas, or to be more ...

General energy facts – Part 01

China is the world's largest manufacturer of not only solar panels but also wind turbines. Standard commercial solar panels have a lifes...

Fossil fuels receive more subsidies than renewables

The fossil fuel lobbies like to point to the fact that renewable energy sources are being heavily subsidized. Though this has been pretty mu...

Oil spill facts

An oil spill is an unintentional release of crude oil or refined oil products into the environment. Oil spill is a form of pollution. The te...

US coal facts

Currently, 26 US states produce coal, and the largest coal producing state is Wyoming.Coal is currently the most abundant fossil fuel in Uni...

Global oil facts - statistics

At the end of 2009, there were 1333.1 billion barrels of proved oil reserves (this number doesn't include Canadian oil sands) according ...