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Australia's oil investment is up this year
Published: May 9, 2008 at 11:51 AM
SYDNEY, May 9 (UPI) -- Investment in Australia's oil firms increased at the beginning of 2008. -
Canadian oil firm increases exploration
Published: May 9, 2008 at 11:49 AM
CALGARY, Alberta, May 9 (UPI) -- Duvernay Oil Corp. of Calgary, Alberta, has added $50 million to its 2008 capital plan. -
South American Energy Council inaugurated
Published: May 9, 2008 at 11:47 AM
CARACAS, Venezuela, May 9 (UPI) -- The first South American Energy Council was inaugurated in Venezuela.
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Analysis: China faces tanker shortage
Published: May 9, 2008 at 8:21 PM
By JOHN C.K. DALY
UPI International Correspondent
WASHINGTON , May 9 (UPI) -- China's rising energy demands will require Beijing to either build or lease ships to carry the oil needed for its industry. As domestic tanker production has failed to keep pace with rising demand, some Chinese maritime specialists see a shortage in carrying capacity for Chinese oil imports developing by 2015. -
Analysis: Russia squeezes Mongolia
Published: May 9, 2008 at 8:16 PM
By JOHN C.K. DALY
UPI International Correspondent
Record-high energy prices are increasingly dominating Russia's trade relations with Mongolia. As Mongolia imports nearly all of its oil from Russia, the country is feeling pressure from sharp Russian price increases, and the government is seeking legislative changes to ameliorate the effect of the price increases on the population. -
OPEC Chief: U.S. economy to blame for high oil prices
Published: May 8, 2008 at 6:09 PM
By BEN LANDO
UPI Energy Editor
WASHINGTON, May 8 (UPI) -- Angry oil consumers taking aim at OPEC are looking at a "scapegoat" instead of a needed mirror, the head of the bloc of oil producers said during a visit to Washington Thursday. -
UPI Energy Watch
Published: May 8, 2008 at 4:44 PM
Southern Sudan's oil revenues reach $3.2B in the last 3 years; Gazprom board orders creation of winter gas reserves; Russian oil exports to non-C.I.S. down -
Analysis: Define 'renewable'
Published: May 8, 2008 at 1:33 PM
By ROSALIE WESTENSKOW
UPI Correspondent
THE DALLES, Ore., May 8 (UPI) -- Crucial options were left out of last year's energy bill, advocacy groups say, and policymakers are looking to remedy the exclusion. -
Nigeria oil rebels eye U.S. presidential race
Published: May 8, 2008 at 12:38 PM
By CARMEN GENTILE
UPI Energy Correspondent
Nigerian militants are calling for former U.S. President Carter to mediate talks between rebels and the government to end hostilities in the oil-rich Niger Delta and are weighing a reported cease-fire appeal by Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama.
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South Africa may increase solar power
Published: Jan. 24, 2008 at 4:04 PM
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- South Africa may turn to solar power to ease its power crisis.
Developments in solar power technology may make it an economically viable energy solution for power crisis-ridden South Africa, said the University of Johannesburg.
New super-thin film materials have been developed that can be used to make panels more cost-efficient.
"A move to radically different thin-film PV materials has changed the picture entirely," said the university.
Older solar panels used silicon as the active PV material and the import cost of silicon made them too expensive to be a viable solution.
"A new material -- copper-indium-gallium-diselenide -- offers a drastically reduced manufacturing cost," the university said.
Panels created with CIGS are extremely thin, flexible and bendable instead of the old bulky glass ones, and they are also highly efficient and stable sources of power and can be used in single houses as well as solar farms.
Solar, Panels, University, Solution, Technology, Copper-indium-gallium-diselenide, Silicon, Thin-film, South Africa, Solar Power, University Of Johannesburg, Super-thin Film Materials, Solar Power Technology
Developments in solar power technology may make it an economically viable energy solution for power crisis-ridden South Africa, said the University of Johannesburg.
New super-thin film materials have been developed that can be used to make panels more cost-efficient.
"A move to radically different thin-film PV materials has changed the picture entirely," said the university.
Older solar panels used silicon as the active PV material and the import cost of silicon made them too expensive to be a viable solution.
"A new material -- copper-indium-gallium-diselenide -- offers a drastically reduced manufacturing cost," the university said.
Panels created with CIGS are extremely thin, flexible and bendable instead of the old bulky glass ones, and they are also highly efficient and stable sources of power and can be used in single houses as well as solar farms.
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