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Computers require a huge energy demand, not only from the power required to run the devices, but also in terms of keeping them cool. Physicists have come up with a theory, based on the thermodynamics of computation, which could help to cool down devices.
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By AFP
Vienna -
OPEC energy ministers on Friday said they would be putting more oil onto the market to meet "extra demand", reaching a last-ditch compromise in a spat that pitted Saudi Arabia against archfoe Iran.
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By AFP
Vienna -
OPEC energy ministers expressed optimism Thursday they were nearing a compromise on oil output policy, with Saudi Arabia acknowledging that a big production hike would be "politically unacceptable" to archfoe Iran, and Iran saying that it was "ready fo...
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By AFP
Vienna -
Saudi Arabia insisted Wednesday it would do "whatever is needed" to avoid oil supply shortages, setting the stage for a showdown with archfoe Iran ahead of crunch OPEC talks on easing a production-cut pact.
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By AFP
Lagos -
Football-loving Nigerians had more than one reason to groan about the country's opening World Cup game: not only did they lose 2-0, many weren't even able to see the whole match.
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By AFP
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After fuelling hopes of independence from Denmark at the turn of the millennium, the Faroe Islands' dreams of an oil bonanza have turned out to be more of a mirage than a miracle.
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Scientists have discovered an alternate way of conducting electricity between transistors without energy loss. This could spur developments in energy-saving electronics and quantum computing.
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Nuremberg -
As solar cell technology continues to advance, at the same time as interest in renewables rises, researchers are looking at how advanced chemistry can shape industrial sized solar cells so they can be adapted to maximise power collection.
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By AFP
Moscow -
Russia and Saudi Arabia will ask OPEC to hike production by 1.5 million barrels a day in the third quarter of 2018, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Saturday.
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By AFP
Tallinn -
A state-owned Estonian wind farm launched a cryptocurrency mine on Friday, hoping to cash-in on Mother Nature's unlimited supplies of power on a windswept Baltic Sea island, a company official said.
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By AFP
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Russia and Abu Dhabi on Friday signed a cooperation agreement to stabilise energy markets amid a rising trend in oil prices, the Kremlin said.
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By AFP
Philadelphia -
When President Donald Trump announced the US exit from the Paris climate deal one year ago, the mayor of Philadelphia was among those who vowed to keep carrying the torch.
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By AFP
Ottawa -
Canada's government stepped in Tuesday to take over a controversial pipeline expansion project to ensure that it gets built in the face of stiff opposition from environmental activists and a regional government.Ottawa will pay Kinder Morgan Can$4.
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By AFP
Ottawa -
Canada's government said Tuesday it will take over a controversial pipeline expansion project to ensure it gets built over the fierce opposition of environmental activists and a regional government.Ottawa will pay Kinder Morgan Can$4.5 billion ($3.
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By AFP
Murmansk -
To meet its growing electricity needs in its drive to develop oil resources in remote Arctic regions, Russia has built a floating nuclear power station, a project that detractors deride as a "Chernobyl on ice".
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By AFP
Washington -
The worldwide demand for air conditioning is expected to triple over the next 30 years, making the pursuit of energy-efficient cooling systems a top priority, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday.Some 1.
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By AFP
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The shift of low-value, energy-hungry manufacturing from China and India to coal-powered economies with even lower wages could be bad news for the fight against climate change, researchers cautioned Monday.
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Digital transformation proceeds at different rates across different industrial sectors. One area lagging behind are utility firms, especially with digitalization, customer engagement and advanced analytics. According to Bain, this needs to change.
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By AFP
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Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil exporter, has said it will take all necessary measures to prevent supply shortages following the US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal.
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Japanese researchers have developed a new all-inorganic perovskite solar cell. The cell addresses three three important challenges in solar cell technology: efficiency, stability, and cost.
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By AFP
Nicosia -
Cyprus and Israel will seek arbitration if no settlement can be reached between companies claiming rights to a shared gas field, the island's Energy Minister George Lakkotrypis said Wednesday.
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By AFP
Apo -
Saudi national oil giant Aramco said Sunday that five new members had been appointed to its board of directors, including the first woman in the firm's history.Lynn Laverty Elsenhans, 60, is the former head of US oil company Sunoco Inc.
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By AFP
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From a distance, it looks like a deep-blue sea has formed in the middle of the Mexican desert.But this is no mirage -- it's the largest solar park in Latin America.With 2.
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Power downtime is disruptive to businesses and consumers. Imagine if there was a smart sensor that could predict when a power outage was about to occur, giving time to deactivate sensitive equipment or to start up emergency generators?
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The expansion of electric cars is set to place greater strain on power grids. In order to deal with the demand, smart solutions are required to control power grid supplies. Researcher have been looking at options.
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By AFP
Jeddah -
Saudi Energy Minister Khaled al-Faleh said Friday the global market has the capacity to absorb higher oil prices, drawing a swift reaction from US President Donald Trump who accused OPEC of inflating prices.
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By AFP
Dubai -
Saudi Arabia hopes to bring Russia into the fold of an expanded club of global oil giants to sustain a stable market, leaving OPEC's role in question, analysts say.
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Ottawa -
The meeting is over and as expected, no one had a change of heart over the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. So Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is taking a tough stance to ensure the pipeline will be built.
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By AFP
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Fears of fresh escalation in Syria's war coupled with compliance with a pledge by the OPEC cartel and Russia to limit production are keeping oil prices at current high levels, the International Energy Agency said Friday.
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By AFP
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Europe's digital clocks are "back on time" after its power operators compensated for a shortfall in the continent's electricity grid because of a row between Serbia and Kosovo, the operators said Tuesday.
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Convair NB-36H Peacemaker experimental aircraft (s/n 51-5712) and a Boeing B-50 Superfortress chase plane. This was the only known airborne reactor experiment by the USA with an operational nuclear reactor on board. USAF - U.S. Defenseimagery.mil photo no. DF-SC-83-09332
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The Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant in Eurajoki, Finland, which uses a French-designed European Pressure Reactor (EPR) Wikicommons
Wind turbines at a wind farm in California's Altamont Pass. Coastergeekperson04 / Wikimedia Commons
The High Flux Isotope Reactor buidings at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. United States Department of Energy
Getting ready to deploy the giant turbine into the Bay of Fundy. Cape Sharp Tidal
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German-American Energy Conference 2010
The central core of the large laser-based inertial confinement fusion research device of the National Ignition Facility in the USA. UNSW Sydnet
Map of the Colonial Pipeline. EIA
Workers connect the turbines’ power and data systems to an existing 16MW subsea export cable at the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE). This cable is connected to the onshore substation. Cape Sharp Tidal
Bill Gates: “Our modern lifestyles depend on a huge amount of energy. If you could change the price of one thing to lift up the lives of the world’s poorest people, it would be the price of energy.” © Breakthrough Energy
World Economic Furum releases Top 10 technologies for 2017. US Energy Department
Tidal electricity generator awaiting installation, July 9, 2007. Fundy
Smart meters need a rethink, say researchers University of Bath
A quark-level analogue of nuclear fusion. Nature
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