Tag: Energy

Rules on Toxic Clean Up Chemicals Unclear as New Leak Pours into Gulf of Mexico

As authorities are working closely with the company to monitor pollution response efforts, it is still unclear as to which chemicals can be used to safely clean up fossil fuel spills from offshore drilling.

July 10, 2013
North Sea Oil Leaks Expose Industry’s Inability to Safely Drill in Arctic

Greenpeace has warned about new figures showing Britain’s offshore rigs and platforms have leaked oil or other chemicals into the North Sea 55 times over the past month should act as a “reality check” for an industry aiming to drill in the Arctic.

July 10, 2013
Hokkaido To Utilize 60 MWh Vanadium Flow Battery For Grid Storage

Hokkaido Electric plans to invest $200 million into a 60,000 kWh, vanadium redox flow battery that will store energy in order to back up its electricity grid. “A redox battery is an electrochemical system that generates oxidation and reduction between two active materials, forming a redox system, on the surface of inactive electrodes (the electrodes themselves…

July 10, 2013
EU Climate Chief Adds Voice to Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement

Connie Hedegaard has urged the European Investment Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the World Bank to take a lead role in eliminating public finance support for fossil fuels …

July 9, 2013
U.S. State Department Doesn’t Know Exact Keystone XL Route

The U.S. government doesn’t know exactly where TransCanada wants to lay pipe for the northern section of its Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, according to …

July 9, 2013