Germany's Energy Insecurity
China Takes Gold in Methanol Fuel
Energy Security Implications of an Iran in Transition
Take The ‘Post’ Out of Cold War: Russia’s Invasion of Georgia
35 Years After the Arab Oil Embargo
Terrorism & Public Utility Infrastructure Protection
Poland's energy security: Dealing with Russia
Iran-Pakistan-India Pipeline: A view from Washington
Iran's Oil Industry: A House of Cards?
The coming Sunni-Shi'ite nuclear arms race
India's Hidden Civil War: Consequences for Energy Security
China's oil rush in Africa
Houston, we have a problem
Wrestling the Russian Bear
Sino-Japanese competition for Russia's far east oil pipeline project
Sino-Japanese oil rivalry spills into Africa
China deals a blow to India's aspirations in Kazakhstan
Oil puts Iran out of reach
Dragon at Detroit’s gate
Finding Technological Solutions to the Energy-Water Nexus
Pipeline sabotage is terrorist’s weapon of choice
Russia's oil windfall
The rise of Islam in Azerbaijan
Hydrogen or electricity? A nuclear fork in the road
Yogi and Gasoline
Al Qaeda's economic war against the United States
Will North Africa learn from the oil curse?
Maritime terrorism: a new challenge for NATO
In search of crude China goes to the Americas
Hybrid Cars: The Slow Drive to Energy Security
Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline: the Baloch wildcard
Iraq Pipeline Watch
Terror's Big Prize
Going for the Jugular: Oil Kamikaze
Terror's Next Target
Needed: Three 1-billion-barrel oil banks
Radical Islam and LNG in Trinidad and Tobago
A strategic approach to pipeline security
Chinese quest for crude increases focus on Africa
National security experts call to reduce dependence on oil
Target: Energy
Hizballahland
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline: not yet finished and already threatened
Presidential candidates low on energy
A tale of two spies
National Security Think Tanks Call for Ending Dependence on Oil
What the 9/11 Commission missed
Iraq's Oil Sector One Year After Liberation
The Connection: Water and Energy Security
Energy Security in East Asia
Biodiesel fueled ships to cruise in Canada
Major improvement in fuel economy and range of Honda's fuel cell vehicles
How utilities can save America from its oil addiction
A tale of two fences
Study: Coal based methanol is cheapest fuel for fuel cells
Going for the jugular: Oil Kamikaze
Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) - an oil blood bank
Reagan's way of war
Comparing Hydrogen and Electricity for Transmission, Storage and Transportation
Distance based auto insurance
Reagan's way of war
Terror's Big Prize
Terror's Next Target
DOE should say “GO” for further research in on-board fuel processing for fuel cell vehicles
Chilly response to U.S. plan to deploy forces in the Strait of Malacca
Highlights from the Department of Energy’s International Energy Outlook 2004-2025
North Sea oil is declining
Libya: changing its spots?
Fuel Cell power plant installed at NJ College
Biomass-to-Ethanol Progress
EU study: Methanol from biomass - competitive with gasoline
A Crude Threat
Terror's Big Prize
China and US should set up a strategic dialogue on energy issues
New study raises doubts about Saudi oil reserves
Islamists threaten western energy companies in Algeria
U.S., China Are on Collision Course Over Oil
The Sino-Saudi Connection
On the technology front
New technology can help fight pipeline sabotage
EPA Displays the First Advanced Hydraulic Hybrid Vehicle
GM and National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition Partner To Promote Use of E85
Nissan leasing fuel-cell vehicles
Terror's Next Target
Study: LNG tankers make spectacular targets for terrorists
In an interview to Energy Security
Does Saudi Arabia border on Iraq?
India's energy security challenge
In this hemisphere
Unrest in Bolivia over gas deal
Riots over a proposed $5 billion project to export natural gas to the U.S. forced Bolivia's president to step down.
NDCF report: the hidden cost of imported oil
National Defense Council Foundation: if reflected at the pump, the “hidden costs” of oil would raise the price of gallon of gasoline to over $5.28.
Dangerous Dependence
The United States should decrease its use of Middle Eastern oil and develop alternate fuel methods or risk even greater reliance on the Arab world, warns one energy expert.
Thirty years later oil is still a big gun
Focus: Iraq
Minding Its Business
Saudi Arabia, which has demonstrated its willingness to use its vast oil reserves as a foreign policy tool, has not acted to aid U.S. efforts to rebuild Iraq.
Fencing in looters and saboteurs in Iraq
Too many people in and outside of Iraq are hoping to deny Iraq a better future through a campaign of sabotage and plunder of the country's neglected oil facilities. The problem, and possible solutions.
Background
Prospects on Russia’s stance towards OPEC
Energy security and liquefied natural gas
Demand for natural gas has increased as have the security vulnerabilities presented by liquefied natural gas terminals and tankers.
Under the Radar
Oil, terrorism and drugs intermingle in Colombia
Seventy U.S. Special Forces soldiers are training Colombians to protect an oil pipeline.
Japan's struggle to secure future oil supply
Energy dependent Japan looks to Iran for oil, causing tension with the U.S.
Chad-Cameroon pipeline project put to test
Will the pipeline, partially financed by the World Bank, improve the lot of Chad and Cameroon
or exacerbate existing corruption and strife?
Natural resource curse hits São Tomé
A tiny West African country illustrates a well known problem.
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On the technology front
PolyFuel Delivers Breakthrough Fuel Cell Membrane For Portable Fuel Cell Systems
PolyFuel, a Silicon Valley based provider of fuel cell membrane technology, announced it has released a breakthrough membrane specifically designed for Direct Methanol Fuel Cell (DMFC) applications.
World's first fuel cell plant to operate on coalmine methane gas
FuelCell Energy Inc. announced the dedication of the world's first fuel cell power plant, its 200-kW Direct FuelCell® (DFC®) power plant, to operate on coalmine methane gas.
Fuel Cell Buses to UK and Down Under
Ballard Power Systems’ delivered three Mercedes-Benz Citaro buses, powered with Ballard® fuel cell engines, to the public transport authorities in London, as part of a pan European fuel cell bus effort, and will also provide three of its latest generation heavy-duty fuel cell engines to Australia's EvoBus for integration into Mercedes-Benz Citaro buses for the public transport system in Perth, Western Australia.
Volkswagen AG and Archer Daniels Midland Announce Biodiesel Research Agreement
Volkswagen AG and Archer Daniels Midland Company, a joint research agreement aimed at further developing and utilizing biodiesel fuels for the automotive industry. This marks the first time that one of the world's leading automakers has joined forces with a major global agricultural company to cooperate on the development of next-generation clean renewable fuels.
Genesis Fueltech reports successful long term test of methanol reformer
Phillip Piffer, president of Genesis Fueltech, reports on testing of the company’s newest methanol to hydrogen fuel processor.
Caterpillar and FuelCell Energy Announce Largest Fuel Cell Power Plant Installation in Illinois
The fuel cell power plant, which can supply electricity to more than 250 average American homes, will be connected to the Peoria area electricity grid.
Plug-in hybrid electric HUMVEE for the U.S. military
International Truck and Engine Corporation has a cooperative agreement with Vision Technologies Systems, Inc, to design and market a repowered solution for the high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle (HMMWV and pronounced HUMVEE®) which includes an International 4.5-liter V-6 engine and a hybrid electric drive with plug-in power.
Hydrogen fuel cell powered special operations vehicles for the Army
Quantum Fuel System Technologies Worldwide, Inc., has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Army to develop and demonstrate a high performance, hydrogen fuel cell powered light-duty, special operations vehicle. Fuel comprises 70 percent of the supplies transported by the Armed Services to support battlefield operations, so this project has the potential to illustrate a pathway to address logistic issues.
Smart Fuel Cells for RVs
SFC Smart Fuel Cell AG is selling a fuel cell system for use in recreational vehicles (RVs) that weighs less than 5% the weight of a leadacid battery of similar capacity.
Rentech announces progress on Australian coal-to-diesel project
The Latrobe Valley in eastern Victoria, Australia is the leading choice for what could be the first "clean" production of gas and sulfur-free diesel and naphtha in Australia from the processing of coal.
GTI reports significant results from direct methanol fuel cell membrane
A new membrane developed by the Gas Technology Institute for proton exchange membrane fuel cells has substantially improved direct methanol fuel cell system performance.
San Francisco and Honda to partner on fuel cell car program
American Honda announced last week that it will supply two Honda FCX hydrogen powered fuel cell vehicles, the world's first commercially certified fuel cell car, to the City of San Francisco.
Fuel cell locomotive for military and commercial railways
An international consortium is developing the world’s largest fuel cell vehicle, a 109 metric-ton, 1 MW locomotive.
Fuel cell power plant installed at NJ Sheraton
A stationary fuel cell will supply 250 kilowatts of electric power as well as heat to the Sheraton Edison
Hotel, accounting for about 25 percent of the hotel's electricity and hot water.
Fuel cell scooters for Europe and China
Palcan's fuel cell powered scooter is designed to address the world's need for a low-end mass transport vehicle.
U.S. Air Force
to get fuel cell bus
Fuel cell powered thirty-foot hybrid bus to be stationed at the Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii.
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