Archive for the 'Energy' Category
McCharge: McDonalds is Now Charging EVs in Sweden and Netherlands
September 28th, 2019Via: The Next Avenue: Related: First Gas Station in America to Ditch Oil for 100% Electric Vehicle Charging Opens in Maryland
United States Sending Troops to Saudi Arabia
September 20th, 2019Via: Reuters: U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday approved sending American troops to bolster Saudi Arabia’s air and missile defenses after the largest-ever attack on the kingdom’s oil facilities, which Washington has squarely blamed on Iran. The Pentagon said the deployment would involve a moderate number of troops – not numbering thousands – and would […]
Daimler Won’t Develop Any New Internal Combustion Engines, Focus Is Now on Electric Vehicles
September 19th, 2019Via: Electrek: After reigning in the auto industry as the powertrain of choice for a century, the internal combustion engine is finally dying. Now even Daimler says that it is stopping development of new internal combustion engines to focus on electric cars. The German automaker whose namesake, Gottlieb Daimler, is credited for having invented the […]
Amazon Buying 100,000 Electric Delivery Vans from Rivian
September 19th, 2019Via: Cnet: Online retail and technology giant Amazon said at an event today it plans to be completely carbon neutral come 2040, and electric-vehicle startup Rivian will help it get there. Rivian said Thursday it will design, build and service a new electric van exclusively for Amazon. A representative confirmed with Roadshow this will not […]
U.S. Blames Iran for Saudi Oil Attack, Trump Says ‘Locked and Loaded’
September 15th, 2019Via: Reuters: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday the United States was “locked and loaded” for a potential response to the attack on Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities, after a senior U.S. administration official said Iran was to blame.
Saudis Race to Restore Oil Output After Aramco Attacks
September 15th, 2019Flashback: Trump and Saudi Arabia Both Want Higher Oil Prices Mission accomplished. Via: Bloomberg: Saudi Arabia is racing to restore oil production after a brazen drone strike on a key Aramco facility slashed its output by half, or about 5% of world supply, an assault that the U.S. has blamed on Iran. State energy producer […]
Saudi Arabia Oil Facilities Ablaze After Drone Strikes
September 14th, 2019Via: BBC: Drone attacks have set alight two major oil facilities run by the state-owned company Aramco in Saudi Arabia, state media say. Footage showed a huge blaze at Abqaiq, site of Aramco’s largest oil processing plant, while a second drone attack started fires in the Khurais oilfield. The fires are now under control at […]
U.S. Beats Saudi Arabia to Become Top Oil Exporter on Shale Boom
September 12th, 2019Via: Bloomberg: The U.S. briefly became the world’s No. 1 oil exporter as record shale production found its way to global customers, and there are prospects for more. Surging output from shale helped America ship almost nine million barrels a day of crude and oil products in June, surpassing Saudi Arabia, the International Energy Agency […]
Japan May Be Forced to Dump Radioactive Fukushima Water Into the Pacific
September 10th, 2019Via: U.S. News and World Report: Radioactive water from Japan’s destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant may have to be dumped into the ocean, the country’s energy minister reportedly said Tuesday, igniting concern and anger from nuclear safety experts and Japan’s neighbors in the region. The electric utility overseeing the crippled power plant, Tokyo Electric Power […]
Saudi Arabia Wants to Enrich Uranium
September 9th, 2019Via: Reuters: Saudi Arabia wants to enrich uranium for its nuclear power program, its energy minister said on Monday, potentially complicating talks with Washington on an atomic pact and the role of U.S. companies. Uranium enrichment has been a sticking point with the United States, especially after Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said in 2018 […]
