Labour orders green energy revolution

The government seized control of key levers in the energy sector today in an attempt to kickstart a stalling “green energy” revolution and head off the threats of global warming and a rundown in North Sea oil.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/jul/15/labour-green-energy-revolution-plan

Militants ‘blow up Nigeria pipe’

_45937190_apMilitants in Nigeria’s oil-producing region say they have blown up a major pipeline belonging to Italian energy firm Agip.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8109013.stm

Opec: The oil cartel in profile

_44698734_opec_ap_226bThe Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) is an association of oil-producing nations set up in 1960 with the express purpose of influencing oil prices by controlling supply. Things have changed a great deal for the cartel in recent years.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3768971.stm

Global oil industry in figures

_44717201_oil_res226x235The importance of oil to global economies has been brought into focus as prices reach $100 a barrel. Follow the links for a snapshot of the industry and how reserves, consumption and trade differ around the world.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7090664.stm

Are we running out of oil? The world in energy statistics

petrolThe amount of proven oil reserves awaiting to be exploited fell last year for the first time in a decade, according to new figures released today. The amount of crude left in the ground was 1.258trn barrels – 3bn less than this time last year.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2009/jun/10/oil

Oil prices through the decades

An oil prices through the decades interactive graph

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/interactive/2008/may/22/commodities

Oil price leaps to year’s high

rig460x276Predictions of $250 a barrel on fears for oil reserves, hopes of economic recovery and hedging against weak dollar

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jun/10/oil-market-reserves

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/may/26/china-invests-solar-power-renewable-energy-environment

china-solar-oregondotDeep in the deserts of Gansu province, in an area declared off-limits by Chinese state security, is a clean, hi-tech vision of the country’s energy future.

Set among the pale yellow dunes are seven banks of dark blue photovoltaic panels that stretch the length of a running track.

Together they comprise the biggest desert solar power plant in China and the largest test case of a technology that is about to get a massive boost from the central government.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/may/26/china-invests-solar-energy

China puts its faith in solar power with huge renewable energy investment

By 2020, Chinese government is committed to raising the share of ­renewable energy ­in the energy mix to 6%

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/may/26/china-invests-solar-power-renewable-energy-environment

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