Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
The world will consume 50% more energy in 2030 than it did in 2005, according to a report by the Energy Information Administration released today.
The growth in energy consumption will be driven by robust economic growth and expanding populations in the world's developing countries, according to projections included in ...
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Thursday, June 12th, 2008
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Thursday, June 12th, 2008
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OPEC members earned $673 billion from oil exports last year, which is only 10% more than the previous year. Saudi Arabia took the lion's share of these earnings, $194 billion, or about 29% of all OPEC revenues. Per-capita, OPEC made $1,140 on oil exports, or 8% more than 2006. In ...
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Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
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Since 1995, the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory and NASA have operated radiation monitoring sites all over Saudi Arabia -- known as the NASA Remote Sensing Validation: Saudi Arabia -- to measure the area's solar energy potential. The data from those records were published this afternoon by the Department of ...
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Monday, June 9th, 2008
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Territory size shows the proportion of oil tankers in the world registered there.
This map reflects the oil tanker registrations per capita throughout the world. A critical insight revealed by the map is that countries with the largest number of oil tankers registrations per capita have neither significant petroleum imports nor ...
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