Chemicals & Energy

Inside Saudi Aramco's Kingdom of Oil

November 8, 2017

From the window of our small plane flying low over the desert, Saudi Arabia's Empty Quarter looks as remote as the name suggests, with burnt-orange dunes stretching into infinity under the blinding sun. Not even the Bedouin nomads with their camels are visible, because there are too few of them amid the vast landscape. It's only when the plane bumps down on an empty runway at an outpost called Shaybah that it is clear that the world's biggest sand desert is not, in fact, empty.

Building Offshore Wind Turbines in Port Saves Money, Research Shows

November 2, 2017

Maritime Executive

University of Delaware researchers have developed a new method for constructing offshore wind farms and proven that it is cheaper, faster and could make possible offshore wind deployment at a scale and pace able to keep up with the region's scheduled retirements of nuclear and coal-fired power plants.

World's First Floating Wind Farm Starts Production

October 27, 2017

Maritime Executive

Hywind Scotland, the first floating wind farm in the world, has started to deliver electricity to the Scottish grid.

Fueling the Future With Seaweed

October 25, 2017

Maritime Executive

Researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) are working on a project designed to show that homes and vehicles could be powered by fuel made from seaweed grown at large-scale offshore farms.

Europe Aviation Agency Warns on Kobe Steel as Scandal Deepens

October 25, 2017

Bloomberg

Europe's air-safety regulator recommended that companies using material from Kobe Steel Ltd. review their supply chains and - if alternative suppliers are available - suspend purchases from the Japanese company that admitted to faking data about product strength.

North Atlantic Suited to Open-Ocean Wind Power Generation, Research Shows

October 23, 2017

Maritime Executive

There is considerable opportunity for generating wind power in the open ocean, particularly the North Atlantic, according to new research from the Carnegie Institution for Science is headquartered in Washington, D.C.

World Petrol Demand 'Likely to Peak by 2030 As Electric Car Sales Rise'

October 20, 2017

The Guardian

World petrol demand will peak within 13 years thanks to the impact of electric cars and more efficient engines, energy experts have predicted.

Retail Sales in September Surge Most in Two Years

October 18, 2017

Los Angeles Times

Americans increased their spending at retailers last month by the most in two and a half years, driven by strong auto sales as residents of hurricane-ravaged areas replaced destroyed cars.

Steel Firm Faked Data for Metal Used in Planes and Cars

October 13, 2017

Bloomberg

The industrial scandal engulfing Kobe Steel Ltd. began to reverberate overseas as Japan's third-biggest steelmaker said its staff falsified data about the strength and durability of some aluminum and copper products used in planes, trains and potentially a space rocket.

EPA Improves Its Water Pollutant Monitoring Tool

October 12, 2017

Environmental Leader

The EPA is improving access to the Water Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) Pollutant Loading Tool; the tool allows users to determine who is discharging water pollutant, what (and how much) pollutants they are discharging, and where they are discharging.

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