CleanTechnica » OPEC http://cleantechnica.com Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:48:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 Falling Oil Prices Will Not Bother Solar http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/14/falling-oil-prices-will-bother-solar/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/14/falling-oil-prices-will-bother-solar/#comments Sun, 14 Dec 2014 13:29:36 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76283 About two weeks back, the OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) oil producers’ cartel decided not to cut output at its meeting in Vienna. Since then, oil prices have plummeted to a record five-year low. Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter and OPEC’s most influential member could potentially support global oil prices by cutting

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/23/masdar-build-first-large-scale-wind-farm-gcc/feed/ 1 2013 EIA Stats Show Oil Price Stability Based On News, Not Supply http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/07/2013-eia-stats-show-oil-price-stability-based-news-supply/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/07/2013-eia-stats-show-oil-price-stability-based-news-supply/#comments Thu, 07 Aug 2014 10:09:58 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=70260 Let’s start this analysis with the 2013 figures for the United States (right). In general, the oil export/import status looks better for the US than it has in a long time. Although the US is a major oil producer, it has been an even heavier oil consumer, importing millions of barrels per day of oil

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/06/france-went-nuclear/feed/ 90 $48 Trillion For Energy Needed By 2035 http://cleantechnica.com/2014/06/05/trillion-energy-needs-2035/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/06/05/trillion-energy-needs-2035/#comments Thu, 05 Jun 2014 14:20:28 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=67861 Originally published on Energy Post. By Karel Beckman Meeting the world’s growing need for energy will require more than $48 trillion in investment over the period to 2035, according to a special report on investment released [this week] by the International Energy Agency (IEA) as part of the World Energy Outlook series. Today’s annual investment in energy supply of

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/06/05/trillion-energy-needs-2035/feed/ 3 We’re On Target For Catastrophe, But Clean Energy Technology Is Growing Fast & Ready For Massive Deployment,… But We’re Still On Target For Catastrophe http://cleantechnica.com/2013/01/28/were-on-target-for-catastrophe-but-clean-energy-technology-is-growing-fast-ready-for-massive-deployment-but-were-still-not-on-target/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/01/28/were-on-target-for-catastrophe-but-clean-energy-technology-is-growing-fast-ready-for-massive-deployment-but-were-still-not-on-target/#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:05:55 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=47701 A group of international energy leaders were recently on a panel for “Sustainable Energy for All,” a major UN initiative aimed at making “sustainable energy” available for all people or the world by 2030, at the recent World Future Energy Summit (part of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week). The panel was a bit more controversial than most. And,

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/01/28/were-on-target-for-catastrophe-but-clean-energy-technology-is-growing-fast-ready-for-massive-deployment-but-were-still-not-on-target/feed/ 6 Orange You Glad I Said Biofuel? http://cleantechnica.com/2012/07/07/opec-uses-orange-peel-for-biofuel-and-other-biobased-products/ http://cleantechnica.com/2012/07/07/opec-uses-orange-peel-for-biofuel-and-other-biobased-products/#comments Sat, 07 Jul 2012 13:00:15 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=39903 Food waste offers a tantalizing source of renewable biofuel, and orange peels are a perfect example of the potential. According to the American Chemical Society, we are sitting on a veritable gold mine of citrus waste. Global agriculture produces about 15.6 million tons of orange and other citrus waste annually in the form of discarded

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2012/07/07/opec-uses-orange-peel-for-biofuel-and-other-biobased-products/feed/ 3 Saudi Arabia says it Deserves Share in $100 billion International Climate Change Fund http://cleantechnica.com/2011/02/20/saudi-arabia-says-it-deserves-share-in-100-billion-international-climate-change-fund/ http://cleantechnica.com/2011/02/20/saudi-arabia-says-it-deserves-share-in-100-billion-international-climate-change-fund/#comments Sun, 20 Feb 2011 15:00:31 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=23026 Saudi Arabia needs special treatment in the disbursement of funds from the $100 billion climate change adaptation fund, this is the proposal that the country has submitted to the United Nations. Saudi Arabia, the largest oil exporter, says that it faces economic vulnerability due to fluctuations in the global oil prices. Decision to form an international climate

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