News About Energy Technology 15-MAR-10 en-us Safat, Kuwait (SPX) Mar 15, 2010 - In a finding that may speed efforts to conserve oil and intensify the search for alternative fuel sources, scientists in Kuwait predict that world conventional crude oil production will peak in 2014 - almost a decade earlier than some other predictions.]]> Baghdad (UPI) Mar 12, 2009 - Iraq is embarking on an unprecedented expansion of its oil industry that aims to turn it into one of the world's top three producers in a few years.]]> Atlanta GA (SPX) Mar 15, 2010 - Emory University chemists have developed the most potent homogeneous catalyst known for water oxidation, considered a crucial component for generating clean hydrogen fuel using only water and sunlight. The breakthrough, published in the journal Science, was made in collaboration with the Paris Institute of Molecular Chemistry.]]> Washington DC (SPX) Mar 15, 2010 - Scientists have leaped over a major hurdle in efforts to begin commercial production of a form of carbon that could rival silicon in its potential for revolutionizing electronics devices ranging from supercomputers to cell phones.]]> Madison WI (SPX) Mar 15, 2010 - Materials scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have designed a way to harvest small amounts of waste energy and harness them to turn water into usable hydrogen fuel. The process is simple, efficient and recycles otherwise-wasted energy into a useable form.]]> Buenos Aires (UPI) Mar 11, 2009 - Yet another political row is brewing in Buenos Aires over gasoline shortages that the government contends shouldn't be occurring and are directly the result of Royal Dutch Shell and Brazil's Petrobras manipulating the market.]]> Berlin (UPI) Mar 11, 2009 - Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych Thursday formed a new coalition in a country that observers say can become an important security link between Europe and Russia.]]> Caracas, Venezuela (UPI) Mar 12, 2009 - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has put himself at the mercy of God and nature to bring timely rainfall to replenish the country's depleted water reservoirs and defuse a worsening crisis over electricity and water shortages.]]> Tokyo (AFP) March 11, 2010 - Japan calls it an island, China says it's just a few rocks. The squabble over the status of tiny Okinotorishima is at the centre of a new strategic power game between the Asian rivals.]]> Paris (AFP) March 12, 2010 - China is experiencing "astonishing" growth in oil demand this year to match its economic rise while consumption in developed economies is falling, the International Energy Agency said on Friday.]]>