But if not – industry needs to make some pretty tough choices.   Concerns were recently raised by the executive director of the International Energy Agency about the lack of strategic planning about the sector’s future. “We have never seen this in the last 30 years, two consecutive years of investment decline,” warned Dr Fatih…

  It wants to be less dependent on coal, oil and gas.   It is putting a lot of faith in offshore wind energy, where conditions for this source are described as ‘excellent’ – shallow waters, plenty of wind, good harbour facilities and an experienced industry.   Such is its determination, it has developed an…

Reuters spoke anonymously to a Singapore-based project manager who is thinking about going into solar after more than 15 years in the oil sector. “For me, it’s not a question about running out of oil, but that the industry is losing popularity on the consumer end.” In Asia renewables are the energy sector’s bright light…

According to the leaked report, “The ultimate Russian hack on the United States could involve severing the fibre-optic cables at some of their hardest-to-access locations to halt the instant communications on which the West’s governments, economies, and citizens have grown dependent.” US military and intelligence officials have recorded increased Russian activity along undersea cables in…

‘’I met farmers unable to produce a harvest because the growing seasons had become so unreliable, and heads of state in African countries unable to plan their infrastructure development because of the impacts of floods and storms.” The push to develop more efficient and effective renewable energy sources is all about equality across the nations…

Trying to convince the world otherwise doesn’t come cheap. A recent report by OilPro into figures released by the Russian Ministry of Defence shows in recent weeks its aircraft have flown more than 1,000 missions in Syria, at a cost $12,000/HR to fly strike aircraft and the long-range cruise missiles it fired at the rebels…

That’s what’s happened following a recent meeting between the US and Saudi Arabia ahead of the climate change talks in Paris at the end of this month. Secretary of State John Kerry told the media both sides “pledged to work together” but King Salman’s officials made no such mention of a pledge.   Commentators question…

If they were human, submarine communication cables would be well within their rights to feel utterly taken for granted and ignored. When they do their job best, no-one notices. It’s only when that dreaded wheel appears on our screens and you check wifi connections that you even pause to think about how it all works.…

With weeks rather than months left of 2015, how much of a challenge to the British Government was the speech given by the UK foreign secretary’s special representative for climate change at this year’s RenewableUK conference? Sir David King said “2015 will be a seminal year for the planet” as the UK reduces its dependence…