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Feeding the globe's insatiable energy appetite is a highly dangerous business. And, unfortunately, events like the BP oil spill are not once-in-a-generation freak accidents. Here, we take a look at the biggest energy-related accidents in 2011.

Greenpeace activists have interrupted drilling operations on Gazprom's Prirazlomnaya Arctic oil platfform.

The March 11, 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster has precipitated a world of change in Japan's nuclear power industry.

Electric vehicle production capacity is increasing across the board globally, but is that what the market needs? A new report holds results that indicate new growth in demand from China and a bright future for electric vehicle component suppliers.

The latest report from the Worldwatch Institute indicates global natural gas consumption is regaining momentum, with much of it being driven by increasing demand in Asia and the United States. 

The potential for vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs) to be “the next big thing” that will enable economical storage of wind and solar energy needs several more years to be proven -- or not. However, that has not deterred a flock of mostly Canadian junior mining companies -- backed by enthusiastic investors -- from exploring for vanadium-bearing ores in Canada, the U.S. and around the world which can be processed into electrolyte for VRFBs.

The rapidly growing Australian liquified natural gas (LNG) industry is ideally positioned to fill much of the energy void in Japan if that country reduces its use of nuclear energy in the wake of the deepening crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

The U.S. government’s plan to displace 25 percent of the country’s foreign oil imports with home grown biofuels by 2022 will fail without long-term tax incentives to encourage the critical private investment, according to an E•BOOM CAPITAL Special Report released today.

Russian state-controlled nanotechnology corporation Rusnano and Renova Group, a conglomerate with vast interests in gas, oil and aluminum, have announced plans to build Russia's first solar power plant.

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