China consumed 2,252 million tons of 'oil equivalent' last year, which is about 4 percent more than the U.S. consumed.

Senate Committee barks at wind turbine developers in the private sector for taking Federal grants and outsourcing labor to China.

China’s increase in its wind energy capabilities accounted for more than one third of the 39.1% increases around the world.

Here are my choices for the Top 10 energy related stories of 2009. Previously I listed how I voted in Platt's Top 10 poll, but my list is a bit different from theirs. I have a couple of stories here that they didn't list, and I combined some topics. ...

Oil on the Brain...

The Chinese are purchasing oil fields across the world in an attempt to rival the major oil companies, such as, ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch Shell and Chevron.

Today a topical post the latest from Money Morning, which as I previously explained will be featured here whenever they have relevant material to offer. As always, normal caveats apply: I am not an investment advisor. I don't endorse any specific stocks mentioned in the following story nor ...

There is a good overview in today's Guardian regarding the status of affairs with respect to electricity storage technologies:The challenge for green energy: how to store excess electricitySo with grid parity now looming, finding ways to store millions of watts of excess electricity for times ...

Friend of R-Squared and frequent commenter, Doug MacIntyre from the Energy Information Administration was on CNBC today explaining that demand destruction in the U.S. will be compensated for by increased growth in China. He also said that if we drilled in ANWR, their study showed that it would take 10 ...

I have been thinking a lot lately about the impact of $100+ oil prices on the world economy. Like many others, I am trying to work out the probable implications - for the overall economy, for the U.S. economy, for the energy sector, for my personal finances, and for the ...