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IEA: global electricity demand growing faster than renewables, driving strong increase in generation from coal

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Since the IEA’s last Electricity Market Report in December 2020, extreme cold, heat and drought have caused serious strains and disruptions to electricity systems across the globe in countries ranging from the United States and Mexico to China and Iraq.

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LiquidPiston receives $8.2M award to integrate XTS-210 heavy-fueled rotary engine into compact 10 kW genset for US Army

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The XTS supercharger adds up to 1 bar boost while operating on a 2-stroke cycle, producing 6 combustion events per revolution of the rotor, to deliver smooth power from a minuscule package. The authors demonstrated the methodology based on historical data from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Opinion: The Current Oil Price Rally Is Reaching Its Limits

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Moreover, supply outages in places like Iraq and Nigeria have also knocked at least a quarter of a million barrels per day offline, an unexpected disruption that put upward pressure on prices in March. American oil companies have gutted their budgets and have put off drilling plans, with many projecting absolute declines in 2016.

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Oil Prices Running Out Of Reasons To Rally

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Market analysts paused a bit on news that Iraq’s oil exports from its southern ports on the Persian Gulf hit a record high in December, but the data has no bearing on whether or not Iraq will comply with the agreed upon cuts. Iraq is committed to achieving producers’ joint goals to control the oil glut in world markets.”.

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IEA World Energy Outlook view on the transport sector to 2035; passenger car fleet doubling to almost 1.7B units, driving oil demand up to 99 mb/d; reconfirming the end of cheap oil

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The largest increase in oil production comes from Iraq, followed by Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Kazakhstan and Canada. The number of people without access to electricity remained unacceptably high at 1.3 billion, around 20% of the world’s population. Biofuels supply triples to the equivalent of more than 4 mb/d, bolstered by $1.4

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Lillian Light Is No Lightweight - The Environmental Lioness of the South Bay is Fired Up, Ready To Go!

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That was our first Earth Day event which we called “Saving Spaceship Earth.&# In October of that same year we offered the forum, “Nuclear Threats Haunt America Today.&#. Then in 2003 we presented a forum on Iraq, “Voices From the Streets.&# We got in a lot of trouble for that. I retired in 1991.

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