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Pumped-Storage Hydroelectricity: A Mature Grid-Scale Energy Backbone
WASHINGTON, July 13 — Pumped-storage hydroelectricity remains the backbone of grid-scale energy storage in the United States, commanding…
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Researchers revive Diesel’s original plant-based fuel vision
ROME, July 13 — The story of diesel fuel begins not with petroleum, but with vegetable oil, a…
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The ALMA Telescope: How It Made the Sugar Discovery Possible
SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA, July 13 — The wind rips across the Chajnantor plateau at 5,000 meters, a…
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Stavropol Krai: Key Hub for Russian Energy and Military Logistics
STAVROPOL — A strike on an oil depot in Stavropol Krai on January 29, 2025, marked one of…
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Magnitude 5 Earthquake Strikes Near Loyalty Islands
NOUMÉA, July 13 — A magnitude 5 earthquake struck southeast of the Loyalty Islands at 21:03 UTC on…
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Trump Proposes 20% Levy on Energy Transit Through Strait of Hormuz
TEHRAN, July 13 — The figure that matters: 20 percent. That is the toll Donald Trump has proposed…
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Yet-Ming Chiang: MIT battery pioneer behind Form Energy
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 13 — Yet-Ming Chiang has spent nearly four decades quietly rewriting what a battery can…
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Allied Nations Japan, South Korea, India Face Energy Risks
TOKYO, July 13 — 470 million barrels of crude oil sit in Japan’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve, equivalent to…
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Blue Origin’s breakthrough sparks investor shift away from SpaceX
HAWTHORNE, Calif. Oct 5 — SpaceX stock hit an all-time low of $45 per share on secondary markets…
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Measurable Impact on Global Energy Markets and Supply Chains
ROME, July 13 — The shift is already underway, and the numbers tell the story. Global energy markets…
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Columbus’s 1492 Voyage Sparked European Colonization of Americas
GENOA, July 13 — Against this backdrop of a city that once launched the man who changed the…
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Economic Impact of Attacks on Russian Oil Infrastructure
MOSCOW, July 13 — Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian oil infrastructure have disrupted refining capacity and exports, according…
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Strait of Hormuz: Key Oil Chokepoint’s Strategic History Explained
MANAMA, July 13 — The Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway that connects the Persian Gulf to the…
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Small Disruption in Russian Oil Field Sends Global Prices Soaring
LONDON, July 13 — Against this backdrop of persistent tension in European energy corridors, oil prices have once…
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Strait of Hormuz remains vital global oil chokepoint for centuries
TEHRAN, July 13 — For decades, the Strait of Hormuz has been the world’s most important oil chokepoint.…
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Drone Strikes Cut Russian Oil Exports, Impact Economy
MOSCOW, July 13 — Russia’s oil exports declined by 10% in 2024 compared to the previous year, according…
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Strait of Hormuz: The Strategic Chokepoint for Global Oil Trade
MANAMA, July 13 — A narrow 21-mile-wide waterway, the Strait of Hormuz, connects the Persian Gulf to the…
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Stavropol Oil Depot Fuels Russia’s Southern Military District
MOSCOW, July 13 — The shift is in how far a drone can reach and what it can…
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Form Energy targets 100-hour storage at $20/kWh for seasonal firming
WEIRTON, W.Va., July 13 — A startup founded by a former Tesla executive and an MIT professor is…
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Treaty of Tordesillas: 1494 papal line split world for Spain, Portugal
TORDESILLAS, July 13 — The ink has long faded, but the line it drew across the Atlantic endures.…
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Strait of Hormuz Oil Transit Drops to 17 Million Barrels Daily in 2023
MANAMA, July 13 — The Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway connecting the Persian Gulf to the wider…
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Iran Threatens Strait of Hormuz, Sending Shockwaves Through Energy Markets
WASHINGTON, July 13 — A familiar shadow falls again across one of the world’s most critical waterways. Iran…
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5.0 Earthquake Strikes Near Loyalty Islands; No Tsunami Warning
Nouméa, July 13 — A magnitude 5 earthquake struck southeast of the Loyalty Islands on July 13, 2026,…
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Future Searches for Complex Organic Molecules in Space
GREEN BANK, W.Va., July 13 — The search for the chemical building blocks of life is moving deeper…
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