OilResources.com Goes Live: Commodity Watch Launches A Dedicated Website To Cover The World’s Smaller Oil & Gas Companies

Another Commodity Watch PLC production hits cyberspace! Oilresources.com went live on Tuesday 19th August, after a gradual buildup of content on our alternative power website, Poweralternatives. The new website aims to provide a

An Introduction To Solar Power: Where Are We, And Where Are We Going?

Solar power was first observed in 1839 by Edmund Becquerel, who noted, “electric currents arose from certain light-induced chemical reactions”. But it was not until 1954 when three scientists working at Bell Labs (now Lucent) in

Commodities…Buy the Dips!

The commodity bull market has a long way to go. This bull market is not magic. It's not some crazy "cycle theory" I have. It does not fall out of the sky. It's supply and demand. It's simple stuff.

That Was The Week That Was ... In Grains And Alternative Fuel Commodities

Despite the massive sell-off in the commodity markets, international trade in grains remained strong. Demand lifted prices in US cash markets regardless of the strengthening dollar, news of good EU and Black Sea harvests, and US

Leaf Clean Energy Is Building A Portfolio Of Clean Energy Assets In The US

In June 2007 Leaf Clean Energy was admitted to Aim. In the process it raised £200 million to invest in clean energy assets in the US. To date, the fund’s advisers Energy & Climate Advisors, a joint venture between EEA Group and

On The Spot Report: Russians Torch Crops And Kill Livestock In Georgia

Bringing the crops through to harvest is difficult enough this century. Weather patterns have created havoc for farmers the breadth of the globe. For the Georgia farmers for whom, against the trends elsewhere, growing conditions

Melrose Resources Offers Diverse Exposure To Oil, Gas, And Gas Storage

Edinburgh-based Melrose Resources is an oil and gas explorer and producer with a wide-ranging portfolio that includes interests in Egypt, Bulgaria, the United States, France and Turkey. Its operations span a range of activities,

Sales Of Zenergy Power's HTS Induction Heaters Start To Build

Aim-traded Zenergy Power is beginning to gain traction as its order book grows. The company specialises in the development and manufacture of commercial applications for high-temperature superconductive (HTS) materials. Recently

Where Next In The Technology-Driven Oil Services Sector? Some Attractive Options To Consider

If you were to believe most investment discussion boards or perhaps those conferences that cover the Aim-end of the oil & gas market, then the ‘sexy’ companies are those that are pursuing exploration in exotic faraway places –

That Was The Week That Was… In Grains And Alternative Fuel Commodities

Figures from the Commodities Futures Trading Commission show that investment dollars shifted out of agriculture commodities this week, as the dollar staged a recovery amidst concern about the deterioration of the economy in the

That Was The Week That Was… In The UK Oil Markets

Another week, another US$10 or so off the price of crude oil, and against this background the UK-listed oil and gas companies were never going to prosper. Indeed, the FTSE350 oil and gas sector as a whole was down just over two

Disenco Energy Signs Deal With Endesa To Trial And Test Its M-CHP Boilers

Sophisticated Aim investors are already familiar with the fuel cell-powered micro-combined heat and power (m-CHP) units being developed by Ceramic Fuel Cells and Ceres Power. Both these companies have recently signed development

Biofuels Without Increasing The Cost Of Tortillas In Mexico And Bread In Beijing? - Willmott May Have The Answer

Last week, in a remarkable demonstration of the pleasure and the pain of turning agricultural material into liquid fuel, one small Aussie company gave a “eureka-like” cry and issued a claim that it is close to unlocking the

Geoffrey Ballard, Father Of The Fuel Cell, Dies At 75

Geoffrey Ballard, the internationally recognized “father of the fuel cell,” died on Saturday in Vancouver, British Columbia. He was 75.

His death was announced by Paul Howard, a longtime family friend and business partner, who

Billionaire Oil Man To Build US$10 Billion Wind Farm In Texas

Eighty year-old T. Boone Pickens, founder of Mesa Petroleum and present Chairman BP Capital Management, is an oil man through-and-through. From his early years working for Phillips Petroleum, to his later years spent managing