Tempe AZ (SPX) Apr 17, 2014 - Giving the poor access to reliable modern energy offers a better route to address global challenges, climate and energy, scholars say in a new report, Our High-Energy Planet. The report is the
New Orleans LA (SPX) Apr 17, 2014 - Lockheed Martin's first Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) tank has transitioned from the assembly line to the shipyard for integration with the Wartsila LNG propulsion system. Weighing in at 250,000
Navarre, Spain (SPX) Apr 17, 2014 - Researchers at the NUP/UPNA-Public University of Navarre and the IdAB-Institute of Agrobiotechnology have conducted a study into genetically modified tobacco plants from which it is possible to prod
West Lafayette, IN (SPX) Apr 17, 2014 - High levels of the greenhouse gas methane were found above shale gas wells at a production point not thought to be an important emissions source, according to a study jointly led by Purdue and Corne
Upton NY (SPX) Apr 17, 2014 - A new study pins down a major factor behind the appearance of superconductivity-the ability to conduct electricity with 100 percent efficiency-in a promising copper-oxide material. Scientists
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 17, 2014 - In a new 32-page study the SUN DAY Campaign challenges assertions by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) that renewable energy sources will provide only 16% of the nation's net electric
Shanghai, China (SPX) Apr 15, 2014 - DNV GL has recently completed the Design Evaluation for a 2.5-MW wind turbine designed by Goldwind. At the 8th China International Wind Energy Exhibition, DNV GL handed over a Conformity Statement t
Urbana IL (SPX) Apr 15, 2014 - An international team of scientists has reported the first experimental observation of the quantum critical point (QCP) in the extensively studied unconventional superconductor TiSe2, finding that
Rome (AFP) April 15, 2014 - Italy's Emilia-Romagna region on Tuesday suspended new drilling as it published a report that warned that hydrocarbon exploitation may have acted as a trigger in twin earthquakes that killed 26 people in 2012.
Moscow (AFP) April 14, 2014 - Moscow and Beijing plan to wrap up a decade of talks on supplies of Russian natural gas before President Vladimir Putin's expected to travel to China next month, a deputy prime minister said on Monday.
Berlin (AFP) April 13, 2014 - The world can still meet the UN goal to limit global warming provided it cuts annual greenhouse gas emissions by 40-70 percent by 2050, a top expert panel said Sunday.
Kuwait City (AFP) April 13, 2014 - The Kuwait National Petroleum Company on Sunday signed contracts worth $12 billion (nine billion euros) with three international consortia to upgrade two refineries and invited bids to build a new multi-billion-dollar refinery.
Pungesti, Romania (AFP) April 13, 2014 - US energy major Chevron, shielded by barbed wire, under police protection and under fire from egg throwers, is in trouble in Romania with villagers angry at its drive to drill for shale gas.
London (AFP) April 12, 2014 - The Foreign Office on Saturday brushed off condemnation by Argentina of British military exercises in the Falkland Islands, saying they were routine.
Tempe AZ (SPX) Apr 11, 2014 - Maintaining stability in the face of rapid change and growth, and proactively partaking in cooperative global ties in science and technology fields will be key in helping China become an innovation-
Washington (AFP) April 11, 2014 - The IMF and World Bank on Friday urged finance ministers to impose a price on carbon, warning that time was running out for the planet to avoid worst-case climate change.
