Princeton NJ (SPX) Feb 22, 2013 - Scientists around the world have crossed a threshold into a promising and challenging new era in the quest for fusion energy. So says physicist George Hutch Neilson, director of advanced projects
East Lansing MI (SPX) Feb 21, 2013 - In our ongoing quest for alternative energy sources, researchers are looking more to plants that grow in the wild for use in biofuels, plants such as switchgrass. However, attempts to domesti
Brussels (AFP) Feb 21, 2013 - Europe moved Thursday towards agreement on new rules governing offshore oil and gas drilling in response to a major environmental disaster off the United States, but environmentalists criticised the omission of terms covering Arctic exploration.
Rome (UPI) Feb 21, 2013 - A long-sought government decree promoting the production of biomethane will be a boon to agriculture, the Italian Farmers Confederation said this week.
Abuja, Nigeria (UPI) Feb 21, 2013 - An explosive scandal over oil revenues in Nigeria has gone toxic, with President Goodluck Jonathan suspending the Central Bank governor who blew the whistle on $50 billion allegedly missing from state coffers, and accusing him of financial recklessness.
Richland, WA (SPX) Feb 21, 2013 - To make fuel cells more economical, engineers want a fast and efficient iron-based molecule that splits hydrogen gas to make electricity. Online at Nature Chemistry, researchers report such a cataly
Abuja (AFP) Feb 20, 2013 - Chinese energy firm Addax said on Wednesday it was seeking further growth in Nigeria after the recent purchase of a significant offshore stake from France's Total in Africa's largest oil producer.
New Delhi (UPI) Feb 20, 2013 - India has given the go-ahead for the creation of a regulator for the country's coal sector.
Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Feb 20, 2013 - Israel has signed its first gas export deal, selling gas worth $500 million to Arab peace partner Jordan, but debate is still unresolved on whether the Jewish state will export the bulk of its gas via undersea pipeline or by tanker as liquefied natural gas.
Berlin (AFP) Feb 20, 2013 - Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday expressed caution over whether the revolutionary oil and gas technique of fracking could be introduced in Germany, saying public safety was the main concern.
Rio De Janeiro (UPI) Feb 20, 2013 - Oil-rich Brazil will likely have more wind power capacity than all its Latin American neighbors within less than 10 years, analysts say.
Jakarta (UPI) Feb 20, 2013 - Southeast Asian countries will drive overall Asian liquefied natural gas demand through 2025, a new report says.
Baghdad (UPI) Feb 20, 2013 - The brewing oil war between Iraq's central government and a defiant Kurdistan, and wider security concerns, are forcing Baghdad to downsize its ambitious plans to quadruple oil output by 2017 and challenge Saudi Arabia as the world's top producer.
Brookings, S.D. (UPI) Feb 20, 2013 - The rush to increase planting of biofuel feedstock is rapidly killing off unique grasslands and pastures in the central United States, researchers report.
Chicago (AFP) Feb 19, 2013 - British energy giant BP vowed Tuesday to vigorously defend itself in court next week against US government claims for excessive fines in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster.
Abuja, Nigeria (UPI) Feb 19, 2013 - Nigeria is to carry out a forensic audit of the state oil company over an alleged $20 billion subsidy racket that officials say may help explain what happened to $50 billion in oil revenues that the governor of the central bank says is missing.
