Paris, France (SPX) Dec 19, 2012 - EurObserv'ER has calculated the share of renewable energy in gross final energy consumption for the 27 European Union Member States (EU-27). For the year 2011 this share was estimated at 13.4%. This
Brisbane, Australia (UPI) Dec 18, 2012 - Australia's first carbon capture plant has entered the demonstration phase.
Paris (AFP) Dec 18, 2012 - Coal is set to surpass oil as the world's top fuel within a decade, driven by growth in emerging market giants China and India, with even Europe finding it hard to cut use despite pollution concerns, according to a report published Tuesday.
Brussels (AFP) Dec 18, 2012 - The European Commission announced Tuesday that it was putting 1.2 billion euros ($1.56 billion) into renewable energy demonstration projects but had found no carbon capture ventures to back.
Manchester UK (SPX) Dec 18, 2012 - Writing in PNAS, the researchers have shown that the emerging field of synthetic biology can be used to manipulate hydrocarbon chemicals, found in soaps and shampoos, in cells. This developmen
Champaign IL (SPX) Dec 18, 2012 - Sulfur compounds in petroleum fuels have met their nano-structured match. University of Illinois researchers developed mats of metal oxide nanofibers that scrub sulfur from petroleum-based fuels muc
London (AFP) Dec 18, 2012 - Oil prices rallied on Tuesday as hopes grew of a US deal to avert a fiscal cliff of tax hikes and spending cuts in the United States - the world's biggest consumer of crude - analysts said.
Washington (AFP) Dec 18, 2012 - The United States on Tuesday confirmed anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on large wind towers imported from China and Vietnam.
Washington (UPI) Dec 18, 2012 - An environmental group has sued to halt the U.S. administration's plan to auction offshore oil and gas drilling leases, the first since the 2010 Gulf oil spill.
Beijing (UPI) Dec 17, 2012 - China has submitted to the United Nations what it calls geological evidence that would mean disputed islands in the East China Sea close are Chinese territory.
Tokyo (AFP) Dec 17, 2012 - Japan's premier-in-waiting Shinzo Abe came out fighting Monday after his sweeping election victory, saying there can be no compromise on the sovereignty of islands at the centre of a dispute with China.
Tehran (AFP) Dec 17, 2012 - Iran is losing half of its oil revenues because of international sanctions imposed over its disputed nuclear programme, Economy Minister Shamseddin Hosseini said in remarks quoted by media on Monday.
Raleigh, NC (SPX) Dec 17, 2012 - New research from North Carolina State University provides molecular-level insights into how cellulose - the most common organic compound on Earth and the main structural component of plant cell wal
Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Dec 15, 2012 - US oil giant Chevron has agreed to pay 310 million reales ($155 million) to Brazil for an oil spill last year that fouled beaches in Rio de Janeiro, officials said Saturday.
Algiers, Algeria (UPI) Dec 14, 2012 - Algeria's state energy company Sonatrach is pushing an $80 billion, five-year investment program to expand its oil and natural gas industry and is offering an incentives package to woo foreign companies to develop its shale energy resources.
Caracas, Venezuela (UPI) Dec 14, 2012 - The next few weeks to the scheduled Jan. 10 presidential inauguration in Venezuela will determine how politics will affect ordinary lives in the oil-rich nation and its future direction.
