Wind Daily
South Korea partners for offshore wind
Seoul (UPI) Jun 13, 2012 - The United Kingdom and South Korea have formed an alliance to promote collaboration between the countries in offshore wind and tidal and wave power.
Energy Tech
Tiny emirate could save gulf oil exports
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UPI) Jun 13, 2012 - Amid simmering tensions in the Persian Gulf standoff between Iran and the United States, the barely known, tiny emirate of Fujairah is set to become a strategic outlet for oil exports if Iran shuts down the choke point Strait of Hormuz.
Energy Tech
Iraq looks to raise profile with OPEC candidate
Baghdad (AFP) June 12, 2012 - As Iraq increases oil output and emerges as a key supplier, it is now pushing a candidate for OPEC secretary general, part of efforts to boost its profile and retake a big role in the cartel it helped found.
Energy Tech
Oil slick threatens drinking water supply of Canadian town
Montreal (AFP) June 12, 2012 - A pipeline in western Canada has leaked crude oil into a local river, its operator said Tuesday amid fears the drinking water supply of 90,000 people could become contaminated.
Energy Tech
Philippine churches turn on Manila over US troops
Manila (AFP) June 12, 2012 - Church officials in the Philippines on Tuesday accused Manila of trying to increase US troop numbers in the country, as it marked the 114th anniversary of its declaration of independence from Spain.
Energy Tech
US military to help Philippines monitor coastal waters
Washington (AFP) June 12, 2012 - The US military said Tuesday it planned to help the Philippines monitor its coastal waters as Manila faces an escalating dispute with China over territorial claims.
Energy Tech
US must encourage development of Canadian oil sands, mitigation of CO2 emissions
Houston TX (SPX) Jun 12, 2012 - To successfully reduce the United States' dependence on fuels from outside North America, the government must pursue policies that foster the diversion of Canadian oil sands crude to U.S. Gulf Coast
Bio Fuel
Bigger refuges needed to delay pest resistance to biotech corn
Tucson AZ (SPX) Jun 11, 2012 - Genetically modified crops that produce insect-killing proteins from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) have reduced reliance on insecticide sprays since 1996. These proteins are lethal to so
Bio Fuel
Environmental benefit of biofuels is overestimated, new study claims
London, UK (SPX) Jun 11, 2012 - Two scientists are challenging the currently accepted norms of biofuel production. A commentary published in GCB Bioenergy reveals that calculations of greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions from bioenergy
Bio Fuel
Gasification may convert mesquite and juniper wood to a usable bioenergy
Vernon TX (SPX) Jun 11, 2012 - Biomass gasification is being considered as a possible technology for converting at least 10 million acres of Texas brush into biofuel, according to Dr. Jim Ansley, Texas AgriLife Research rangeland
Energy Tech
Gazprom may pay Bulgaria’s pipeline share
Sofia, Bulgaria (UPI) Jun 11, 2012 - Majority owner Gazprom may step in to finance the Bulgarian portion of the proposed South Steam pipeline to Europe, a Russian report indicates.
Bio Fuel
Steel-Strength Plastics That Are Clean And Green
Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Jun 11, 2012 - As landfills overflow with discarded plastics, scientists have been working to produce a biodegradable alternative that will reduce pollution. Now a Tel Aviv University researcher is giving the ques
Energy News
TEPCO to buy 1 million tons LNG a year from Qatar
Tokyo (AFP) June 11, 2012 - Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) said Monday that it has signed a new contract to buy one million tons of liquefied natural gas from Qatar every year.
Energy Tech
Tennessee takes big step towards nuclear fusion power
Knoxville TN (SPX) Jun 11, 2012 - Imagine a world without man-made climate change, energy crunches or reliance on foreign oil. It may sound like a dream world, but University of Tennessee, Knoxville, engineers have made a giant step
Energy Tech
US exempts India, but not China, from Iran sanctions
Washington (AFP) June 11, 2012 - The United States said Monday it would exempt seven emerging economies including India from tough new sanctions after they cut back on oil from Iran, but the punishment still loomed for China.
Energy Tech
Bombs hit Iraq pipelines, exports unhurt: officials
Kirkuk, Iraq (AFP) June 9, 2012 - Five bombs exploded at a northern Iraqi oil field on Saturday morning, damaging two pipelines without affecting the country's vital crude exports, officials said.