Masdar, UAE (SPX) Mar 09, 2012 - Masdar Power and Masdar Institute of Science and Technology have each chosen industry leading ZephIR technology to provide wind measurements in challenging desert conditions in Abu Dhabi. The
Cambridge MA (SPX) Mar 09, 2012 - Researchers in applied physics have cleared an important hurdle in the development of advanced materials, called metamaterials, that bend light in unusual ways. Working at a scale applicable to infr
San Diego CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2012 - University of California, San Diego electrical engineers are building a forest of tiny nanowire trees in order to cleanly capture solar energy without using fossil fuels and harvest it for hydrogen
Boston MA (SPX) Mar 09, 2012 - Four companies, EOG Resources, Noble Energy, PennVirginia Corporation and Stone Energy, have responded to shareholder concerns and are improving transparency around the impacts of their hydraulic fr
Port Harcourt, Nigeria (UPI) Mar 9, 2012 - Armed militants in Nigeria's main oil-producing region appear to be cranking up an old insurgency targeting foreign oil companies as the West African giant seeks to boost production to 4 million barrels per day.
Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Mar 09, 2012 - Determining with precision the carbon balance of North America is complicated, but researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have devised a method that considerably advances the science. In
Kolkata, India (SPX) Mar 09, 2012 - Netscribes has announced the launch of its report, Oil and Gas Market in China 2012. The Oil and Gas sector in China is expected to witness tremendous growth owing to the robust growth of the econom
Chicago IL (SPX) Mar 09, 2012 - A polymer is a mesh of chains, which slowly break over time due to the pressure from ordinary wear and tear. When a polymer is squeezed, the pressure breaks chemical bonds and produces free radicals
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 09, 2012 - A large-scale shift from coal-fired electric power plants and gasoline-fueled cars to wind turbines and electric vehicles could increase demand for two already-scarce metals - available almost exclu
Buenos Aires (UPI) Mar 9, 2012 - Argentina's threat to seize control of Spanish subsidiary Repsol-YPF oil firm is taking a heavy toll on investor nerves but also forcing Madrid to attempt extreme diplomacy - getting King Juan Carlos to call Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Mar 09, 2012 - Until now, energy storage has mainly been used in devices such as mobile phones or notebook computers. Energy experts say this is going to change. As the use of renewable energy sources expands, the
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 08, 2012 - Leaders of America's rapidly emerging advanced biofuels industry urged congressional leaders today to extend two tax provisions that are critical to the commercialization of new biofuel production t
Rio De Janeiro (AFP) March 8, 2012 - Brazilian power company MPX Energia announced Thursday it would appeal a Chilean court decision ordering a halt to a planned huge 2,350 megawatt thermal power plant on Chile's northern coast.
Nairobi (AFP) March 8, 2012 - As former foes Sudan and South Sudan try to break a long running deadlock over a furious oil dispute, economic giant China is forced into a difficult juggling of allegiances between the rivals.
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 08, 2012 - Biofuel and biobased product company executives, scientists and government officials from across the globe will speak in breakout sessions at BIO's 9th annual World Congress on Industrial Biotechnol
Sterling Heights MI (SPX) Mar 08, 2012 - That was the message the E100 Ethanol Group (E100EG) gave to a panel of EPA/NHTSA officials at a hearing on the proposed 2017-2025 fuel economy standards in San Francisco on January 24th. Throughout
