Champaign, IL (SPX) Jan 19, 2012 - Research into biofuel crops such as switchgrass and Miscanthus has focused mainly on how to grow these crops and convert them into fuels. But many steps lead from the farm to the biorefinery, and ea
London, UK (SPX) Jan 19, 2012 - A new report from Memoori Research on the global Smart Grid business, forecasts total expenditure to 2030 and highlights investment and financial activity in the market. By 2018 the world pure
Sofia (AFP) Jan 18, 2012 - Bulgarian lawmakers slapped on Wednesday a ban on shale gas exploration and production, bowing to strong public pressure over environmental concerns.
Athens, Greece (UPI) Jan 18, 2012 - Greek officials have reaffirmed support of the Turkey-Greece-Italy natural gas pipeline, calling it the most mature of three competing plans to cross the country.
Paris (AFP) Jan 18, 2012 - The IEA Wednesday cut its global oil demand growth forecast for 2012, with the market dragged down by a weakening world economy and stubbornly high prices while the nuclear crisis with Iran deepens.
Washington (AFP) Jan 18, 2012 - Iran has no desire to carry out its threat of closing the Strait of Hormuz to head off fresh Western economic sanctions because doing so would damage the regime's own interests, US-based experts say.
Juba, South Sudan (UPI) Jan 18, 2012 - The swelling confrontation between newly independent South Sudan and its former rulers in Khartoum over the region's oil resources is becoming linked to the seeming endless Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
Manhattan KS (SPX) Jan 18, 2012 - A switch to LED lights in refrigeration units could save the retail meat industry millions of dollars each year, according to research from Kansas State University. Kyle Steele, recent master'
Washington (AFP) Jan 18, 2012 - US President Barack Obama on Wednesday rejected the proposed Keystone XL pipeline from Canada, saying he could not vouch for its safety by a deadline despite intense election-year pressure.
Washington (AFP) Jan 18, 2012 - US President Barack Obama on Wednesday rejected the proposed Keystone XL pipeline from Canada, saying he could not vouch for its safety by a deadline despite intense election-year pressure.
Livermore, CA (SPX) Jan 18, 2012 - By looking at the stability of the atmosphere, wind farm operators could gain greater insight into the amount of power generated at any given time. Power generated by a wind turbine largely de
Washington (AFP) Jan 18, 2012 - The US Navy announced Wednesday it led a rescue operation to assist the crew of an Iranian fishing vessel in distress in the Gulf of Oman, the third in 10 days in an area marked by tension between Washington and Tehran.
Washington (AFP) Jan 18, 2012 - The United States is fully prepared for any confrontation with Iran over the strategic Strait of Hormuz, but hopes a dispute would be resolved peacefully, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Wednesday.
Sofia (AFP) Jan 17, 2012 - Bulgaria reversed on Tuesday plans to start shale gas exploration as it withdrew a five-year permit for test drilling that had been granted to the US oil giant Chevron, the government press office said.
Abu Dhabi (AFP) Jan 17, 2012 - China's Sinopec clinched a strategic energy cooperation agreement with the UAE's state-run Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), the official WAM news agency reported Tuesday.
Hohenheim, Germany (SPX) Jan 17, 2012 - In order to breed new varieties of corn with a higher yield faster than ever before, researchers at the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart, Germany, and other institutions are relying on a trick:
