Dakar (AFP) Oct 28, 2011 - Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade said Friday he deeply regrets two deaths after clashes broke out over a disputed biofuels project in northern Senegal, and wants an explanation.
Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Oct 27, 2011 - Taking a cue from Mother Nature, researchers at the Department of Energy's BioEnergy Science Center have undertaken a first-of-its-kind study of a naturally occurring phenomenon in trees to spur the
Karlsruhe, Germany (SPX) Oct 27, 2011 - KIT researchers have developed a new concept for rechargeable batteries. Based on a fluoride shuttle - the transfer of fluoride anions between the electrodes - it promises to enhance the storage cap
Dallas TX (SPX) Oct 27, 2011 - New research from SMU's Geothermal Laboratory, funded by a grant from Google.org, documents significant geothermal resources across the United States capable of producing more than three million meg
Maseru (AFP) Oct 27, 2011 - Lesotho has signed a $15 billion (11 billion euro) renewable energy deal with a South African company in the country's largest-ever private investment, officials said on Thursday.
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 27, 2011 - Creating a biomass supply chain is vital to the development of bioenergy and advanced biofuels and can bring hundreds of thousands of jobs and millions in economic development to rural areas across
Dakar (AFP) Oct 26, 2011 - A disputed biofuels project in northern Senegal which triggered violent clashes between villagers claimed its second victim Thursday after a man died from his injuries.
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Oct 26, 2011 - Not all parts of a corn stalk are equal, and they shouldn't be treated that way when creating cellulosic ethanol, say Purdue University researchers. When corn stover is processed to make cellu
Dakar (AFP) Oct 26, 2011 - A disputed biofuels project in northern Senegal has triggered violent clashes between villagers, leaving one person dead and two seriously wounded, police said Wednesday.
Manila (AFP) Oct 26, 2011 - Philippine President Benigno Aquino and Vietnamese counterpart Truong Tan Sang pressed for a zone of peace in the hotly disputed South China Sea, at a joint news conference on Wednesday.
Corvallis OR (SPX) Oct 26, 2011 - The largest and most comprehensive study yet done on the effect of biofuel production from West Coast forests has concluded that an emphasis on bioenergy would increase carbon dioxide emissions from
Moscow (UPI) Oct 26, 2011 - Talks with Moscow over the European Union's newly enacted energy market reform package have reached a stalemate, Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko says.
Brighton, UK (SPX) Oct 26, 2011 - Marine engineering company SeaRoc, part of the Natural Power group, have signed a joint agreement with marine technology specialists CDS Wind Ltd. (CDS) of Seoul, Korea, to help further develop the
Brighton, UK (SPX) Oct 26, 2011 - SeaRochas been selected to project manage the supply, installation and commissioning of two lattice meteorological towers in accordance with a specification provided by Forewind - the consortium res
Erbil, Iraq (UPI) Oct 26, 2011 - The U.S. military withdrawal from Iraq is likely to exacerbate a potentially dangerous conflict between the Baghdad government and the semi-autonomous Kurdish enclave in the north over oil rights.
London (AFP) Oct 25, 2011 - BP surged back into profit in the first nine months of the year, it said Tuesday, declaring that it has now reached a clear turning point after the devastating Gulf of Mexico oil disaster in April 2010.
