Energy News
Report: China leads in low-carbon energy
Washington (UPI) Mar 29, 2011 - China is the world's leading investor in low-carbon energy technology, a global study by a U.S. environmental polling organization has shown.
Energy Tech
S.Africa takes heat for burning coal
Johannesburg (AFP) March 29, 2011 - The global fight over fossil fuels has hit home in South Africa as the coal-dependent country debates its energy future before hosting UN climate talks later this year.
Energy Tech
TU Delft Identifies Huge Potential Of Nanocrystals In Fuel Cells
Delft, Germany (SPX) Mar 29, 2011 - The addition of extremely small crystals to solid electrolyte material has the potential to considerably raise the efficiency of fuel cells. Researchers at TU Delft were the first to document this a
Energy Tech
Conflicts a threat to Indonesia’s energy
Jakarta (UPI) Mar 28, 2011 - Political conflict in oil producing countries could worsen the energy situation in Indonesia, an industry official said.
Wind Daily
Developing The Next Generation VENTOS CFD Model
Porto, Portugal (SPX) Mar 28, 2011 - Natural Power, RES and the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Porto (FEUP), Portugal have signed a significant research and development joint venture focused on developing the next generati
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None Of Our Officials Decided Spectrum Lease To Devas: ISRO
New Delhi (PTI) Mar 28, 2011 - Indian Space Research Organisation has said none of its official or anyone from Antrix Corporation or Space department was involved in the decision to lease precious S-band spectrum to Devas Multime
Wind Daily
Nordex USA Enters First 300MW Joint Venture
Chicago IL (SPX) Mar 28, 2011 - Nordex USA has entered into a joint venture with Beebe Community Wind Farm, a Michigan project developer, for the co-development and construction of a wind farm in Gratiot County, Michigan. Th
Energy Tech
Post-oil transport needs 1.5-trillion-euro overhaul: EU
Brussels (AFP) March 28, 2011 - Europe's transport network will need a 1.5-trillion-euro private sector overhaul to meet the needs of a post-oil world and slash carbon emissions, the European Commission said Monday.
Bio Fuel
Researchers Close In On Technology For Making Renewable Petroleum
Twin Cities MN (SPX) Mar 28, 2011 - University of Minnesota researchers are a key step closer to making renewable petroleum fuels using bacteria, sunlight and dioxide, a goal funded by a $2.2 million United States Department of Energy
Energy News
Lights off as ‘Earth Hour’ circles the globe
Los Angeles (AFP) March 26, 2011 - Lights went off around the world Saturday as landmark buildings and ordinary homes flipped their switches while the annual Earth Hour circled the planet in what was dubbed the world's largest voluntary action for the environment.
Energy News
Lights out as Tokyo lives with power crunch
Tokyo (AFP) March 26, 2011 - The giant TVs are silent, the neon lights dark and the bars of Tokyo half-empty. Two weeks after Japan's deadly earthquake, the city that once never slept is learning to live with a new era of frugality.
Energy Tech
World looks beyond Libyan oil as conflict rages
Washington (AFP) March 26, 2011 - One month into its unrest, the shutdown of Libya's oil fields is creating strains in the world's oil networks as consumers scour the world to replace its highly-prized sweet crude.
Energy News
Japan faces prolonged energy crunch
Osaka (AFP) March 25, 2011 - Disaster-struck Japan is bracing for months of energy shortages that could curb factory production and force households and workers to sweat out the humid summer with little or no air conditioning.
Energy Tech
Nigerian oil sector faces election trouble
Port Harcourt, Nigeria (UPI) Mar 25, 2011 - Royal Dutch Shell and possibly other Western companies are planning to sell off some of their licenses in Nigeria's all-important oil industry amid expectations of political violence ahead of national elections April 9.
Energy Tech
China warns against S.China Sea oil exploration
Beijing (AFP) March 24, 2011 - China warned Thursday against any oil exploration without its consent in waters it claims in the South China Sea after the Philippines announced plans for possible drilling.
Energy News
Earth Hour aims for hope in darkened world
Sydney (AFP) March 24, 2011 - Lights will go out around the world Saturday with hundreds of millions of people set to take part in the Earth Hour climate change campaign, which this year will also mark Japan's earthquake and tsunami.