Hamburg, Germany (SPX) Mar 24, 2011 - GL Garrad Hassan is providing independent engineering services in relation to the Shepherds Flat Wind Farm in Gilliam and Morrow Counties, Oregon. Experts from the international renewable energy con
London (AFP) March 24, 2011 - World oil prices crept higher on Thursday as as traders eyed further unrest in the Middle East and North Africa and kept an eye on Portugal's debt crisis.
Washington (AFP) March 24, 2011 - Restoring power and government reconstruction spending are crucial to Japan's economy resuming growth, the IMF said Thursday, after Tokyo put the damage of the March 11 earthquake at $309 billion.
Paris, France (SPX) Mar 24, 2011 - Not long ago, Japan faced a major power crisis. In September 2002, the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) was forced to shut down 17 nuclear power plants for emergency safety inspections. Th
Beijing, China (SPX) Mar 24, 2011 - Solar greenhouses have played a vital role in China's agricultural scene for years. New innovations in greenhouse design are allowing growers to produce more varieties of vegetables, even during lon
Richland WA (SPX) Mar 24, 2011 - Though considered a promising large-scale energy storage device, the vanadium redox battery's use has been limited by its inability to work well in a wide range of temperatures and its high cost. Bu
Algiers, Algeria (UPI) Mar 23, 2011 - Algeria's energy industry, backbone of the country's economy, is in trouble as President Abdelaziz Bouteflika struggles to avert a popular uprising while locked in a power struggle with the military.
Madison WI (SPX) Mar 23, 2011 - Nitrous oxide is a potent greenhouse gas and a precursor to compounds that contribute to the destruction of the ozone. Intensively managed, grazed pastures are responsible for an increase in nitrous
Shanghai (AFP) March 23, 2011 - CNOOC Ltd, China's biggest offshore oil and gas producer, said Wednesday its 2010 net profit surged 84.5 percent on higher oil prices as demand increased with the global economic recovery.
Berlin (UPI) Mar 23, 2011 - The Russian-led South Stream pipeline project has been given a significant boost when it was joined by Wintershall, the oil and gas arm of German chemicals giant BASF.
Nairobi (AFP) March 23, 2011 - Environmental goups Wednesday protested an expansive project to grow jatropha in Kenya for biofuels, arguing that such production would emit more carbon than fossil fuels.
Osaka (AFP) March 23, 2011 - Japanese banks and trust groups will provide around 2 trillion yen ($24.6 billion) to troubled Tokyo Electric Power this month to help cover costs for repairing its power plants, reports said.
Manhattan KA (SPX) Mar 23, 2011 - One of Kansas' most abundant natural resources may hold the key to preventing major power outages. A team of Kansas State University engineers is researching ways to use Kansas wind and other distri
London UK (SPX) Mar 23, 2011 - In a unique collaboration between scientists from the UK, Ecuador and Reunion, a new species of yeast has been discovered growing on the fruit of an unidentified and innocuous bramble collected from
Manila (AFP) March 23, 2011 - The Philippines is set to pursue oil exploration in disputed waters of the South China Sea amid a spat with China, the government and the company behind the project said.
Washington (AFP) March 23, 2011 - A stuck pipe was to blame for last year's worst-ever oil spill as it impeded a system in place on the BP well to prevent pollution into the Gulf of Mexico, a study said.
