Washington (AFP) Feb 2, 2011 - The administrator of BP's $20 billion oil spill compensation fund has been influenced by the British oil giant and must stop telling victims he is independent, a US federal judge said Wednesday.
Berkeley CA (SPX) Feb 01, 2011 - A little disorder goes a long way, especially when it comes to harnessing the sun's energy. Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) jumbl
London (AFP) Feb 1, 2011 - Crisis-hit BP reported its first annual loss in almost two decades on Tuesday, as a result of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster, and outlined fresh plans to shift focus away from the United States.
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Feb 1, 2011 - Peatswamp forests home to such species as the Borneo pygmy elephant are being obliterated in Malaysian Borneo to make way for palm oil plantations, according to a study released Tuesday.
Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Feb 01, 2011 - Smaller and more energy-efficient electronic chips could be made using molybdenite. In an article appearing online January 30 in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, EPFL's Laboratory of Nanoscale Ele
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 01, 2011 - Rentech has announced that its synthetic RenDiesel fuel is powering an Audi A3 TDI in a cross-country drive from California to Washington D.C. for the first time. The cross-country trek follow
Sodertalje, Sweden (SPX) Feb 01, 2011 - Scania has received an order for 158 buses from public transport company Keolis Sverige. By ordering buses that run on biofuels, the company strengthens its position in sustainable urban transport.
Aberdeen, Scotland (UPI) Feb 1, 2011 - Scottish authorities say they are examining the feasibility of stringing an undersea electrical power cable linking Scotland and Norway.
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 31, 2011 - Scientists found that in 14 independent studies, the yields of two Agave species greatly exceeded the yields of other biofuel feedstocks, such as corn, soybean, sorghum, and wheat. Additionally, eve
Tyngsboro MA (SPX) Jan 31, 2011 - Beacon Power has announced that it has energized and interconnected eight megawatts (8 MW) of flywheel energy storage and is now earning revenue at its frequency regulation plant in Stephentown, New
Beijing (AFP) Jan 31, 2011 - China's CNOOC Ltd said Monday it has agreed to pay $570 million for one-third of US firm Chesapeake Energy's shale oil and gas drilling project in the American states of Colorado and Wyoming.
Beijing (UPI) Jan 31, 2011 - China National Offshore Oil Corp. has agreed to pay $570 million for a 33.3 percent interest in Chesapeake Energy's shale and oil gas drilling project in Colorado and Wyoming, the companies announced.
Minneapolis MN (SPX) Jan 31, 2011 - Mortenson Construction and ACCIONA Energy North America are partnering again to expand wind power in western Oklahoma. The 132-megawatt Dempsey Ridge Wind Farm located on the rolling hills of Roger
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Jan 31, 2011 - The missions and projects planned by the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) in 2011 underline the importance of research in Germany, specifically in the fields
Brussels (UPI) Jan 31, 2011 - Europe will have to double its spending on renewables to nearly $100 billion if it wants to meets its 2020 clean energy targets, EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said Monday.
Atlanta GA (SPX) Jan 31, 2011 - In the quest to develop flexible plastic electronics, one of the stumbling blocks has been creating transistors with enough stability for them to function in a variety of environments while still ma
