Boston MA (SPX) Aug 27, 2010 - Scientists have reported development of a new battery-like device that opens the possibility that people one day could recharge cell phones, laptops, and other portable electronics in an unlikely way ? with a sugar fix from a shared sip of soda pop or even a dose of vegetable oil.
Albuquerque NM (SPX) Aug 27, 2010 - Solid-state lighting pioneers long have held that replacing the inefficient Edison light bulb with more efficient solid-state light-emitting devices (LEDs) would lower electrical usage worldwide, not only greenly decreasing the need for new power plants but even permitting some to be decommissioned.
Boston MA (SPX) Aug 26, 2010 - The era of personalized energy systems - in which individual homes and small businesses produce their own energy for heating, cooling and powering cars - took another step toward reality as scientists reported discovery of a powerful new catalyst that is a key element in such a system.
Charlotte NC (SPX) Aug 26, 2010 - Duke Energy Carolinas will no longer pursue a plan to place up to three demonstration wind turbines in the Pamlico Sound.
Boston MA (SPX) Aug 26, 2010 - Scientists reported progress in using a common virus to develop improved materials for high-performance, rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that could be woven into clothing to power portable electronic devices.
Beijing (AFP) Aug 26, 2010 - Chinese oil giant PetroChina said Thursday its first-half net profit had risen 29.4 percent from a year earlier due to a sharp rise in oil prices helped by signs of global economic recovery.
Abuja, Nigeria (UPI) Aug 26, 2010 - Ongoing political and social strife in Nigeria's delta region continues to affect Royal Dutch Shell's oil extraction efforts.
Geneva (AFP) Aug 26, 2010 - The UN Environment Programme said Thursday a survey of devastating damage caused by a decade of oil spillage in Nigeria will not apportion blame, despite evidence it was partly caused by organised trafficking of crude.
Beijing (AFP) Aug 25, 2010 - China's hydropower capacity is expected to increase by 50 percent to 300,000 megawatts by 2015, state media said Wednesday -- a deadline that is five years sooner than previously reported.
Moscow (AFP) Aug 25, 2010 - A Russian gas tanker is this month making a historic voyage across the famed Northeast passage as receding ice opens up an elusive trade route from Asia to the West sought for centuries by explorers.
Tehran (UPI) Aug 25, 2010 - Iran, anxious to break out of the latest round of U.N. sanctions, is broadening its foreign contacts to expand its energy resources.
London (UPI) Aug 25, 2010 - British wind farm developers have strongly denied allegations their construction ships are responsible for a recent rash of seal deaths, authorities said.
Midland MI (SPX) Aug 24, 2010 - Dow Corning's Midland manufacturing site is considering the installation of a biomass-powered energy facility to provide a renewable, reliable and cost-effective supply of steam and electricity necessary for the site's operations.
London (AFP) Aug 24, 2010 - Scottish exploration group Cairn Energy said Tuesday it has discovered gas in offshore Greenland, amid environmental protests by Greenpeace to stop its operations near the nation's fragile coast.
London (UPI) Aug 24, 2010 - Global coal demand and consumption is set to continue rising over the next two decades despite parallel moves to switch to green and renewable energies.
Urbana IL (SPX) Aug 24, 2010 - A University of Illinois metabolic engineer has taken the first step toward the more efficient and economical production of biofuels by developing a strain of yeast with increased alcohol tolerance.
