Paris (AFP) May 9, 2010 - The BP oil slick menacing the US Gulf Coast poses a direct threat to vast expanses of mangrove forest critical to many of the region's fragile ecosystems, experts say.
Arlington, Va. (UPI) May 7, 2010 - U.S. naval scientists say they're experimenting with electricity generated from bacteria found in mud and wastewater.
Brussels (UPI) May 7, 2010 - Despite the fact that the Russian-backed Nord Stream and South Stream natural gas pipelines are quickly advancing, an expert said the European Union should boost support for its flagship energy security project -- the Nabucco pipeline.
Baghdad (UPI) May 7, 2010 - Iraq has invited international energy companies to bid for production deals at three natural gas fields as Baghdad expands its drive to boost oil and gas production to fund its reconstruction program.
Washington (UPI) May 7, 2010 - Shell Oil's plan to drill three exploratory wells in the Arctic is uncertain in the wake of BP's Deepwater Horizon rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico.
Washington (AFP) May 7, 2010 - Survivors of the huge oil rig blast in the Gulf of Mexico say alarms designed to warn them of an imminent explosion never sounded, ABC News reported Friday.
Beijing (UPI) May 6, 2010 - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao urged all levels of China's government to work with an iron hand to reach energy efficiency targets.
Stanley, Falkland Islands (UPI) May 6, 2010 - After disappointing results earlier in the year that caused dismay and panic among investors, the Falklands' first oil discovery was reported Thursday by the company prospecting in the British-ruled archipelago's northern basin.
Venice, Louisiana (AFP) May 6, 2010 - Workers lowered a huge dome over an oil leak gushing from a sunken rig deep in the Gulf of Mexico Friday as energy giant BP battled the slick lapping ashore on protected islands off the US coast.
Windsor, UK (SPX) May 06, 2010 - Morgan Technical Ceramics (MTC), a leading manufacturer of innovative ceramic, glass, precious metal, piezoelectric and dielectric materials, announces a Shorter Knowledge Transfer Partnership (sKTP) project with Glyndwr University. MTC and Glyndwr University will work together to design and build an energy harvesting demonstration system that will provide a renewable source of energy. The 26 week project will pioneer research in energy harvesting.
Rosslyn VA (SPX) May 06, 2010 - Regulatory proposals put forward by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to restrict transportation of lithium batteries and products that contain them are unnecessary, misdirected, and would not achieve the safety goals stated by the agency, according to the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) in comments it has submitted to DOT.
Randall County TX (SPX) May 06, 2010 - National Wind of Minneapolis, MN, and KRS Energy of Centennial, Colorado, have announced the launch of Buffalo Wind Energy. The Buffalo Wind Project plans to develop up to 300 megawatts of wind energy.
Chesapeake VA (SPX) May 06, 2010 - Wheelabrator Technologies has purchased the Southeastern Public Service Authority's Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) plant and adjacent waste-to-energy facility.
Bonn, Germany (SPX) May 06, 2010 - Renewable electricity can be transformed into a substitute for natural gas. Until now, electricity was generated from gas. Now, a German-Austrian cooperation wants to go in the opposite direction. In the future, these researchers and entrepreneurs would like to store surplus electricity - such as from wind power or solar energy - as climate-neutral methane, and store it in existing gas storage facilities and the natural gas network.
Valencia, Spain (SPX) May 06, 2010 - DS2 has announced the availability, for the global utility market, of DS2's Wideband PLC Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) silicon and firmware package and its AMI Evaluation Kit.
Port Fourchon, Louisiana (AFP) May 5, 2010 - BP dispatched Wednesday a giant dome on a high-stakes mission to contain the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, knowing failure would leave crude spewing into the sea for months and magnify the risk of an environmental catastrophe.
