Energy Tech
Environmentalists upset at Obama offshore drilling plan
Washington (AFP) March 31, 2010 - Environmentalists gave a thumbs-down Wednesday to President Barack Obama's plan to expand oil drilling off US coasts.
Energy Tech
Iraq boosts energy links with Turkey
Baghdad (UPI) Mar 31, 2010 - Baghdad and Ankara reinforced energy links with a new agreement that will keep Iraqi oil pumping from the northern Kirkuk oil fields to Turkey's Ceyhan terminal on the Mediterranean.
Bio Fuel
More Economical Process For Making Ethanol From Nonfood Sources
San Francisco CA (SPX) Mar 31, 2010 - Scientists in Wisconsin are reporting discovery of a way to lower the cost of converting wood, corn stalks and leaves, switch grass, and other non-food biomass materials into ethanol fuel. They describe their process, which reduces amounts of costly enzymes needed to break down tough fibrous cellulose matter in biomass for fermentation into alcohol, here today at the 239th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS).
Energy Tech
Obama plan expands oil offshore oil drilling
Washington (AFP) March 31, 2010 - President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced a plan to expand oil drilling off US coasts, drawing protests from green groups but charges by Republicans it did not go far enough.
Energy Tech
Russia’s Gazprom Neft Asks Iraqi Authorities To Clear Mines At Oilfield
Baghdad, Iraq (RIA Novosti) Mar 31, 2010 - An international consortium led by Gazprom Neft, the oil arm of energy giant Gazprom, has requested Iraqi authorities to help clear mines at the Badra oil deposit, the Iraqi media reported on Sunday.
Energy News
Russian President Urges Caps For Utility Prices
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Mar 31, 2010 - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday demanded the introduction of price ceilings for utility tariffs.
Energy Tech
France’s Total loses appeal over oil spill
Paris (AFP) March 30, 2010 - French oil giant Total lost a bid Tuesday to overturn its conviction for negligence in a 1999 shipwreck that caused a huge oil slick which polluted the coast of Brittany.
Bio Fuel
Great Plains-The Camelina Company Teams With Accelergy On Clean Jet Fuel
Cincinnati OH (SPX) Mar 30, 2010 - Camelina oil and domestic coal will soon be blended to create clean biojet fuel using coal-biomass-to-liquids technology (CBTL), thanks to an agreement between Accelergy Corporation and Great Plains - The Camelina Company.
Bio Fuel
UNICA Responds To Introduction Of Pomeroy-Shimkus Legislation
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 30, 2010 - In response to newly introduced legislation from Reps. Earl Pomeroy (D-ND) and John Shimkus (R-IL) extending subsidies to corn ethanol and the 54-cents per gallon tariff on imported ethanol - particularly sugarcane ethanol from Brazil - for five more years, the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) issued the following statement. The statement should be attributed to Joel Velasco, UNICA's Chief Representative in North America.
Energy News
Europe’s electricity could be all renewables by 2050
Paris (AFP) March 29, 2010 - Europe could meet all its electricity needs from renewable sources by mid-century, according to a report released Monday by services giant PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Bio Fuel
One Billion Gallons In Camelina Biofuel By 2025
Miami FL (SPX) Mar 29, 2010 - Biofuels market researchers at Biomass Advisors projected that one billion gallons of Camelina biofuel would be produced for the aviation and biodiesel sectors by 2025, creating 25,000 new jobs - producing over $5.5 billion in new revenues and $3.5 billion in new agricultural income for U.S. and Canadian farmers.
Bio Fuel
Qteros And UMass Amherst Announce Issuance Of Q Microbe US Patent
Marlborough MA (SPX) Mar 29, 2010 - Qteros, Inc., and the University of Massachusetts Amherst has announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued U.S. Patent No. 7,682,811 titled Systems and Methods for Producing Biofuels and Related Materials describing the novel creation of products, including biofuels, through the fermentation of biomass by a unique, naturally-occurring anaerobic microorganism.
Energy Tech
S and C Electric Company Unveils Third-Gen Self-Healing Smart Grid Solutions
Chicago IL (SPX) Mar 29, 2010 - S and C Electric Company has announced an enhanced product and software suite for the intelligent distribution grid featuring IntelliTEAM SG, S and C's 3rd generation Automatic Restoration System.
Bio Fuel
The Center Of The Automotive Universe Is Going To Change
Westlake Village CA (SPX) Mar 29, 2010 - The auto industry has undergone a major transformation during the past two years. More automakers are trying to become global at a time when some of the largest countries are struggling with their economy and worldwide new-vehicle sales are down. In addition, some of the largest automakers are facing financial and quality challenges.
Bio Fuel
Virent And Shell Start World’s First Biogasoline Production Plant
Madison WI (SPX) Mar 29, 2010 - Virent Energy Systems and Shell have announced the successful start of production at the world's first demonstration plant converting plant sugars into gasoline and gasoline blend components, rather than ethanol.
Bio Fuel
Biofuels Summit To Explore Latest News On Biofuels Industry
Albuquerque NM (SPX) Mar 26, 2010 - Leaders from the agricultural, research, industrial, academic and public policy sectors of the biofuels industry will meet April 13-14 at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Albuquerque for the Southwestern Biofuels Association (SWBA) Annual Policy Summit to discuss new challenges facing biofuels development and strategies to advance renewable fuels in New Mexico and the Southwest.