Moscow (RIA Novosti) Mar 26, 2010 - Russia expects that the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF), a gas equivalent of the OPEC oil cartel, will become an effective tool for coordinating the international gas industry, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday.
Wisconsin Rapids WI (SPX) Mar 25, 2010 - Energy Composites has completed fabrication and testing of its first hydrogen sulfide scrubber vessel for use in desulfurization of biogas. The 54,000 gallon scrubber tank, manufactured for BioGasclean, A/S, the Danish leader in biogas technology, represents ECC's entry into this important and rapidly-growing segment of the cleantech industry.
New York (AFP) March 25, 2010 - The planet is overheated, under-resourced, and almost out of time, but technical innovation and green economics could still save the day, experts and leaders told an international conference here.
Mclean VA (SPX) Mar 25, 2010 - Science Applications International has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, R.W. Beck, has been awarded a blanket purchase agreement by the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Golden Field Office to support The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's Biomass Program. The BPA's period of performance expires Sep. 30, 2015 and has a ceiling value of $21 million.
Jakarta (AFP) March 25, 2010 - US food company Cargill has become the latest multinational to demand answers from Indonesian palm oil giant Sinar Mas about claims it is devastating forests rich in carbon and wildlife.
Beijing (AFP) March 24, 2010 - BG Group on Wednesday signed a multi-billion dollar deal to supply liquefied natural gas from Australia to China's state-run CNOOC, as the Asian giant works to secure access to needed natural resources.
London, UK (SPX) Mar 24, 2010 - The German biogas plants market plunged 80 per cent in 2008 pushed by the close succession of the global financial crisis, rising energy crops prices, and the revision of the German Renewable Energy law (EEG). However, because the German biogas market accounted for nearly 70 per cent (1 billion USD) of the global/European total in 2009, Germany will likely remain the key market arena for biogas plants in 2010.
London (AFP) March 24, 2010 - Britain will create a 'green' bank with the help of the private sector to invest in environmentally-friendly transport and energy projects, finance minister Alistair Darling said on Wednesday.
Washington (AFP) March 24, 2010 - China has surpassed the United States as the top investor in clean energy with the rising Asian power becoming a powerhouse in the emerging field, a study by environmentalists said.
Waltham MA (SPX) Mar 24, 2010 - Global Partners has announced a multi-million-dollar expansion and tank refurbishment project that will add 180,000 barrels of ethanol storage capacity and rail access at the Partnership's refined petroleum products terminal in Albany, New York.
Amsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Mar 23, 2010 - Bio Base Europe is making progress in the development of sustainable biofuels. The recent first crop of genetically modified poplars of the Flemish Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) will be modified into bioethanol in a Flemish-Dutch pilot installation.
Sao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Mar 23, 2010 - The Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) has renewed its fuel supply agreement with the Indy Racing League for the 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series season, which opens on Sunday, March 14, with a race in Brazil's largest city, São Paulo. Under the new agreement, the IZOD IndyCar Series will continue to utilize sugarcane ethanol to fuel its race cars, including at its signature event, the Indianapolis 500.
Austin TX (SPX) Mar 23, 2010 - Dresser Wayne has announced the Ovation Eco Fuel model dispenser has been certified by the Underwriters Laboratory (UL) for use with ethanol blends up to E25. The new approval by UL comes as the market prepares for possible changes in U.S. federal energy policy that would shift the standard gasoline blend from the current E10 to higher levels of ethanol.
Paris (AFP) March 23, 2010 - France's government Tuesday put on hold a key carbon tax plan as workers held mass strikes over pensions and jobs, turning up the heat on President Nicolas Sarkozy after an election humiliation.
Baghdad (AFP) March 23, 2010 - Iraqi oil revenues dipped in February on slightly lower oil prices despite the highest level of exports in 20 years, the oil ministry said on Tuesday.
Stockholm (RIA Novosti) Mar 23, 2010 - The Nord Stream pipeline operator building a gas pipe designed to pump Russian natural gas to Europe under the Baltic Sea has started disarming mines located along the future pipeline's Swedish leg, the Swedish news TT agency has said.
