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Scientists build a better fuel cell
Calgary, Alberta (UPI) Oct 20, 2009 - Canadian scientists say they have discovered a new material that can help increase the efficiency and decrease the cost of fuel cells.
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Summerhill Biomass Systems Unveils Solid Biomass Technology System
Syracuse NY (SPX) Oct 20, 2009 - Summerhill Biomass Systems is planting the seeds of innovation into the Syracuse Tech Garden. Summerhill, named after the Cayuga County community where the technology was developed, has pending patents across the globe on its system for grinding up timber, brush, corn stalks and other plant waste and converting the fine powder into heat.
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Wind helps Britain meet green targets
Liverpool, England (UPI) Oct 20, 2009 - Britain is on track to reach its ambitious green energy targets, according to the country's wind energy industry.
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Oil think tank warns recovery bears risks
London (UPI) Oct 19, 2009 - Consumers and producers of oil need to handle the current economic recovery with care to make sure they don't misread signals and trigger a change in the oil market that may jolt the world out of the recuperative mode, London's Center for Global Energy Studies warned Monday.
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Renewable Energy Sources Once Again On The Advance
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Oct 19, 2009 - Energy from sun, wind, water, biomass and geothermal sources is capable of meeting over half of Germany's energy needs by the year 2050. Germany can cut its emission of greenhouse gases to about 20 percent of its 1990 emission levels, provided that renewable energies continue to be rolled out, and provided that more efficient use is made of the energy obtained from them.
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Statoil says could sell US assets
Oslo (AFP) Oct 19, 2009 - Norwegian energy giant StatoilHydro said Monday it could sell some US oil assets in the Gulf of Mexico but declined to comment on a report that the prospective buyer would be China's state-owned CNOOC.
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Policeman hurt in green protest at British power station
Nottingham, England (AFP) Oct 17, 2009 - A police officer was rushed to hospital Saturday with head injuries during a protest by environmental campaigners at one of Britain's biggest coal-fired power stations, police said.
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Third attempt to plug Australia oil leak fails
Sydney (AFP) Oct 17, 2009 - A Thai-based oil company on Saturday failed in its third attempt to plug a leaking rig that has spilled thousands of barrels of crude into seas off Australia, alarming environmentalists.
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Canada’s $779 million carbon capture plan
Edmonton, Alberta (UPI) Oct 16, 2009 - The governments of Canada and Alberta have promised $779 million to build a carbon capture and storage facility for TransAlta, Canada's largest investor-owned power producer.
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China close to acquiring stake in Ghana oil: source
Accra (AFP) Oct 16, 2009 - A deal by a Chinese state-owned oil firm to acquire Kosmos Energy's stake in oil wells off the coast of Ghana is expected to be sealed next month, a senior official in Ghana's oil sector said Friday.
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China denies involvement with Guinea resource deal
Beijing (AFP) Oct 16, 2009 - China on Friday denied involvement with a large mining and oil deal in Guinea following accusations it amounted to supporting the west African country's military junta.
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UN cautions over biofuels green credentials
Nairobi (AFP) Oct 16, 2009 - The use of biofuels as a source of clean energy may lead to higher carbon emissions, but can also yield significant cuts if production is properly managed, the UN Environment Programme said Friday.
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Carbon capture looks promising for China
Beijing (UPI) Oct 15, 2009 - China's vast, deep rock layers have the capacity to store the country's carbon dioxide emissions for at least 100 years, U.S. researchers say.
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Carbon emissions must peak by 2015, says UN climate scientist
Paris (AFP) Oct 15, 2009 - The UN's top climate scientist on Thursday urged a key conference on global warming to set tough mid-term goals and warned carbon emissions had to peak by 2015 to meet a widely-shared vision.
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China, Russia agree in principle on gas price: Putin
Beijing (AFP) Oct 15, 2009 - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Gazprom and China's CNPC had agreed in principle on a pricing mechanism for future Russian gas deliveries to the energy-hungry Asian giant.
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Finland plans 80-pct carbon emissions cut by 2050
Helsinki (AFP) Oct 15, 2009 - The Finnish government aims to reduce its carbon emissions by at least 80 percent by 2050 from 1990 levels, in order to minimise the risks caused by climate warming, it said Thursday.