Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Sep 11, 2009 - University of Utah researchers will inject cool water and pressurized water into a dry geothermal well during a five-year, $10.2 million study aimed at boosting the productivity of geothermal power plants and making them feasible nationwide.
Abuja, Nigeria (UPI) Sep 11, 2009 - As the mid-September deadline for a cease-fire in Nigeria's oil war approaches with no sign of a mass surrender by rebels who have shattered the country's oil production, President Umaru Yar'Adua is preparing for an all-out army offensive, according to published reports.
Richland WA (SPX) Sep 11, 2009 - The Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will receive more than $6.8 million over three years to advance the production of renewable power from the natural movement of oceans and rivers.
Hamburg, Germany (UPI) Sep 11, 2009 - How about a power station in your basement?
Beijing (AFP) Sept 10, 2009 - Central African Republic President Francois Bozize urged China Thursday to invest more in his nation and develop stronger ties in the energy and mining fields, state media reported.
Cape Town (AFP) Sept 10, 2009 - Coal-reliant South Africa on Thursday said it was unrealistic to expect developing nations to set targets for cutting harmful carbon emissions as this would hamper economic growth.
Kuwait City (AFP) Sept 10, 2009 - Kuwait plans to double its power production capacity to more than 20,000 megawatts over the next five years, Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Mohammad al-Ahmad al-Sabah said on Thursday.
Vienna (AFP) Sept 10, 2009 - Oil producers' interests must be represented at a major UN climate change summit in December, the president of the OPEC crude producers' cartel urged at its output meeting on Wednesday.
Chicago (AFP) Sept 10, 2009 - China could meet all of its future electricity needs with wind power if the government continues to subsidize the development of wind farms with price guarantees, a study published Thursday has found.
Rio De Janeiro (UPI) Sep 10, 2009 - Petroleo Brasileiro SA, Brazil's state-controlled oil company, says its tests show the Guara deepwater offshore field holds between 1.1 billion and 2 billion barrels of oil and initial production may start in 2012 with 50,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day.
Khartoum, Sudan (UPI) Sep 10, 2009 - Allegations that Sudan's Muslim-dominated government has short-changed its mainly Christian rivals in the south of up to $600 million in oil revenues could threaten a 2005 peace treaty that ended two decades of civil war.
Beijing (AFP) Sept 9, 2009 - China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), the nation's biggest oil producer, said Wednesday it had secured a 30 billion dollar credit line from a state-owned bank to fund its overseas expansion.
Quito (AFP) Sept 9, 2009 - Ecuador said Wednesday it was seeking US legal action against Chevron after the American oil giant released videos allegedly showing politicians paying off a judge in a high-profile environmental case.
Berlin (AFP) Sept 9, 2009 - An ambitious project was unveiled in Germany on Wednesday to install mini gas-fired power plants in people's basements and produce as much electricity as two nuclear reactors within a year.
Sofia (AFP) Sept 8, 2009 - Bulgarian President Georgy Parvanov slammed the country's new pro-Western Prime Minister Boyko Borisov on Tuesday over the government's planned review of several major Russia-backed energy deals.
Oslo (AFP) Sept 8, 2009 - The world's first floating full-scale offshore wind turbine has been inaugurated in the North Sea off the coast of Norway, Norwegian energy giant StatoilHydro said Tuesday.
