Dawson Creek, British Columbia (UPI) Jul 6, 2009 - A series of bombings of natural gas pipelines in northeastern British Columbia in Canada are domestic terrorism, authorities said.
Guessing, Austria (AFP) July 5, 2009 - After 20 years investing in renewable energy, the small Austrian town of Guessing, a model of energy self-sufficiency, is spreading its pioneering technology far and wide.
Bristol, UK (SPX) Jul 03, 2009 - Advanced composite materials are playing a vital role in improved design and reduced operating costs for renewable energy technologies. New research will highlight how wind, marine and solar power could address these challenges within the renewable energy industry.
Denver CO (SPX) Jul 03, 2009 - NACEL Energy has confirmed it has entered into four long term wind development rights agreements covering 1025 acres in Donley County, Texas. Leila Lakes is the Company's fifth Texas wind energy project. At project build-out, NACEL Energy anticipates 20 MW, or more, of power generation from Leila Lakes.
Seal Beach CA (SPX) Jul 03, 2009 - The world's largest natural gas truck fueling station, designed and built by Clean Energy Fuels is now open for business on a 2.9-acre site adjacent to the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.
N'Djamena (AFP) July 2, 2009 - China's largest energy producer, China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), on Wednesday began work on a major oil pipeline in southwestern Chad, state media reported here.
Abuja (AFP) July 2, 2009 - The Nigerian Senate passed a bill Thursday to forbid energy firms from burning gas during oil extraction from 2011, ending a practice that harms the environment, a senior senator said.
Baghdad (UPI) Jul 1, 2009 - The Iraqi government's much-touted award of major production contracts for international oil majors on June 29-30 turned out to be a big fizzle.
Campinas, Brazil (SPX) Jun 30, 2009 - Amyris Brasil Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento has announced the opening of the Amyris Renewable Products Demonstration Facility in Campinas. The facility, located in the midst of the sugar cane processing industry, secures the final development step before full commercial production of Amyris's renewable products.
Baghdad (AFP) June 30, 2009 - British energy giant BP and China's CNPC International Ltd were unveiled Tuesday as the first foreign firms in decades to win contracts to invest and develop in Iraq's war-battered energy sector.
Shanghai (AFP) June 30, 2009 - China announced its second gasoline and diesel price hike in a month on Tuesday, raising fuel prices in Beijing to their highest level ever.
Beijing (AFP) June 30, 2009 - China's government-backed oil companies are jostling with each other to make landmark overseas acquisitions, seizing on the economic crisis -- and accompanying low asset prices -- to grow.
Cairo (AFP) June 30, 2009 - France's Helene Pelosse was elected on Tuesday to head the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) at a meeting in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt's state news agency MENA announced.
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 30, 2009 - The National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) applauds the Department of the Interior for issuing five exploratory leases for offshore wind development on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) offshore New Jersey and Delaware.
Abuja (AFP) June 30, 2009 - The pollution caused by half a century of oil extraction in Nigeria is one of the world's most disturbing examples of the curse of natural resources, a global rights lobby group said Tuesday.
Toronto, Canada (SPX) Jun 30, 2009 - Ontario, Canada was hailed as North America's wind energy leader recently at an international conference in South Korea, where George Smitherman, Ontario's Deputy Premier and Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, accepted the 2009 World Wind Energy Award.
