Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Jun 30, 2009 - Scania has sold 85 ethanol-powered articulated buses to Busslink, operator of bus services for Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL), the regional public transport company in the Swedish capital.
Port Of Spain, Trinidad And Tobago (UPI) Jun 30, 2009 - Trinidad and Tobago's prime minister said he looked at the economic data and his country's reserves and decided now is the time to send Jamaica natural gas.
Cedar Park TX (SPX) Jun 30, 2009 - Viryd Technologies has announced the company has received a notice of intent to award a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to test an 8-kilowatt wind turbine equipped with its NuVinci continuously variable planetary (CVP) technology. Additionally, the company announced the re-opening of its Series A financing round.
Ellensburg WA (SPX) Jun 30, 2009 - WindWorks! Northwest, a regional organization that advocates for wind power development, announced the release of its short documentary film, Chasing a Legacy: The Story of Wind Power in Kittitas County.
Cairo, Egypt (AFP) June 29, 2009 - Abu Dhabi, capital of the oil-rich United Arab Emirates, will host the headquarters of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the official MENA news agency reported.
Le Bourget, France (SPX) Jun 29, 2009 - Boeing and a team from across the aviation industry have released high-level elements of a study that shows that sustainable biofuels analyzed in a series of pioneering test flights performed favorably in comparison to petroleum-based fuel.
Washington (AFP) June 29, 2009 - Dow Chemical announced plans Monday to join Algenol Biofuels in a pilot-scale project to use algae and carbon dioxide to produce ethanol fuel.
Buenos Aires, Argentina (SPX) Jun 29, 2009 - Oil prices have been soaring since 2003. In 2008, oil prices went up as high as $100, showing the vulnerability of nonproducing countries to dependency of the imports of crude. This situation forced Latin American nonproducing countries to reorient its investments towards the renewable energies, with the purpose of diversifying its energy matrices.
Paris (UPI) Jun 29, 2009 - The International Energy Agency on Monday revised downward its projections for global oil and gas demand, citing the global economic downturn as a major factor.
Atlanta GA (SPX) Jun 29, 2009 - Marking a significant step forward in the use of cleaner coal technology to help meet the country's future energy requirements, the first major pieces of equipment have arrived at Duke Energy's Integrated Gasification Combined-Cycle (IGCC) plant in Edwardsport, Ind. Using GE IGCC technology, the plant is expected to be the largest cleaner coal IGCC facility of its type in the world when it is complete.
New York (AFP) June 29, 2009 - Oil prices jumped Monday on tensions in crude producing Nigeria and China's reported plans to rapidly increase its strategic crude oil reserves.
Portland OR (SPX) Jun 29, 2009 - Portland General Electric has announced that the first turbines erected for phase two of its Biglow Canyon Wind Farm have begun generating electricity and supplying power on the Pacific Northwest's electricity grid.
Washington (UPI) Jun 29, 2009 - The first step for the energy bill in the U.S. Congress was tough, but the next -- getting it through the Senate -- may be tougher.
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 29, 2009 - Forget your old-fashioned ideas about the solid waste industry. It's not just about hauling garbage anymore. So said Bruce J. Parker, president and CEO of the National Solid Wastes Management Association (NSWMA), in a speech today to the Society of Government Economists in Washington. NSWMA represents the private sector solid waste industry in the United States.
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Jun 29, 2009 - Catalan scientists have shown that using mud from waste water treatment plants as a partial alternative fuel can enable cement factories to reduce their CO2 emissions and comply with the Kyoto Protocol, as well as posing no risk to human health and being profitable. These are the results of an environmental impact assessment.
Singapore (AFP) June 28, 2009 - The World Bank has launched a programme to help cities in developing countries achieve economic growth and high quality living standards without damaging the environment.
