Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (UPI) Jun 24, 2009 - The government of Papua New Guinea is to conduct an investigation into claims of con men selling fake carbon-trading certificates to small landowners.
Guessing, Austria (AFP) June 24, 2009 - A new plant that produces gas from wood was opened in Austria on Wednesday, paving the way towards new possibilities in renewable energy.
Ottawa (AFP) June 24, 2009 - China's Sinopec has agreed to purchase oil exploration firm Addax Petroleum for 7.2 billion dollars in the largest ever Chinese offshore acquisition, the companies announced Wednesday.
Arhus, Denmark (UPI) Jun 24, 2009 - Denmark's Vestas, the world's largest wind turbine maker, is betting big that a growing U.S. renewable energy market will help the company emerge stronger from the economic crisis.
North Andover MA (SPX) Jun 23, 2009 - Baystate Biofuels has broken ground on a facility to distribute biodiesel and blended diesel anywhere in New England. The terminal at Osgood Landing in North Andover will be the first full-scale commercial facility in Massachusetts dedicated to biodiesel distribution.
Petropolis, Brazil (AFP) June 23, 2009 - High in the cool hills of eastern Brazil, this tourist hot spot also known as the Imperial City is attracting worldwide attention thanks an innovative scheme to recycle human sewage.
Houston TX (SPX) Jun 23, 2009 - Continental Airlines has announced the results of its Jan. 7, 2009, biofuel demonstration flight, which was conducted in partnership with Boeing, GE Aviation/CFM International, and Honeywell's UOP. The biofuel blend performed as well as or better than traditional jet fuel, displaying an approximately 1.1 percent increase in fuel efficiency over traditional jet fuel in different stages of the demonstration flight.
Petchburi, Thailand (UPI) Jun 23, 2009 - Looking to cut infrastructure costs and reliance on outside sources of energy, the six Greater Mekong Subregion countries have adopted a new framework for energy sharing.
Boulder CO (SPX) Jun 23, 2009 - The widespread excitement surrounding the biofuels market opportunity has been tempered somewhat by its many challenges, which include limited availability of inexpensive feedstocks, ethical questions of food versus fuel, petroleum price volatility, global recession, and overcapacity of production.
Denver CO (SPX) Jun 23, 2009 - Inbicon CEO Niels Henriksen has introduced a new 20-million-gallon-a-year engineering model designed to demonstrate the Inbicon Biomass Refinery in North America. For the Danish bio-technology group, this marks a major step along a practical pathway to cellulosic biomass conversion and commercial production of The New Ethanol, says Henriksen.
Missoula MT (SPX) Jun 23, 2009 - Vega Promotional Systems has announced through its wholly owned subsidiary, Natural Fuels Industries, that it has entered into an Agreement to purchase a twenty percent (20%) equity interest in the manufacturing facility currently owned by Natural Fuels Industries Company, Inc. of Thailand.
Paris (AFP) June 22, 2009 - Electrabel, the Belgian unit of French power group GDF Suez said on Monday it will invest 1.2 billion euros (1.68 billion dollars) in a biomass and coal energy plant in Rotterdam.
Berlin (UPI) Jun 22, 2009 - Germany's Social Democrats want to rely on renewable energy sources, climate protection and sustainable technology to help revive the economy.
Jiutepec, Mexico (AFP) June 22, 2009 - Environment ministers from the world's largest polluters, including the United States and China, began a two-day meeting in Mexico Monday amid a US push to speed up work towards a key United Nations climate accord.
Rosslyn VA (SPX) Jun 22, 2009 - The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved the American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009 by a bipartisan vote of 15-8, following months of hearings and meetings with various industries, including NEMA. The bill includes recommendations that NEMA provided when it testified before the committee In March. The legislation now proceeds to the full Senate for consideration at a time yet to be determined.
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 22, 2009 - The U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology has released for public review a report+ that identifies issues and proposes priorities for developing technical standards and an architecture for a U.S. Smart Grid.
