Irvine CA (SPX) May 29, 2009 - BlueFire Ethanol Fuels has announced that Solazyme is testing sugars, produced through BlueFire's patented process, for compatibility with its renewable oil process to produce the oil cost effectively and at scale.
Blacksburg VA (SPX) May 29, 2009 - A group of Virginia Tech students have produced more than 200 gallons of biodiesel as part of a senior design project for the department of mechanical engineering. The Virginia Tech Bio-Fuels group is putting the fuel to direct use, running two pickup trucks on the liquid in a bid to not only stave off the use of foreign-bought oil but also to be environmentally friendly.
New York NY (SPX) May 29, 2009 - A French team of an engineer and two architects have won this year's prestigious Metropolis Next Generation Design Prize for Wind-it, a design to place wind turbines inside existing high-voltage electricity pylons.
Arlington VA (SPX) May 28, 2009 - The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) announced its opposition to H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (ACES Act) in its current form. If the bill is passed into law, it would, among many other onerous provisions, eviscerate the federal preemption provisions of the National Appliance Energy Conservation Act (NAECA) and the Energy Policy act of 1992 (EPACT).
Washington DC (SPX) May 28, 2009 - Alstom Hydro has signed a licensing cooperation agreement with Clean Current Power Systems Incorporated, a private Canadian company specialised in the design and testing of tidal energy technology.
San Ramon CA (SPX) May 28, 2009 - When Chevron shareholders congregate at corporate headquarters this week, there will be plenty to talk about - but a key issue of concern to shareholders has been excluded from the agenda, according to the environmentally responsible investment firm Green Century Capital Management.
Charlotte NC (SPX) May 28, 2009 - Duke Energy took another step in expanding its renewable energy portfolio with the announcement that it is acquiring a 70-megawatt wind power project in Pennsylvania - the company's first in the eastern U.S. Duke Energy will purchase the North Allegheny Windpower Project from wind turbine manufacturer and project developer Gamesa Energy USA.
Manila (AFP) May 28, 2009 - Manila's city council Thursday passed a law that officials said will allow oil companies to keep their depots in the city, defying a court order to relocate them on safety and environmental grounds.
Worcester MA (SPX) May 27, 2009 - Mass Megawatts Wind Power has announced that Arthur B. Berry III, President and principal owner of Camelback Mountain Resort, has taken an equity position in Electric City Wind Power Corp., a licensed manufacturer of the Mass Megawatts MAT (Multi-Axis Turbosystem) wind energy generator.
Boston MA (SPX) May 27, 2009 - Cape Wind has completed its State and Local permitting process with a unanimous vote of the Massachusetts Energy Facilities Siting Board to grant Cape Wind a 'Certificate of Environmental Impact and Public Interest' that rolls up all State and Local permits and approvals into one 'composite certificate'.
Miami FL (SPX) May 27, 2009 - Electron Solar Energy has announced that the company has added vertical axis wind turbines to the company's diverse portfolio of alternative energy technologies.
Glasgow, Scotland (SPX) May 27, 2009 - Scottish Power's Chairman Ignacio Galan was joined by Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond MSP to celebrate the completion of ScottishPower Renewables' Whitelee Windfarm, Europe's largest onshore wind power project.
Washington (AFP) May 27, 2009 - Global carbon dioxide emissions are set to rise 39 percent by 2030 as energy consumption surges in the developing world, notably in Asian giants China and India, the United States warned on Wednesday.
El Segundo CA (SPX) May 27, 2009 - Aura Systems has announced the introduction of the AuraGen-WSB. The new system combines the AuraGen-ICS with a computer controlled power management system that provides for uninterrupted power generation from a combination of small vertical wind turbines, solar panels and battery systems.
Washington (UPI) May 26, 2009 - The global recession has hammered most energy-exporting nations, with many of them, along with OPEC, cutting production in a frantic bid to shore up prices.
Washington DC (UPI) May 26, 2009 - In what could be a major breakthrough if it holds, Iran and Pakistan are set to sign formal agreements on the Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline by June, advisers say. Environmental officials with nations along the route for the planned Nord Stream gas pipeline to Germany will sanction the project by year's end, officials say. Pushing South Stream and its Nord Stream counterpart will ease transit risks from Ukraine as Kiev struggles with payment schedules, Gazprom said.
