Austin TX (SPX) May 12, 2009 - The creation of large-area graphene using copper may enable the manufacture of new graphene-based devices that meet the scaling requirements of the semiconductor industry, leading to faster computers and electronics, according to a team of scientists and engineers at The University of Texas at Austin.
Chicago IL (SPX) May 12, 2009 - Siemens Energy has announced that it has selected Hutchinson, Kansas, for its first U.S. nacelle production facility.
Houston TX (SPX) May 12, 2009 - Rising shale gas production in the United States and Canada as well as potential natural gas supplies from Iraq could be pivotal in curbing Russia's ability to organize an energy weapon against European consumers, according to a new study released by Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Washington (UPI) May 11, 2009 - While it is difficult to work up much sympathy at the best of times for energy companies' public relations flacks, those representing Russia's state company Gazprom have had a bad few weeks. Recent explosions on pipelines to Moldova and Turkmenistan generated strained relations with the two nations, but the incidents were dwarfed by a massive explosion on a natural gas line in southwest Moscow early Sunday morning. What all three incidents have in common is revealing an issue that Gazprom would much rather keep quiet -- the increasingly decrepit state of its pipeline infrastructure, most of it dating from the Soviet era.
Lake Mary FL (SPX) May 11, 2009 - Renewable fuels provider New Generation Biofuels Holdings has announced that it has signed a contract with the City of Baltimore, Maryland,(the City) to provide its renewable biofuel in an evaluation program for boiler applications in the heart of Baltimore.
Stanford CA (SPX) May 11, 2009 - Biofuels such as ethanol offer an alternative to petroleum for powering our cars, but growing energy crops to produce them can compete with food crops for farmland, and clearing forests to expand farmland will aggravate the climate change problem.
Dayton OH (SPX) May 11, 2009 - EcoSystem has announced its plans to conduct operational trials of its Feedstock Machine at targeted poultry and swine processing companies.
Lebanon NH (SPX) May 11, 2009 - Mascoma has announced that the company has made major research advances in consolidated bioprocessing, or CBP, a low-cost processing strategy for production of biofuels from cellulosic biomass.
Charlottesville VA (SPX) May 11, 2009 - A new center to develop technologies for converting methane gas and other hydrocarbon and fossil resources into readily transportable and higher-value liquid fuels is being established at the University of Virginia under a new $11 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.
Beijing (AFP) May 10, 2009 - Chinese President Hu Jintao met Sunday with the visiting emir of Kuwait as energy-hungry China and the oil-rich Gulf state look to push economic ties to a higher level.
Shanghai (AFP) May 8, 2009 - ExxonMobil Chemical broke ground Friday on a 70-million-dollar research and development centre in Shanghai that it says will refocus the global company on growth in Asia.
Chicago IL (SPX) May 08, 2009 - Following its successful debut in Europe and Asia, GE Energy has announced that its 2.5-megawatt (MW) wind turbine is coming to America.
Boulder CO (SPX) May 08, 2009 - The wind energy industry has been battered by the global economic crisis, with market participants being dealt a severe blow by the credit crunch that began in 2008. However, the future prospects for wind energy remain bright, according to a new report from Pike Research.
Akron OH (SPX) May 08, 2009 - Green Energy Technologies has announced the launch of WindCube, a 60kW rooftop wind turbine designed for on-site power generation by commercial and industrial power users in urban and suburban locations.
Boston MA (SPX) May 08, 2009 - A majority of the members of the Massachusetts Legislature, 107 in total, representing Democrats and Republicans in the House and Senate, including 28 Committee Chairmen, have signed onto a letter to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar urging him to approve Cape Wind as soon as possible.
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 08, 2009 - In an effort to explore the boundary between thermodynamics and quantum mechanics - two fundamental yet seemingly incompatible theories of physics - a team from the UCLA Department of Physics and Astronomy has created the world's smallest incandescent lamp.
