Washington (AFP) April 9, 2009 - Scientists have decoded genomes of two strains of green algae, highlighting genes that allow them to capture carbon emissions and maintain the oceans' chemical balance, a study said Thursday.
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 09, 2009 - Universities and businesses are teaming up around the United States to promote clean-energy ventures that get students out of the laboratory and into the business world, marketing much-needed solutions to the nation's energy woes.
Washington, April 9, 2009 - Ever since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, the 15 new emergent nations have all reached out to a greater or lesser extent to Europe and the West. Of the four new nations rimming the Caspian Sea that emerged from the wreckage of the Soviet Union, none pursued a more pro-Western policy than Azerbaijan, but an agreement recently signed in Moscow may be the harbinger of dramatic shifts in Baku's Western-leaning policy.
Washington, April 9, 2009 - As oil and natural gas production has risen steadily in the former republics of the Soviet Union, a striking division has emerged between the have and have-not states. For the deprived newly independent nations of the Caucasus and Central Asia, their history since 1991 has been steadily rising energy prices as their hydrocarbon-rich neighbors attempt to raise fees to world-market rates. The one glimmer of hope for the hydrocarbon-deprived states of the Caucasus and Central Asia is to position themselves as transit nations, collecting revenue for pipelines crisscrossing their territory.
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 09, 2009 - Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua has replaced six of the top officers at the country's state-run petroleum company in an effort to prepare the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. for proposed reforms to the sector.
Changchun, China, April 9, 2009 - Chinese scientists say they have developed a new type of light-emitting diode made from inexpensive, plastic-like organic materials.
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 08, 2009 - With the economy tanking, federal officials are turning toward green energy as an economic and financial savior, and new biofuels are appearing increasingly attractive to legislators and industry for a number of reasons.
Miami, April 8, 2009 - Hoping to improve Venezuela's economic outlook on the oil front, South America's largest petroleum producer is bolstering ties with Japan to the tune of a $4 billion joint investment fund, solely bankrolled by Tokyo.
Calvert City KY (SPX) Apr 08, 2009 - Four Rivers BioEnergy is pleased to announce that it has acquired the BioDiesel plant and other existing assets of Blyth, Northumberland based, V-Fuels Biodiesel Limited under a 'pre-packaged' arrangement out of administration, working with the principal creditors, and the administrator.
Houston TX (SPX) Apr 08, 2009 - Transforming cellulose to ethanol efficiently is a technical challenge that will transform the biofuels industry.
Vancouver, Canada (SPX) Apr 08, 2009 - This morning, at Lignol Innovations, in Burnaby, Premier Gordon Campbell announced that the provincial government will invest over $32.6 million in support of BC's biofuel and clean technology development.
Arlington VA (SPX) Apr 08, 2009 - Logos Technologies has announced that it has been awarded a prime contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to produce fully compatible jet fuel from cellulose - the structural component of all plants and algae.
Lake Mary FL (SPX) Apr 08, 2009 - New Generation Biofuels Holdings has announced that it has amended its license agreement with PTJ Bioenergy Holdings to receive royalties for revenue generated from the sale or licensing of New Generation Biofuels' products outside of the territories specified in the original agreement as well as additional commissions for sales assistance relating to its product outside the original territories.
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 08, 2009 - The nonpartisan Reform Institute has released a new report that lays a clear pathway for comprehensive energy reform.
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 08, 2009 - While some U.S. politicians point to Spain as a model for how government subsidies can create green jobs, a groundbreaking new study documents that every renewable job created by the Spanish government destroyed an average of 2.2 other jobs. Each green megawatt installed in Spain destroyed 5.39 jobs in non-energy sectors, the study found.
London, UK (SPX) Apr 07, 2009 - Vertical Wind Energy are using Agile IP, a London firm of patent attorneys to secure patents for their modular design vertical wind turbine.
