Bellingham WA (SPX) Mar 26, 2009 - SPIE has announced the launch of a new journal in Fall 2009, on Photonics for Energy and the Environment (PE2).
Milwaukee (UPI) Mar 26, 2009 - Shell and Virent Energy Systems Inc. have launched production at the world's first bio gasoline demonstration plant.
- Brazil has just tapped into the first of its newfound pre-salt oil discoveries, and already lawmakers are looking for ways to spend the expected multibillion-dollar windfall.
Miami (UPI) Mar 25, 2009 - Tens of thousands of Brazilian oil workers have walked off the job as part of a five-day strike over unsafe work conditions and recent wage cuts that came as a result of falling global oil prices.
Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 25, 2009 - Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and world-leading gene-synthesis company DNA2.0 have taken an important step toward the development of a cost-efficient process to extract sugars from cellulose--the world's most abundant organic material and cheapest form of solar-energy storage.
Beijing (UPI) Mar 25, 2009 - Australia's biggest gas export deal was announced Wednesday between Britain's BG Group and China National Offshore Oil Corporation for the sale of 3.6 million tons of liquid natural gas each year for the next 20 years.
New York NY (SPX) Mar 25, 2009 - EcoSystem has announced its MAGFUEL biofuel feedstock model. EcoSystem will apply its bioreactor technology to convert food scrap waste into natural oils for biodiesel feedstock and specialty chemical applications.
New Haven CT (SPX) Mar 25, 2009 - Greenleaf Biofuels has announced it has signed a $1.3 million grant agreement with the State of Connecticut that will enable the company to build an alternative feedstock biodiesel production facility in New Haven harbor.
Champaign, Ill. (UPI) Mar 25, 2009 - Scientists say they assessed more than 50 Illinois highway rest areas and weigh stations as possible sites for wind turbines and found none acceptable.
Beijing (AFP) March 25, 2009 - PetroChina, the listed unit of China's largest oil and gas producer, said Wednesday its net profit in 2008 fell 22 percent as the global downturn hit business and crude prices plunged.
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (UPI) Mar 25, 2009 - The roundup of more than 100 al-Qaida suspects allegedly planning attacks on Saudi Arabia's oil installations heightened concerns that battering the global energy industry remains a high strategic priority for the jihadists.
Danvers MA (SPX) Mar 25, 2009 - Townsend Oil and Propane has announced the introduction and general availability of BioPureTM, a clean burning alternative to petroleum-based fuel oil made from domestic, renewable sources of energy.
San Antonio TX (SPX) Mar 25, 2009 - Valero Energy has announced that its bid to buy ethanol plants from VeraSun Energy has been accepted by the bankruptcy court overseeing the assets' auction.
Ottawa (UPI) Mar 25, 2009 - Wind energy projects run by Wind Works Power Corp. received a boost with a $10 million credit facility that will go toward developing capacity in Canada, the United States and Europe.
Buenos Aires (UPI) Mar 24, 2009 - Argentina is seeking new alliances to broaden support for its grievance against Britain over the Falklands oil exploration and, if possible, extend the campaign to reviving its sovereignty claim over the islands.
Beijing (AFP) March 24, 2009 - China will increase its benchmark retail prices of petrol and diesel as of midnight on Tuesday, state media said, reversing earlier cuts in the second fuel price adjustment this year.
