Buenos Aires (UPI) Mar 18, 2009 - Micro-algae as a source of cheap renewable energy are at the center of new research being conducted at Argentina's National Technological University.
Havana (AFP) March 18, 2009 - Cuba is negotiating oil exploration and production deals with Russia, China and Angola, with Moscow shaping up as the partner that could make the communist island energy self-sufficient, officials said Wednesday.
Jakarta (UPI) Mar 18, 2009 - U.S. President Barack Obama's upcoming trip to Indonesia could be a boost for energy trade.
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 17, 2009 - The U.S. Interior Department is expediting energy development across the country, from renewable resources to oil and gas drilling, Secretary Ken Salazar told senators Tuesday.
Istanbul, Turkey (UPI) Mar 17, 2009 - Syria, like many of its Middle Eastern Muslim neighbors, faces increasing demands from its booming population for the necessities of life, from food to power. While water is essential to producing both, in the latter category, attempts to boost its electrical power generation through increasing the number and capacity of its hydro-electrical stations by necessity involves diplomacy, as the country's two largest rivers, the Euphrates and the Tigris, arise to the north in Turkey, with whom Syria traditionally has had tense relations.
Caracas (AFP) March 17, 2009 - President Hugo Chavez Tuesday hailed a six-billion-dollar drilling deal with Russia in Venezuela's oil-rich Orinoco basin, and a refinery and oil-export deal with China, as Venezuela's economy struggles with cheap oil prices.
Shanghai (AFP) March 17, 2009 - A subsidiary of global oil giant ExxonMobil Corporation on Tuesday announced plans to build a technology centre in China's economic hub of Shanghai.
Edinburgh, Scotland (UPI) Mar 17, 2009 - Marine energy projects have been jump-started in Scotland and Northern Ireland in a bid to power the United Kingdom's homes with energy from the sea.
Berlin (UPI) Mar 16, 2009 - Europe can meet 100 percent of its power supply from renewable sources by 2050 if countries work together and massively invest in grids and storage, experts and politicians say.
Istanbul, Turkey (UPI) Mar 16, 2009 - Turkey, hosting the fifth World Water Forum this week in the former Ottoman imperial capital Istanbul, is an anomaly among Middle Eastern nations, among the world's most parched regions, in that it has a surplus of water relative to its neighbors. Istanbul epitomizes this natural bounty, sitting as it does astride the Bosporus, a waterway connecting the Black Sea with the Mediterranean.
Manila (AFP) March 16, 2009 - China on Monday defended its move to send a patrol ship to the disputed Spratly islands, saying it was not a violation of an agreement to maintain the peace in the South China Sea.
Singapore (AFP) March 16, 2009 - Measures to help ease climate change should be integrated into massive stimulus packages aimed at fighting the global economic crisis, environmental groups and government officials said.
Frankfurt (AFP) March 16, 2009 - German luxury auto maker Daimler seeks a second partner to develop lithium-ion batteries for electric cars, a press report said on Monday.
Geneva (AFP) March 16, 2009 - Saudi Oil Minister Ali Ibrahim al-Nuaimi on Monday warned that a premature shift towards renewable energy sources could jeopardise essential investment in oil and an economic recovery.
Raleigh, N.C. (UPI) Mar 16, 2009 - North Carolina State University scientists say they've created a machine that turns wood chips into a coal substitute by using a process called torrefaction.
Rochester, N.Y. (UPI) Mar 16, 2009 - U.S. scientists say they have created long platinum nanowires that might soon lead to the development of commercially viable fuel cells.
