Miami (UPI) Mar 4, 2009 - Mexico has allocated more than 170 new sites for petroleum development amid falling production in its traditionally bountiful Cantarell oil field, where officials have revised production estimates for the year to reflect the forecast for further decreasing output.
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 04, 2009 - As poorer polluting nations attempt to cut carbon emissions, they look to more wealthy countries for assistance. But not all U.S. policymakers are convinced the country can spare the cash or that donations will be used wisely.
Danvers MA (SPX) Mar 04, 2009 - Babcock Power and ThermoEnergy have announced the formation of a limited liability company to be called Babcock-Thermo Carbon Capture LLC, to develop and commercialize a new and advanced carbon capture power plant design.
Champaign IL (SPX) Mar 04, 2009 - University of Illinois plant geneticist Stephen Moose has developed a corn plant with enormous potential for biomass, literally. It yields corn that would make good silage, Moose said, due to a greater number of leaves and larger stalk, which could also make it a good energy crop.
Juno Beach FL (SPX) Mar 04, 2009 - Florida Power and Light plans to invest more than $200 million in 2009 as part of its ongoing investment program to make the electrical infrastructure more resistant to increased hurricane activity.
Atlanta GA (SPX) Mar 04, 2009 - Navajo Wind Energy has announced that it has received a confirmation letter of financing from Xiyas Development Capital for the Company's 50% joint venture partnership interest in the CSRI Xuzhou Nantung wind farm project.
Toronto, Canada (SPX) Mar 04, 2009 - Ontario is proposing sweeping new legislation to attract new investment, create new green economy jobs and better protect the climate.
Santa Monica CA (SPX) Mar 04, 2009 - ProCon.org, a nonpartisan 501c3 nonprofit research organization, created the new website alternativeenergyprocon.org to explore the core question, Can alternative energy effectively replace fossil fuels?
Durham NC (SPX) Mar 04, 2009 - To avoid creating greenhouse gases, it makes more sense using today's technology to leave land unfarmed in conservation reserves than to plow it up for corn to make biofuel, according to a comprehensive Duke University-led study.
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (UPI) Mar 4, 2009 - Singapore's navy warned that terrorists plan to attack oil tankers in the choke point Strait of Malacca through which 15 millions barrels of Asia-bound Gulf oil, about one-third of seaborne supplies, pass every day.
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 03, 2009 - Congress has plugged billions into revamping the antiquated U.S. electricity grid, but experts fear money alone may not be enough to update the nation's energy backbone.
Berlin (UPI) Mar 3, 2009 - Russian gas monopoly Gazprom is considering constructing Europe's largest gas storage facility in Germany, claiming the project would increase Europe's energy security.
Frankfurt, Germany (SPX) Mar 03, 2009 - Eckhard Boles has discovered a new enzyme which teaches yeast cells to ferment xylose into ethanol. Xylose is an unused waste sugar in the cellulosic ethanol production process. The researchers have recently filed a patent application for their process.
London (UPI) Mar 3, 2009 - Reduced British defense spending in the Falklands has emboldened Argentina to take its current tough stand on oil exploration in the islands' waters, lawmakers at the British Parliament said.
Luanda, Angola (UPI) Mar 3, 2009 - Angola has become Africa's leading oil producer since its long-running civil war ended in 2002 and its state-run national oil company, Sonangol, is seeking a global reach that outstrips other African states.
Sydney (UPI) Mar 3, 2009 - Natural gas is forecast to account for more than one-third of Australia's electricity generation by 2030, an industry report stated.
