Berlin (UPI) Jan 29, 2009 - Kazakhstan is trying to extract more cash from domestic oil and gas fields developed by Western companies in a move some observers fear is part of a greater strategy to win back influence over key industries.
Lansing MI (SPX) Jan 29, 2009 - Income eligible Michigan homeowners may now borrow up to $50,000 from the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) to make alternative energy efficiency improvements to their homes.
Worcester MA (SPX) Jan 29, 2009 - Mass Megawatts Wind Power has received $35,000 from the sale of wind turbine parts to a private energy plant developer for a pilot project of future joint ventures related to building wind power plants.
Toledo OH (SPX) Jan 29, 2009 - N-Viro International announces its renewable biofuel technology, N-Viro Fuel, has satisfied guidelines set forth by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to qualify as an alternative energy source that may be utilized in commercial power generation.
Upton NY (SPX) Jan 29, 2009 - A team of scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Delaware and Yeshiva University, has developed a new catalyst that could make ethanol-powered fuel cells feasible.
Moorestown NJ (SPX) Jan 29, 2009 - Lockheed Martin and Ocean Power Technologies have announced they have signed a letter of intent to collaborate in the development of a utility-scale wave power generation project in North America.
Kenosha WI (SPX) Jan 29, 2009 - It's no mystery that much of the focus for the American economy in the coming years will be on renewable energy sources, with wind power at the forefront. Wind industry experts know that utilizing wind as a major new source of energy will require a huge effort.
Broomfield CO (SPX) Jan 29, 2009 - Range Fuels has announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded the company a conditional commitment for an $80 million loan guarantee to assist construction of Range Fuels' commercial cellulosic ethanol plant near Soperton, Georgia, the first phase of which is under construction and on track to begin production in 2010.
Tallahassee Fl (SPX) Jan 29, 2009 - Verenium has announced plans to build its first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol facility in Highlands County, Florida. The Company has entered into long-term agreements with Lykes Bros. Inc., a multi-generation Florida agri-business to provide the agricultural biomass for conversion to fuel.
Brussels, Belgium (SPX) Jan 29, 2009 - The European wind energy sector has created 33 new jobs every day for the past five years. According to the report, entitled, 'Wind at Work - wind energy and job creation in the EU', jobs in wind energy will more than double from 154,000 to 325,000 by 2020.
Berlin (UPI) Jan 28, 2009 - Clean energy has hit prime time on the international stage.
Washington DC (UPI) Jan 28, 2009 - Falling global oil prices are preventing the Nigerian government from tackling the ongoing violence in the oil-rich Niger Delta, according to experts on the turbulent West African nation.
Miami (UPI) Jan 28, 2009 - Oil production by Mexican state-owned company PEMEX fell by more than 9 percent in 2008 because of depleted reserves, according to energy officials.
Washington (UPI) Jan 28, 2009 - European leaders at an energy meeting held in the aftermath of the Russian-Ukrainian gas crisis see the proposed Nabucco natural gas pipeline as a way around Moscow-controlled energy supplies. While leaders in Budapest Tuesday pledged financial and political support, the Western-backed project to send Azeri, Caspian and Middle Eastern gas to European consumers will have trouble competing against two other Russian projects and acquiring needed supply guarantees, especially if Iran's massive reserves remain isolated.
Frankfort KY (SPX) Jan 28, 2009 - As President Barack Obama unveils an economic stimulus plan to invest more than $50 billion in renewable energy research, Gov. Steve Beshear is looking to the University of Louisville to take the lead in that arena. At a press conference, the governor announced he is entering into a memorandum of agreement with UofL to operate Kentucky's Center for Renewable Energy Research and Environmental Stewardship.
Beijing (UPI) Jan 28, 2009 - China has established a national energy commission headed by Premier Wen Jiabao aimed at improving the country's energy strategy and planning development.
