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Russian Navy to show its flag in the Caribbean Sea
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 28, 2008 -
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A Quicker, Easier Way To Make Coal Cleaner
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 27, 2008 - Construction of new coal-fired power plants in the United States is in danger of coming to a standstill, partly due to the high cost of the requirement - whether existing or anticipated - to capture all emissions of carbon dioxide, an important greenhouse gas.
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Analysis: Nigeria focuses on security
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 27, 2008 - Nigeria has established a new security panel aimed at ridding the oil-rich Niger Delta of gunmen and militants in the next three months.
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Burying The Greenhouse Gas
Boston MA (SPX) Nov 27, 2008 - To prevent global warming, researchers and policymakers are exploring a variety of options to significantly cut the amount of carbon dioxide that reaches the atmosphere. One possible approach involves capturing greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide at the source - an electric power plant, for example - and then injecting them underground.
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Coming Soon: Improved Lithium Ion Batteries
Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Nov 27, 2008 - Rechargeable lithium ion batteries provide portable devices that require a lot of energy, such as mobile telephones, digital cameras, and notebook computers, with power. However, their capacity, and thus the running time of the devices, remain somewhat limited. A notebook computer thus usually runs only about two hours.
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EPIC Joins Growth Energy
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 27, 2008 - Statement from Toni Nuernberg, Executive Director, Ethanol Promotion and Information Council: I am proud to announce that the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council (EPIC) Board of Directors will be recommending a transition plan to EPIC's membership to join Growth Energy, a newly formed organization dedicated to the promise of agriculture and growing America's economy through cleaner, greener energy.
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Enhanced R And D In Biofuel Production Attracts Investors To Latin America
Buenos Aires, Argentina (SPX) Nov 27, 2008 - Latin America is all set to make a splash in the global biofuels market, thanks to its inherent advantages of land availability, technological developments, agricultural knowledge, and low labor costs. Biofuel feedstock production already has a move on in Brazil and Argentina, which produce significant amounts of ethanol and soy, respectively.
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Fish Technology Draws Renewable Energy From Slow Water Currents
by Staff Writers - Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Nov 27, 2008 Slow-moving ocean and river currents could be a new, reliable and affordable alternative energy source. A University of Michigan engineer has made a machine that works like a fish to turn potentially destructive vibrations in fluid flows into clean, renewable power.
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Green Star Announces Odessa Biodiesel Plant Completed
Odessa WA (SPX) Nov 27, 2008 - Green Star Products has announced that the Inland Empire Oilseeds Biodiesel Facility in Odessa, Washington is completed. Its initial continuous acceptance run produced 36,000 gallons of spec biodiesel to complete GSPI's contractual obligations.
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New Material Could Make Gases More Transportable
Liverpool, UK (SPX) Nov 27, 2008 - Chemists at the University of Liverpool have developed a way of converting methane gas into a powder form in order to make it more transportable.
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Advanced Cellulose Ethanol Development
Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Nov 26, 2008 - Swedish researchers at Taurus Energy, SEKAB, Chalmers Technical University and the University of Lund have signed an agreement on development and large scale implementation of a new improved bio-technical process for production of ethanol from lignocellulose feedstocks.
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Analysis: Iran seeks energy industry cash
Washington (UPI) Nov 26, 2008 - As the Republican administration prepares to hand over power to President-elect Barack Obama and his team on Jan. 20, it can take pride in one facet of its foreign policy. The Bush administration's relentless pressure on Iran, ramping up sanctions via U.N. Security Council resolutions over Iran's nuclear energy program, has combined with longstanding American sanction regimens to deprive Tehran of significant fiscal resources to refurbish its aging hydrocarbons industry.
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Analysis: PKK oil attack needs response
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 26, 2008 - The Kurdish separatist group PKK has claimed responsibility for bombing the Turkish side of the oil pipeline linking Iraq's northern oil fields to the Ceyhan, Turkey, export hub. It's not the first time the PKK has targeted Turkey's energy sector, but it is the first time the group has set ablaze Iraq's oil.
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Analysis: Russia jockeying for Cuban oil
Miami (UPI) Nov 26, 2008 - Russian oil companies are expressing an interest in tapping Cuba's offshore oil potential ahead of an official state visit by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
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Oil prices climb after China cuts rates
New York (AFP) Nov 26, 2008 - World oil prices rebounded Wednesday after Chinese and European moves to fight the global economic downturn eased fears of a deeper crisis that cuts energy demand.
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Stratos Renewables Secures Land Agreements For Sugarcane Ethanol Production
Stratos Renewables has announced that the company has secured enough land in the northern coastal region of Peru required for the production of up to 90 million gallons per year of sugarcane-based ethanol.