Cape Town, South Africa (SPX) Nov 21, 2008 - Significant potential exists for additional crop production in Southern Africa based on land availability. However, growing crops for biofuel feedstock will only be realised if there is concerted effort from key stakeholders to address the food shortages in the region.
New Westminster, Canada (SPX) Nov 21, 2008 - Nexterra Energy has announced that it has been selected by Kruger Products to supply a biomass gasification system for its tissue mill in New Westminster, B.C. The new system will be the first of its kind in the pulp and paper industry.
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 21, 2008 - OriginOil has announced that the company has been named as one of the Top 100 Clean Energy Technologies by the New Energy Congress. NEC ranks OriginOil as the top algae company.
Moscow (UPI) Nov 21, 2008 - The 22nd EU-Russia summit, held in Nice, France, on Nov. 14, was largely symbolic, because its outcome was expected and predetermined long before the meeting.
Hadley MA (SPX) Nov 21, 2008 - SunEthanol has raised $25 million in Series B financing from a consortium including BP and Soros Fund Management LLC, and is changing its name effective immediately to Qteros. The new name refers to its breakthrough Q Microbe(TM) technology for producing sustainable liquid fuel from non-food plants and wastes.
Clewiston FL (SPX) Nov 21, 2008 - U.S. Sugar has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Coskata of Warrenville, IL to explore building a 100 million gallon per year cellulosic ethanol facility in Clewiston, Florida.
Richmond VA (SPX) Nov 20, 2008 - Intrinergy has announced that its German subsidiary, CompacTec KG, is doubling its wood pellet production capacity. Due to volatile and rising fossil fuel prices, the demand for wood pellets continues to grow throughout Europe.
Miami (UPI) Nov 19, 2008 - Increasing ethanol production in Brazil will not lead to greater deforestation of the Amazon, as some critics of the world's largest ethanol exporter contend, according to a top Brazilian official at the outset of a five-day international biofuel conference in Brazil.
Beijing (AFP) Nov 19, 2008 - China flagged Wednesday it would build a pipeline into Myanmar in a project that would give it easier energy access but also potentially raise concerns about its links with the nation's ruling junta.
Beijing (AFP) Nov 19, 2008 - China is expected to reform its oil pricing mechanism within 20 days as part of efforts to reduce consumption and air pollution, state media reported Wednesday.
Boston MA (SPX) Nov 18, 2008 - Researchers at MIT's Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research have produced a report concerning key design issues of proposed cap-and-trade programs that are under consideration in the United States as a way of curbing greenhouse gas emissions.
Beijing (AFP) Nov 18, 2008 - China on Tuesday defended its presence and investments in the Democratic Republic of Congo after a rebel leader there demanded commercial contracts between the two nations be reviewed.
Alexandria VA (SPX) Nov 18, 2008 - Coal is on the rise and likely to remain the chief power source globally well into the 21st century, this according to a new study released by the International Energy Agency.
Moscow (AFP) Nov 18, 2008 - Moscow and Beijing will resume talks about oil shipments via a new pipeline next week, Russia's energy minister said on Tuesday, after they were reportedly halted over a financial dispute.
Beijing (AFP) Nov 17, 2008 - China's demand for oil is falling sharply and inventories are surging as the global economic downturn is gradually being felt, said China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC).
Atlanta GA (SPX) Nov 17, 2008 - GE Energy and the University of Wyoming has announced an agreement to further cleaner coal technology, making coal-fired power generation more viable in America. Under the agreement, GE and the university will develop the High Plains Gasification Advanced Technology Center to accelerate the commercial use of cleaner coal technology.
