Houston TX (SPX) Nov 11, 2008 - Future Fuels has created a strategic investment with Immersive Media in Future Power PA, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Future Fuels. The two parties intend to develop an electricity generation project using state-of-the-art clean coal gasification technology in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.
Seattle WA (SPX) Nov 11, 2008 - Mantra Venture Group CEO Larry Kristof has announced that the company is prepared for a substantial rise of interest in CleanTech and CO2 energy technologies as a result of the United States elections, and will vigorously pursue opportunities as they arise.
Provo UT (SPX) Nov 11, 2008 - Raser Technologies inaugurated its first commercial-scale power plant, in Beaver County, Utah, demonstrating the viability of advanced technology that can make geothermal a major price-competitive resource for this country's energy supply. The plant's output has already been committed to supply electricity to Anaheim.
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 10, 2008 - Move over, oil, gasoline, and coal. Researchers are describing key advances in developing new fuels to help supply an energy-hungry world in the 21st Century in the eighth and ninth episodes in the American Chemical Society's Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions series.
Jakarta (AFP) Nov 10, 2008 - Environmental group Greenpeace said Monday it had stopped several palm oil shipments from leaving Indonesia and called for an end to forests and peatlands being destroyed to make way for plantations.
New York (AFP) Nov 10, 2008 - Crude oil prices extended last week's rally Monday, with sentiment boosted by hopes that China's huge economic stimulus package will lift energy demand.
Minden NV (SPX) Nov 10, 2008 - The Douglas County School District has announced that it will move forward with a district-wide series of energy services projects designed to save money in energy and maintenance costs and take advantage of limited funding options available.
Palo Alto CA (SPX) Nov 10, 2008 - Southwall Technologies has announced that windows using the company's energy-efficient Heat Mirror insulating glass already meet and exceed the new US Department of Energy (DOE) Energy Star window performance standards proposed for 2013.
Singapore (AFP) Nov 10, 2008 - World oil prices were higher in Asian trade Monday after OPEC refused to rule out further output cuts and China's massive stimulus package aimed at boosting domestic spending, dealers said.
Dhaka (AFP) Nov 9, 2008 - Myanmar removed a rig from a gas-rich stretch of the Bay of Bengal on Sunday after Bangladesh sent warships to protest against exploration in the disputed waters, Dhaka's foreign minister said.
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 07, 2008 - With President-elect Barack Obama poised to take office in January, industry groups are anxiously waiting to see how the new administration's energy policy pans out, particularly in light of the current economic crisis.
Berlin (UPI) Nov 7, 2008 - Oil production will peak in the period between 2011 and 2013, causing rising fuel prices and devastating damage to the global economy, a new report found.
Washington (UPI) Nov 7, 2008 - Thirty-three years after the fall of Saigon, Vietnam is never far from the American psyche, as witnessed during the presidential campaign. In a frisson of nostalgia for what might have been, U.S. oil companies can only note with regret the announcement last week by the Kremlin that in the wake of talks between the Russian and Vietnamese presidents, their governments have concluded an agreement on further cooperation on geological exploration and hydrocarbon production by their Vietsovpetro joint venture.
Baghdad, Iraq (UPI) Nov 07, 2008 - Officials at Royal Dutch Shell and the Iraqi Oil Ministry refute claims that a proposed gas joint venture would have exclusive access to Basra province's gas industry, though a key member of Parliament criticizes the project.
Beijing (AFP) Nov 7, 2008 - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and a top UN official urged industrialised nations Friday to alter their lifestyles and not let the global financial crisis hamper climate change efforts.
Lagos (AFP) Nov 7, 2008 - At least six navy personnel were killed in a gun battle between two rival gangs in southern Nigeria's oil-rich Bayelsa state, one of their colleagues said Friday.
