Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 17, 2008 - Clean coal technology supported by retired US Government and Industry leaders offer solutions in the fight against global warming. EESTECH (EESH) is pleased to inform shareholders that US Senator Steve Symms (ret) and US Commissioner James Ziglar (ret) have both accepted positions as members of EESTECH's Advisory Board.
Kansas City MO (SPX) Oct 17, 2008 - Green Star Products has announced that a major breakthrough had been achieved, which substantially increases the algae production rate of certain strains of microalgae. This all natural growth formula is now being studied on five continents.
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Oct 17, 2008 - Researchers are proposing a new flexible approach to producing alternative fuels, hydrogen and electricity from municipal solid wastes, agricultural wastes, forest residues and sewage sludge that could supply up to 20 percent of transportation fuels in the United States annually.
Boston MA (SPX) Oct 17, 2008 - Satcon Technology has announced that it has been awarded a contract worth approximately $6 million by the Office of Naval Research to design and test an advanced modular 500 kilowatt (kW) Energy Storage Module (ESM) for the DDG-51 Arleigh Burke class ships.
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 16, 2008 - The developing world needs energy to alleviate poverty, but environmentalists say the type of projects supported by big investors like the World Bank perpetuate climate change, exacerbating the problem.
Washington (UPI) Oct 16, 2008 - One of the most pertinent aspects of the August military confrontation between Georgia and Russia was to highlight the vulnerability of Western energy exports transiting the Caucasian nation. Since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union it has been a key tenet of Washington's policy, in attempting to secure a foothold in the burgeoning development of Caspian hydrocarbon resources, that happiness is multiple pipelines, with the proviso that they bypass both Russia and charter axis of evil member Iran.
Tokyo (AFP) Oct 16, 2008 - Tired of your iPod running out of power? A Japanese company says it has found a way to charge portable gadgets just by walking.
West Lafayette, Ind. (UPI) Oct 16, 2008 - U.S. scientists say they have developed a method of producing competitively priced energy from municipal, agricultural, and forest wastes.
Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Oct 15, 2008 - Due to growing energy prices, uncertainties over fuel supply and concerns over climate change and global warming, policy makers in United States are forced to rethink the energy mix of the country and develop diverse sources of clean and renewable energy.
- The Angolan government has called for a more equitable distribution of the country's oil wealth to fight poverty and for other social spending following its recent self-proclaimed victory over a separatist group in the oil-rich province of Cabinda.
Baghdad, Iraq (UPI) Oct 15, 2008 - Iraq's Oil Ministry announced most of the details 35 of the world's largest oil companies were waiting for as the country begins to open the third-largest proven oil reserves in the world to foreign investors.
Washington (UPI) Oct 15, 2008 - The August Russian-Georgian military conflict highlighted the vulnerability of Western-funded export routes through the Caucasus region for Caspian oil. Even before the confrontation effectively locked in Azeri crude, an explosion on Aug. 5 on the Turkish section of the 1,094-mile, $3.6 billion Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, opened in May 2006, effectively closed the pipeline two days before the outbreak of hostilities.
Miami (UPI) Oct 15, 2008 - Oil production has dropped dramatically in Venezuela since President Hugo Chavez assumed office a decade ago, according to a report.
Lake Mary FL (SPX) Oct 15, 2008 - Renewable fuels provider New Generation Biofuels Holdings has announced that it has signed a sales agreement with Taunton State Hospital in Taunton, MA, to provide renewable biofuel. The hospital will be the first facility to use New Generation Biofuels' product in its industrial boilers.
London, UK (SPX) Oct 15, 2008 - The 13 members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) pumped an average 32.47 million barrels per day (b/d) of crude oil in September, a Platts survey of OPEC and oil industry officials showed. This is down 330,000 barrels per day from August and reflects output declines in Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Angola.
College Park MD (SPX) Oct 15, 2008 - Imagine if electronic devices in the U.S. were disabled. Your car would not run. You couldn't make a phone call. Television, radio, GPS, computers and their related financial and military systems could be down. Power could be out for as long as two years.
