Washington DC (SPX) Oct 15, 2008 - According to the latest Monthly Electricity Review issued by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (October 3, 2008), net U.S. generation of electricity from renewable energy sources surged by 32 percent in June 2008 compared to June 2007.
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 14, 2008 - Alternative sources of fossil fuels such as oil sands and coal-to-liquids have significant economic promise, but the environmental consequences must also be considered, according to a RAND Corporation study.
Midland MI (SPX) Oct 14, 2008 - Green building design starts with a whole building approach to energy efficiency and sustainability, and Dow industry experts will be on hand to explain how at the 2008 GreenBuild International Conference and Expo, held in Boston from November 18-21.
United Nations (AFP) Oct 14, 2008 - Although reeling from the global financial crisis, tiny Iceland is well positioned to recover, and can serve as a model on how to tackle the energy and climate change challenges, its president said Tuesday.
Julesburg CO (SPX) Oct 14, 2008 - National Wind has announced its partnership with landowners in Sedgwick, Phillips, and Logan Counties in Colorado, to form and capitalize NECO Wind. NECO Wind, which stands for Northeast Colorado Wind, will construct 400 megawatts (MW) or more of wind energy generation facilities under the management of National Wind.
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 14, 2008 - SolidNav has announced the company's official product awareness initiatives for bringing clean technology to the marine industry.
Miami (UPI) Oct 13, 2008 - Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa has threatened to kick out foreign oil companies if they don't increase output in the coming weeks and months.
Mesa AZ (SPX) Oct 13, 2008 - Miles below us, deep within Earth's crust, life is astir. Organisms there are not the large creatures typically envisioned when thinking of life. Instead, thriving there are microbes, the smallest and oldest form of life on Earth.
Carson City NV (SPX) Oct 13, 2008 - A delegation of German government officials, scientists, economists, and private business will meet with a like mix of Nevada government officials, researchers and businesses in Reno to discuss renewable energy technology.
Geneva (AFP) Oct 13, 2008 - Key nuclear international institutions on Monday signed a deal to step up their collaboration, marking a step forward in the development of a multibillion dollar experimental nuclear fusion project.
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 13, 2008 - Iraq's Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani will lead a delegation to London, where companies prequalified to bid on a handful of oil and gas fields will hear details of the terms on Monday. Partners Dana Gas and Crescent Petroleum have begun production, processing and transport of gas from the Kor Mor field in Sulaimaniya province. It's part of a service contract the companies have with the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq. An Iraqi parliamentarian from the Kurdistan Coalition, Bayazid Hassan, told local media the long-held oil law may be heading to Parliament. Hassan is a member of the Parliament's Oil and Gas Committee. Drilling has begun on the Shakal block in the KRG. It's operated by Australia's Oil Search with Turkey's Petoil and the KRG as partners.
Atlanta GA (SPX) Oct 13, 2008 - LED Light Tech announces the addition of 2X2 LED fluorescent retrofit fixtures to its product line. The LED 2X2 fixtures feature LEDs that install into new commercial and industrial constructions and retrofit for existing buildings.
Washington (UPI) Oct 10, 2008 - The two-day first Intergovernmental Economic Conference of Caspian littoral states, held Oct. 3 to 5 in the southern Russian city of Astrakhan on the Volga delta, drew surprisingly little coverage in the Western press, despite its potential importance. Russian delegates floated a proposal that the Caspian coastal nations of Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan establish a Caspian Economic Cooperation Organization. If the organization comes to fruition, it could solve one of the most complex diplomatic stalemates stymieing the unbridled development of the Caspian's offshore waters and seabed -- an equitable division of the inland sea's assets.
Redlands CA (SPX) Oct 10, 2008 - Amid the clamor of national debate over how best to reduce reliance on oil, the call to replace petroleum with ethanol made enough noise recently to attract government and industry attention. In response, a major U.S. pipeline company, Colonial, began its study of the feasibility of introducing alternative fuels, such as ethanol, to pipeline shipments.
Houston TX (SPX) Oct 10, 2008 - Horizon Wind Energy has announced that it will start producing clean, renewable energy, this week, at its Rattlesnake Road wind farm in the State of Oregon. Located in Gilliam County, Rattlesnake Road Wind Farm has an installed capacity of 103 MW and will be fully operational by the end of 2008.
Jakarta (AFP) Oct 10, 2008 - Palm oil companies are clearing massive swathes of untouched forest in Indonesia's remote easternmost Papua region, environmental group Greenpeace said Friday.
