Rome (AFP) Oct 7, 2008 - The UN food agency cast doubt Tuesday on the potential of biofuels to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions while warning that their development threatens food security.
Philadelphia PA (SPX) Oct 07, 2008 - With the high cost of gasoline and diesel fuel impacting costs for automobiles, trucks, buses and the overall economy, a Temple University physics professor has developed a simple device which could dramatically improve fuel efficiency as much as 20 percent.
Washington (UPI) Oct 7, 2008 - U.S. government officials have released the National Biofuels Action Plan, an interagency plan to accelerate development of a sustainable biofuels industry.
Hanoi (AFP) Oct 6, 2008 - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Vietnam on Monday signed a 196-million-dollar loan for a hydropower plant, the country's first major dam project to be backed by a multilateral development agency.
Reading PA (SPX) Oct 06, 2008 - EnerSys has significantly broadened its product support for the fast growing renewable energy market with the recent launch of its EcoSafe product line. EcoSafe batteries, which use lead, nickel and lithium technologies, were developed specifically for renewable energy storage applications, including solar, wind turbine and other electricity-generation alternatives.
Seattle WA (SPX) Oct 06, 2008 - The Seattle Steam has announced that it will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for its new renewable energy storage facility. Mayor Greg Nickels is scheduled to headline the program.
Newcastle, England (UPI) Oct 6, 2008 - British researchers say they've determined wind farms pose less of a danger to farmland birds than was previously feared.
West Lafayette, Ind. (UPI) Oct 4, 2008 - U.S. researchers said more research is needed to help the next generation of biofuels avoid the pitfalls of corn ethanol.
Washington (UPI) Oct 3, 2008 - The August military confrontation between Georgia and Russia had a crippling collateral effect on Azerbaijan. In the wake of the conflict, which effectively shut in the majority of Azeri oil exports, Baku has broadened its export strategy to include renewing ties with Russia and, in an event certain to irk Washington, expanding oil swaps with Iran.
Miami (UPI) Oct 3, 2008 - Ecuador's oil-based economy is going to be further regulated and its foreign investors subject to greater scrutiny, according to the country's leftist leader, President Rafael Correa, who won a sweeping victory in this week's constitutional referendum vote on a new constitution.
Seattle WA (SPX) Oct 03, 2008 - Boeing has, with leading air carriers and Honeywell's UOP, a refining technology developer, established a group to accelerate the development and commercialization of sustainable new aviation fuels.
North Kingstown RI (SPX) Oct 03, 2008 - Governor Donald L. Carcieri has announced that Deepwater Wind was chosen as the successful developer to construct a wind energy project off the shores of Rhode Island that will provide 1.3 million megawatt hours per year of renewable energy - 15 percent of all electricity used in the state.
The Energy and Environmental Research Center (EERC) at the University of North Dakota has achieved a major technical milestone in creating a 100% renewable…
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 03, 2008 - Toshiba GE Turbine Components (TGTC) has reduced the time required to inspect and measure steam turbine blades from 280 minutes to 45 minutes by using the MAXOS non-contact measurement system from Steintek GmbH (Greding, Germany) and their distributor NVision Inc (Southlake, TX and Wixom, MI).
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 03, 2008 - Key questions remain unanswered about the so-called Pickens Plan, an energy plan being promoted across the U.S. in an expensive marketing campaign by billionaire T. Boone Pickens, says a new paper released by the non-profit National Center for Public Policy Research.
New Delhi (AFP) Oct 3, 2008 - Power outages that stretch hours are a regular event in Shaila Kapoor's life in a smart suburb of energy-hungry India's national capital.
