Washington DC (UPI) Sep 22, 2008 - An Iraqi oil trust fund proposed by Sens. Hillary Clinton and John Ensign may derail Iraqi government negotiations on already divisive oil and revenue-sharing laws, a State Department official said.
Sacramento CA (SPX) Sep 22, 2008 - Marquiss Wind Power has announced that its wind turbine technology has met the requirements from two Northern California electric utilities to connect to the power grid.
Jatropha oil has long been heralded as an environmentally and socially friendly alternative energy source.
Seattle WA (SPX) Sep 22, 2008 - The 2008 Algae Biomass Summit announced that Vinod Khosla, a nationally recognized clean technology investor and Managing Partner of Khosla Ventures will be the keynote speaker at the event, which takes place October 22-24 in Seattle.
Beijing (AFP) Sept 19, 2008 - China Oilfield Services, a subsidiary of energy giant China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), was set to buy all shares in Norwegian firm Awilco Offshore after getting the go-ahead from government regulators, state media said Friday.
Berlin (UPI) Sep 19, 2008 - In eastern Germany, energy giant Vattenfall has unveiled the world's first coal-fired carbon sequestration and storage plant -- a project the industry hopes will become a breakthrough for climate protection. Critics, however, say it's too expensive.
Houston TX (SPX) Sep 19, 2008 - Babcock and Brown has announced the closing of financing and commencement of construction of its 79.5 megawatt (MW) Majestic Wind Farm near Panhandle, Texas, northeast of Amarillo. The project is expected to finish construction and reach full commercial operation before the end of 2008.
Austin TX (SPX) Sep 19, 2008 - A diversified group of qualified Texas transmission providers have announced that they jointly will file a detailed proposal with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) for the construction of electric transmission as part of the Competitive Renewable Energy Zone (CREZ) process.
Research Triangle Park NC (SPX) Sep 19, 2008 - Lenovo has announced it has joined international non-profit organization, The Climate Group, and as part of that membership unveiled a comprehensive program that rewards consumers for recycling end-of-life devices, and offers consumers incentives to power new computers with renewable energy.
Singapore (SPX) Sep 19, 2008 - Eight months after world leaders met in Bali to chart the course to a low-carbon world, green initiative like carbon trading are gaining ground in a region long associated with Big Oil. The World Carbon Emission Reduction Summit in Abu Dhabi, unthinkable until recently, now attracts international heavyweights such as the World Bank, UNFCCC and UNEP FI CCWG.
Austin TX (SPX) Sep 19, 2008 - Engineers and scientists at The University of Texas at Austin have achieved a breakthrough in the use of a one-atom thick structure called graphene as a new carbon-based material for storing electrical charge in ultracapacitor devices, perhaps paving the way for the massive installation of renewable energies such as wind and solar power.
Lake Mary FL (SPX) Sep 19, 2008 - Renewable fuels provider, New Generation Biofuels Holdings, has announced the signing of a site lease and a terminaling services agreement to locate their first commercial scale biofuel manufacturing plant at the port location of Atlantic Terminaling in Baltimore, Maryland.
Mumbai (AFP) Sept 18, 2008 - The global economic downturn and the crisis in the US financial markets offers the chance for investment in green energy, former US vice-president Al Gore said Thursday.
Port Harcourt, Nigeria (AFP) Sept 18, 2008 - Nigeria's newly appointed chief of defence staff on Thursday toured the strife-wracked Niger Delta where militants launched an oil war last weekend.
Washington (UPI) Sep 18, 2008 - The U.S. Energy Department has delivered more than 1 million barrels of emergency exchange oil due to supply disruptions caused by Hurricanes Gustav and Ike.
Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Sep 18, 2008 - The market research report on US Wind Energy Market Analysis and Forecasts analyses the United States wind industry. This report provides an extensive research on the growing wind industry at global as well as country level.
