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Analysis: China, Venezuela to talk energy
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 18, 2008 - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is headed to China to discuss bolstering trade ties with oil-hungry Beijing.
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Analysis: Iran-Turkey maritime ties
Washington (UPI) Sep 18, 2008 - A little-noticed item published Sept. 16 by Iran's Fars News Agency reported in 168 words that Iran and Turkey had signed a memorandum of understanding on maritime cooperation. What at first glance might seem a minor news item has, in fact, great potential commercial and military significance, as both countries not only share a land frontier but sit athwart maritime channels that carry significant volumes of the world's seaborne oil where the U.S. Navy is exerting an increasing presence.
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Announcing The Premier Alternative Fuels And Vehicles Conference 2009
Las Vegas NV (SPX) Sep 18, 2008 - The Alternative Fuels and Vehicles Conference + Expo 2009 (AF and V 2009) will be held in Orlando, FL, April 19-22, 2009. Details about the national Conference, presented by Alternative Fuel Vehicle Institute (AFVI), are now available on the AFVi website.
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DTE Energy And University Of Michigan Launch Clean Energy Prize
Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Sep 18, 2008 - To help move clean energy technologies from the laboratory to commercial production, DTE Energy and the University of Michigan are challenging teams from Michigan colleges and universities to develop the best business plans for bringing new clean energy technologies to market.
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PosiCharge Battery Fast Charge Systems
Irvine CA (SPX) Sep 18, 2008 - Toyota Material Handling, U.S.A. and AeroVironment have established an alliance to market AV's PosiCharge fast charge systems. PosiCharge systems are now available through 68 authorized Toyota Industrial Equipment dealers with 190 locations throughout the United States.
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EU vows to help Vilnius reduce Russian energy dependence
Brussels (AFP) Sept 17, 2008 - The European Commission on Wednesday promised to help Lithuania reduce its dependence on Russian energy supplies while not allowing it to keep its Soviet-era nuclear plant.
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Google and GE allies in quest for clean energy
San Francisco (AFP) Sept 17, 2008 - Internet titan Google and technology colossus General Electric said Wednesday they are joining forces to promote a smart US electric power grid and clean energy policies.
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Russia must set borders in oil-rich Arctic: Medvedev
Moscow (AFP) Sept 17, 2008 - Russia must formally set its borders in the oil-rich Arctic region in the near future, President Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday amid an international race for the region's reserves.
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Analysis: Russia’s pipeline victory
Washington (UPI) Sep 17, 2008 - Last month's conflict between Russia and Georgia over South Ossetia brought home in stark fashion to Western energy companies the vulnerability of promoting trans-Caucasian oil and natural gas pipelines bypassing Russia.
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The Viability Of Hydrogen Transportation Markets: Chicken Or Egg
Rochester NY (SPX) Sep 17, 2008 - Hydrogen may well be the new gasoline. But where's the nearest gas station where you can pull up and refuel your energy-efficient vehicle? Will hydrogen stations be strategically convenient-located on street corners and travel-stop locations around the globe?
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Iran boasts its forces can control the Gulf
Tehran (AFP) Sept 16, 2008 - Iran has the power to control the Gulf as no vessel can cross the vital seaway without coming in range of its sophisticated weaponry, a top aide to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday.
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Platform in China’s largest offshore oil field starts operation: company
Beijing (AFP) Sept 16, 2008 - A third platform in China's largest offshore oil field has come on stream, a leading Chinese oil producer said on Tuesday.
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US lawmakers vote to end 26-year ban on offshore drilling
Washington (AFP) Sept 16, 2008 - US lawmakers Tuesday sought to overturn a decades-old ban on offshore drilling voting in favor of a new energy bill which has been spurred by spiralling oil prices.
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Dartmouth Researchers Advance Cellulosic Ethanol Production
Hanover NH (SPX) Sep 16, 2008 - A team of researchers from Dartmouth's Thayer School of Engineering and Mascoma Corporation in Lebanon, N.H., have made a discovery that is important for producing large quantities of cellulosic ethanol, a leading candidate for a sustainable and secure alternative to petroleum-derived transportation fuel.
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NASA Study Illustrates How Global Peak Oil Could Impact Climate
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 16, 2008 - The burning of fossil fuels -- notably coal, oil and gas -- has accounted for about 80 percent of the rise of atmospheric carbon dioxide since the pre-industrial era. Now, NASA researchers have identified feasible emission scenarios that could keep carbon dioxide below levels that some scientists have called dangerous for climate.
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Oil-Eating Microbes Give Clue To Ancient Energy Source
London, UK (SPX) Sep 16, 2008 - Microbes that break down oil and petroleum are more diverse than we thought, suggesting hydrocarbons were used as an energy source early in Earth's history, scientists have heard at the Society for General Microbiology's Autumn meeting being held this week at Trinity College, Dublin.