Canbera, Australia (SPX) Aug 01, 2008 - CSIRO and the CRC for Greenhouse Gas Technologies (CO2CRC) hosted a seminar on the latest research and technology underpinning carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS). The seminar, held at the Australian Resources Research Centre in Perth, was officially opened by the Western Australian Minister for Energy; Resources; Industry and Enterprise, The Hon. Francis Logan.
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 1, 2008 - Japan's Toyota Motor on Friday unveiled the Winglet -- a new two-wheel electric scooter to rival the Segway.
Baton Rouge LA (SPX) Aug 01, 2008 - Governor Bobby Jindal has signed into law the Advanced Biofuel Industry Development Initiative, the most comprehensive and far-reaching state legislation in the nation enacted to develop a statewide advanced biofuel industry. Louisiana is the first state to enact alternative transportation fuel legislation that includes a variable blending pump pilot program and a hydrous ethanol pilot program.
New York (AFP) Aug 1, 2008 - Oil prices jumped higher Friday on renewed jitters over Iran's disputed nuclear program, as Israel's deputy Prime Minister, Shaul Mofaz, said Tehran was playing for time.
Irvine CA (SPX) Aug 01, 2008 - Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide has announced that it has designed, developed and shipped a new generation of ultra light weight advanced composite hydrogen storage units for Suzuki Motor Corporation's Fuel Cell Vehicle Program.
Boston MA (SPX) Aug 01, 2008 - Applied scientists at Harvard University in collaboration with researchers from Hamamatsu Photonics in Hamamatsu City, Japan, have demonstrated, for the first time, highly directional semiconductor lasers with a much smaller beam divergence than conventional ones.
Abuja, Nigeria (UPI) Jul 31, 2008 - Once again, militant violence in the Niger Delta has prompted the region's largest foreign oil company to concede it cannot meet output expectations.
Los Angeles (AFP) July 31, 2008 - California said Thursday it planned to sue the US government for failing to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from ships, aircraft, construction and agricultural equipment.
Nashville TN (SPX) Jul 31, 2008 - DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol (DDCE) and the University of Tennessee (UT) Research Foundation, through its Genera Energy, has announced a partnership to construct an innovative pilot-scale biorefinery and state-of-the-art research and development facility for cellulosic ethanol in Vonore, Tenn.
Jerusalem (AFP) July 31, 2008 - Israel expressed concern on Thursday about a German company's contract to build three liquefied natural gas plants in Iran amid sanctions aimed at halting Tehran's nuclear enrichment programme.
Boca Raton FL (SPX) Jul 31, 2008 - Officials from Florida Atlantic University (FAU) and FAU's Center for Ocean Energy Technology (COET) in the College of Engineering and Computer Science accompanied Florida Governor Charlie Crist on a recent visit to several universities and organizations in the United Kingdom to continue discussions, exchange information and formalize agreements in areas of clean ocean energy, environmental issues and climate change.
Niamey (AFP) July 30, 2008 - Transparency campaigners and union officials in Niger on Wednesday denounced the lack of information on an oil deal signed with China, calling for more details of the contract to be released.
Harrisburg PA (SPX) Jul 30, 2008 - The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has released guidelines for harvesting forest biomass as an alternative energy source.
Baltimore MD (SPX) Jul 30, 2008 - Engineering students at Johns Hopkins have invented a tool that would allow utility workers to disconnect power lines from residential transformers at a safe distance, beyond the range of dangerous electrical arcs.
Washington (UPI) Jul 30, 2008 - World-high energy prices have blindsided many countries, including a number in the oil-rich Middle East, none more so than Turkey. In 2007 Turkish domestic production supplied a paltry 8.7 percent of the nation's crude oil and 2.6 percent of its natural gas; price increases since the beginning of the year have severely constrained the growth of the Turkish economy, leaving Ankara to search for alternatives.
Miami (UPI) Jul 30, 2008 - Venezuela has agreed to sell oil to Spain at the deeply discounted price of $100 a barrel in exchange for medical materials and new technology, the latest in a series of preferential energy agreements orchestrated by Caracas.
