Shanghai (AFP) July 7, 2008 - Parts of Shanghai faced blackouts Monday as the Chinese economic hub's power network struggles to meet soaring electricity demand boosted by scorching heat, state media said.
Berlin (AFP) July 6, 2008 - The German government wants to build up to 30 offshore windfarms in a bid to meet its renewable energy targets, Environment Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee said in an interview published Sunday.
Paris (AFP) July 5, 2008 - European Union energy ministers said at an informal meeting Saturday they had been labouring for 18 months under the false impression that an EU plan to fight global warming included an obligation to develop controversial biofuels.
Paris (AFP) July 5, 2008 - The European Union should free itself from its dependence on Russian gas by developing renewable and nuclear energy, the former head of the International Energy Agency told EU ministers Saturday.
London (AFP) July 4, 2008 - Biofuels have caused world food prices to increase by 75 percent, according to the findings of an unpublished World Bank report published in The Guardian newspaper on Friday.
Paris (AFP) July 4, 2008 - European Union energy ministers on Friday vowed to place energy efficiency at the heart of plans to ease the soaring cost of fossil fuels and help meet the EU's goals on climate change.
Majuro (AFP) July 4, 2008 - The tiny western Pacific island nation of the Marshall Islands has declared a state of economic emergency as soaring fuel prices threaten to shut down electricity supplies.
Houston (UPI) Jul 3, 2008 - U.S. chemical engineers say they have developed a technology for cleanly converting problematic biofuel wastes into valuable organic acids.
Madrid (AFP) July 3, 2008 - The secretary general of the OPEC oil exporting group said that it would difficult to replace the crude output of Iran if the country was attacked, in comments published on Thursday.
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 03, 2008 - Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have confirmed that the photoresists used in next-generation semiconductor manufacturing processes now under development are twice as sensitive as previously believed.
New York NY (SPX) Jul 03, 2008 - There has been much attention in the press recently about co-op member led lawsuits against senior operating management and Boards.
Bourne MA (SPX) Jul 03, 2008 - Relative humidity levels are often ignored in homes despite the fact that unsuitable levels can be unhealthy, increase heating and cooling costs, damage building components, and affect comfort levels.
New York NY (SPX) Jul 03, 2008 - The American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE) and Euromoney Energy Events (EEE) are pleased to report on the success of this year's 5th annual Renewable Energy Finance Forum that was held on June 18-19th at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City.
Gaithersburg MD (SPX) Jul 03, 2008 - Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in cooperation with national standards organizations, have taken the lead in developing the first two standards for solid-state lighting in the United States.
Washington (UPI) Jul 2, 2008 - At the height of the Cold War, the West feared the Soviet military. Now, it fears Russian energy companies, and the 800-pound gorilla of them all is Gazprom, Russia's natural gas monopoly, currently the world's third-largest company by capitalization.
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 02, 2008 - Burdened by a host of energy woes, U.S. government agencies are passing out incentives for a number of renewable energy technologies.
