Boston MA (SPX) May 19, 2008 - MIT engineers have improved the power output of one type of fuel cell by more than 50 percent through technology that could help these environmentally friendly energy storage devices find a much broader market, particularly in portable electronics.
Dallas TX (SPX) May 19, 2008 - Mesa Power has placed an order with General Electric to purchase 667 wind turbines capable of generating 1,000 megawatts of electricity, enough to power more than 300,000 average U.S. homes.
Millville NJ (SPX) May 19, 2008 - New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) Commissioner Nicholas Asselta has attended a special ceremony in Millville to recognize Wakefern Foods and the Bottino Family of Supermarkets for incorporating energy efficiency measures into their facility.
Moscow (UPI) May 19, 2008 - On May 14 Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin ordered the construction of the second stage of the Baltic Pipeline System (BPS-2), an offshoot of the Druzhba pipeline built in Soviet times to pump oil to Europe through Belarus and terminals in the Baltic countries.
Manila (AFP) May 19, 2008 - The Philippines will try to generate electricity from sea currents under a project funded by an Italian grant, an official said Monday.
Detroit MI (SPX) May 19, 2008 - DTE Energy officials told the company's shareholders that energy policy initiatives, including Michigan's energy reform legislation, will shape the state's and the nation's energy and environmental agenda for decades to come.
Washington DC (SPX) May 19, 2008 - Its the U.S. energy boom that no one knows about. Energy efficiency may be the farthest-reaching, least-polluting, and fastest-growing energy success story of the last 50 years. But it also is the most invisible, the least understood, and in serious danger of missing out on needed future investments.
Tokyo (AFP) May 19, 2008 - Japan may be at the cutting edge of green technologies, but its capital has the least environmentally conscious residents of eight of the world's richest cities, a poll showed.
Cambridge MA (SPX) May 19, 2008 - Verenium has applauded Senate passage of the farm bill as a boost for the development of next-generation cellulosic ethanol. The legislation, which cleared the House yesterday by a 318 to 106 vote and the Senate today by an 81 to 15 vote, included several key provisions that when signed into law will speed the development of cellulosic ethanol toward commercialization.
Berlin (AFP) May 17, 2008 - Biofuels must not deprive the world's poor of food, a senior European official said, as he proposed a greater focus on second-generation biofuels that would be more environmentally friendly.
Washington (UPI) May 16, 2008 - At a time of record-high oil prices, America is increasingly turning to alternative energy sources. One of the most attractive is liquefied natural gas. Of the fossil fuels, it is considered the most environmentally friendly, as it has the lowest CO2 emissions per unit of energy.
Port Harcourt, Nigeria (UPI) May 16, 2008 - Nigerian militants in the oil-rich Niger Delta appear committed to making good on promises to cripple the country's petroleum industry, this time hijacking an oil vessel off the coast.
Hartfield VA (SPX) May 15, 2008 - XcelPlus Global Holdings has announce the acquisition of a new alternative energy fuel technology and process that enables glycerin, a byproduct from bio-diesel production, to be converted to a fuel suitable for use in turbine engines.
Grapevine TX (SPX) May 15, 2008 - GreenHunter Wind Energy is pleased to announce its first wind energy development project outside of the United States, located south of Shanghai, China.
Hanover, Germany (SPX) May 15, 2008 - Light-emitting diodes save energy. In terms of their light output, however, they have so far been unable to compete with light bulbs. A new, low-priced optical component is set to change that situation: It concentrates the light and directs it precisely to where it is needed.
Newark NJ (SPX) May 15, 2008 - The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) and New Jersey's Clean Energy Program have announced they are offering rebates on select ENERGY STAR qualified appliances and lighting and rebates for energy efficiency upgrades to central air conditioning systems to help New Jersey residents save energy, money and the environment this spring.
