Miami, April 23, 2008 - Energy officials from Iran said they were ready to make good on promises to bolster energy ties with Venezuela by establishing a joint Tehran-Caracas oil company, a concept considered far-fetched by some considering the rash of projects proposed by the two nations that have yet to come to fruition.
Beijing (AFP) April 23, 2008 - China only has enough coal for 12 days of consumption, three days less than a month ago, state media reported Wednesday, sounding the alarm bells over the nation's most important source of energy.
Berlin (AFP) April 23, 2008 - Germany does not want to change the EU's goal of boosting the use of biofuels in cars, a senior official said Wednesday, despite criticism that this may further fuel the global rise in food prices.
Austin, Texas, April 23, 2008 - U.S. scientists said they have created a microbe that produces cellulous, which, in turn, can be transformed into ethanol and other biofuels.
Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Apr 22, 2008 - The Clean Fuels Report: A Quantitive Comparison of Motor Fuels, Related Pollution and Technologies is a unique perspective on one of the largest and most talked about issues of our time - how to adjust our use of motor fuels to clean the air? The author, a mechanical design engineer and past alternative fuel fleet manager, asked this question in 1990 and has spent the intervening years in researching and building devices that could possibly provide the answer.
Washington, April 22, 2008 - The European Union, gazing hungrily at Central Asia's vast oil and natural gas deposits, has long sought to weaken Russia's grip over Caspian exports. Now the EU has succeeded in getting its nose under the Turkmen tent, and in Moscow Gazprom Chief Executive Officer Alexei Miller must be drowning his sorrows, as Russia provides about 40 percent of the EU's natural gas imports.
Phoenix AZ (SPX) Apr 22, 2008 - The Arizona Technology Council announced its support for Senate passage of the engrossed version of Arizona House of Representatives bills, HB 2766, also known as the Energy Omnibus Act of 2008, as well as HB 2333, HB 2614 and HB 2615. This legislation is designed to create energy efficiency standards for residential and commercial construction, state buildings and schools in order to reduce statewide energy use.
St. Louis MO (SPX) Apr 22, 2008 - Engineers at Washington University in St. Louis, using an impressive array of imaging and tracking technologies, have determined the importance of mixing in anaerobic digesters for bioenergy production and animal and farm waste treatment. Anaerobic digesters employ reactors that use bacteria to break down organic matter in the absence of oxygen.
London (AFP) April 22, 2008 - The Scottish government has rejected plans to build one of Europe's biggest onshore wind farms due what it said was the significant adverse impacts on the local environment.
Manchester, UK (SPX) Apr 22, 2008 - Researchers have used the world's thinnest material to create the world's smallest transistor, one atom thick and ten atoms wide. Reporting their peer-reviewed findings in the latest issue of the journal Science, Dr Kostya Novoselov and Professor Andre Geim from The School of Physics and Astronomy at The University of Manchester show that graphene can be carved into tiny electronic circuits with individual transistors having a size not much larger than that of a molecule.
Hannover, Germany (SPX) Apr 22, 2008 - The rising price of gasoline and concern about greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) are bringing fuel efficiency to the forefront in Germany. Fuel efficiency and alternative fuels will be topics of an expert panel at the Clean Moves Exposition during the Hannover Messe on April 23, 2008 at 10:30am.
Rome (AFP) April 22, 2008 - Ministers from 74 countries attending the International Energy Forum here expressed concern Tuesday at high oil prices, which topped a record 119 dollars.
Adams Township PA (SPX) Apr 22, 2008 - A former Cambria County strip mine that has since been reclaimed will soon be home to 25 wind turbines generating enough power to meet the needs of 16,000 homes, Environmental Protection Secretary Kathleen A. McGinty said as she helped to break ground on the Highland wind project. According to the secretary, the $140 million effort shows Pennsylvanias leadership in clean, renewable energy development and will bring with it additional economic and environmental benefits.
Bangkok (AFP) April 22, 2008 - Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej Tuesday lashed out at the World Bank and UN for criticising biofuel producing nations for soaring food prices while sparing oil exporters.
Hampton VA (SPX) Apr 22, 2008 - Waste Management has officially opened its latest waste-based renewable energy facility at the companys Bethel Landfill. The green energy produced from the landfill gas will provide power for the service area of the landfill and beyond through the electrical transmission grid.
Abuja, Nigeria (UPI) Apr 21, 2008 - India and China have decided to help Nigeria build new refineries rather that continue to buy crude oil for export from the petroleum-rich West African nation.
