Abu Dabi, UAE (SPX) Apr 02, 2008 - Could combustion without flames be used to build industrial gas turbines for power generation that are much more efficient than current models and produce almost no polluting emissions? Researchers in the Middle East provide a possible answer in the current issue of the Inderscience publication, International Journal of the Environment and Pollution.
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) April 2, 2008 - Malaysia on Wednesday said it will scrap a 1.3 billion ringgit (408 million dollars) coal power plant in an environmentally sensitive area in eastern Sabah state on Borneo island.
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 02, 2008 - With Earth Day just weeks away, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) released a profile of the Ranch House at Del Sur, featuring it as the most highly rated green new construction building included in its project profiles of exemplary green buildings.
San Diego CA (SPX) Apr 02, 2008 - Energy is the single largest operating expense in a typical commercial building with U.S. commercial buildings spending more than $200 billion annually. It's also estimated that 30 percent of energy in buildings is used inefficiently or unnecessarily(1).
Honolulu HI (SPX) Apr 02, 2008 - UPC Wind Partners has signed a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to study the integration of wind technology into the Hawai'i utility system. As part of the agreement, NREL will establish a Remote Research Affiliate Partner Site at UPC's Kaheawa Wind Farm in West Maui. It is the first such partner site for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's wind technology program outside of its base in Colorado.
Brussels, Belgium (SPX) Apr 02, 2008 - Wind has delivered the most promising results out of all renewable energy technologies so far, with 57 GW of total capacity installed in the EU by the end of 2007. In order to ensure that this trend continues, we need to have a secure and favourable EU legislative framework, EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs told delegates at the opening session of the European Wind Energy Conference (EWEC) today in Brussels.
University Park PA (SPX) Apr 01, 2008 - ConocoPhillips and Penn State have announced they are launching the ConocoPhillips Energy Prize, an awards program that seeks to recognize new ideas and original, actionable solutions that can help improve the way the United States develops and uses energy. In its inaugural year, the program will award up to $300,000 in cash prizes and focus on generating innovative ideas and solutions that help in three areas:
Richmond VA (SPX) Apr 01, 2008 - Dominion has welcomed the granting of a certificate of public convenience and necessity by the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) for the company's proposed 585-megawatt Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center.
Vancouver, Canada (SPX) Apr 01, 2008 - Dynamotive Energy Systems has reported that it has shipped biofuels from its plants in Ontario. West Lorne shipped 22 tonnes of BioOil to the U.S. and 50 cubic meters of char to a soy bean farm in Ontario, Canada, to be used as soil enhancer, as well as a number of sample shipments to potential customers.
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 01, 2008 - Fuel cells and hydrogen fuel are the only motor vehicle technology option that will respond effectively to global warming during this century, according to a new analysis by a Washington expert in alternative fuels. The hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicle is the only option that can achieve the goal of reducing greenhouse gases by 60% or more below 1990 levels in the transportation sector, concludes Dr. C.E. Thomas in a new study.
Santa Monica CA (SPX) Apr 01, 2008 - Gasoline pumps prices rose to yet another record today and over the weekend, both nationally and in at least 17 states. This unprecedented rise so early in the year signals more energy inflation and deeper consumer pain later in the spring, said Consumer Watchdog (formerly the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights).
Kuala Cenaku, Indonesia (AFP) April 1, 2008 - Marto Wijoyo and his family left the overcrowded Indonesian island of Java 27 years ago in search of a better life on neighbouring Sumatra.
Cheyenne WY (SPX) Apr 01, 2008 - A new transmission line connecting the Front Range of Colorado with the wind-rich high plains of eastern Wyoming is planning to offer capacity rights in an open auction in June 2008. The Wyoming-Colorado Intertie (WCI) Project has announced its time line for an Open Season auction for up to 900 MW of transmission capacity between the two states.
Brookings SD (SPX) Apr 01, 2008 - VeraSun Energy has announced the startup of its 110 million gallon per year (MMGY) production facility located near Bloomingburg, Ohio. With the closing of the merger between VeraSun and US BioEnergy becoming effective April 1, 2008, the Bloomingburg biorefinery represents the 11th VeraSun facility in operation, pushing the company's annual operating capacity to more than one billion gallons.
Jakarta (AFP) April 1, 2008 - Once a golden promise in the fight against climate change, biofuels are fast losing their lustre as high demand for essential crops drives land clearing and pushes up the price of food.
Cleveland OH (SPX) Mar 31, 2008 - Cleveland fuel production systems manufacturer Arisdyne Systems recently received a one million dollar grant from the Ohio Department of Development's Third Frontier Advanced Energy Program for the development of a more efficient method of processing corn into ethanol. The company expects to add 10 to 15 employees over the next two to three years as a result of the grant.
