Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Mar 04, 2008 - The 1st Edition of Offshore Wind Power report is a 75-page overview of how and why offshore wind power is set to become a major contributor to global power production.
The Dalles, OR (UPI) Mar 03, 2008 - The Paris-based International Energy Agency recently awarded the United States high marks for its energy policy but warned stronger action is needed to mitigate climate change and decrease foreign oil imports.
Washington (UPI) Mar 03, 2008 - The third official energy meeting involving Iraqi, Turkish and U.S. officials began Friday in Istanbul, and though a top State Department official doesn't expect huge breakthroughs, he hopes to see progress in developing a gas pipeline that will eventually feed Europe's demand after edging out Russia and excluding Iran.
Washington (UPI) Mar 03, 2008 - While it has been a cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy since the 1979 Iranian Islamic revolution to contain and isolate Iran, Washington's increasingly factious relations with Moscow and record-high oil prices are beginning to ripple through the relations of the five Caspian nations, producing several developments that all point to the increasing failure of Washington's containment policy against Tehran. The Bush administration's rising hostility against former Evil Empire Russia and charter Axis of Evil member Iran has infuriated both nations and driven them closer together.
Brussels (AFP) March 3, 2008 - EU environment ministers agreed Monday that European action is needed to tackle toxic shipping emissions as international maritime authorities had failed to do enough, a spokeswoman said.
Hanover, Germany (AFP) March 3, 2008 - Software giant Microsoft called Monday on the IT industry to reduce its carbon footprint as CeBIT, the world's largest tech fair, kicked off in Germany with a focus on climate change.
Moscow (UPI) Mar 03, 2008 - Russian energy majors Gazprom and Suek said Feb. 26 they had agreed on the main terms for merging their power and coal assets. The merger will create a $16 billion holding company, Russia's largest so far. The controlling stake (50 percent plus one share) will be held by Gazprom.
Moscow (UPI) Mar 03, 2008 - On Feb. 25 Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev made a one-day working visit to Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. The presence of the foreign minister and his deputy shows the international importance of the visit in the context of Kosovo's self-proclaimed independence on Feb. 17.
Washington (AFP) March 3, 2008 - More than 60 years after it was pushed to the edge of extinction, one of North America's rarest birds, the whooping crane, faces new danger from environmentally-friendly wind farms, conservationists warned.
Delft, Netherlands (UPI) Mar 03, 2008 - Dutch researchers have created a windmill that can be used for seawater desalination without having to worry about electricity.
Berlin (AFP) March 1, 2008 - With efforts to fight climate change growing apace around the world, the IT industry is also doing its bit, as the world's largest technology fair starting next week in Germany aims to show.
Beijing (UPI) Feb 29, 2008 - Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua is visiting China this week to talk about ways to broaden their already-extensive oil and gas ties.
Houston TX (SPX) Feb 29, 2008 - BP Alternative Energy announced that it has moved into full construction on phase one of the Sherbino Wind Farm located approximately 30 miles east of Fort Stockton in Pecos County, west Texas. Phase one of the project will have a capacity of 150 megawatts (MW) and is being built through a 50-50 joint venture agreement with Padoma Wind Power LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of NRG Energy, Inc. The first phase of the project is expected to come on line in the second half of 2008.
Beijing (AFP) Feb 29, 2008 - South China's Guangdong province will face the worst power crisis in three decades in 2008 due to rising demand and damages to transmission lines caused by prolonged cold weather, state press said.
Houston TX (SPX) Feb 29, 2008 - With crude oil, gasoline, and home heating oil prices near all-time highs, energy security in the US is one of the most common themes among the presidential candidates. While Democratic and Republican candidates alike agree that energy security should be high on the next president's agenda, their plans for achieving that goal vary widely.
Woods Hole MA (SPX) Feb 29, 2008 - While sampling blended biodiesel fuels purchased from small-scale retailers, researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution found that many of the blends do not contain the advertised amount of biofuel. Marine chemist Chris Reddy and colleagues sampled pure biodiesel and blends from more than a dozen distributors across the United States.
