Washington DC (SPX) Feb 29, 2008 - The world must find clean sources of power that can be developed on a fast track. Bourne Energy's RiverStar (Patent Pending) Kinetic Energy System, self-contained energy modules placed in river currents, produce electricity from the harnessing of moving water in the river rather than the potential energy of water stored behind large dams.
Dallas TX (SPX) Feb 29, 2008 - Southridge Enterprises announced that the Company had a ground breaking ceremony today on a new ethanol manufacturing plant in El Salvador. Announced in Dec. 2007, the new plant will have an expected maximum annual capacity of 20 million gallons per year.
Minneapolis MN (SPX) Feb 29, 2008 - Xcel Energy soon will begin testing a cutting-edge technology to store wind energy in batteries. It will be the first use of the technology in the United States for direct wind energy storage.
Littleton CO (SPX) Feb 28, 2008 - ADA-ES has announced it has successfully completed the first full-scale tests of its chemically treated activated carbon (AC) that it intends to sell to coal-fired power plants for reducing mercury emissions. In January, ADA announced its plan for producing a near-term supply of high-quality AC by purchasing raw activated material from foreign producers and then milling, chemically treating, packaging, and delivering product to utility customers.
Washington (UPI) Feb 28, 2008 - Iraq's draft oil law is stalled in Parliament, the national government and Kurdistan Regional Government are moving forward with their own deals -- unconstitutional, the each says of the other -- and Iraq's oil production is stalled at just more than 2 million barrels per day.
Washington (UPI) Feb 28, 2008 - The good news for Russia is that energy prices are at a world record, and that Russia is now tied neck and neck with Saudi Arabia as the world's leading oil producer, producing around 9 million barrels per day to a world consuming about 84 million bpd. Russia is the largest non-OPEC oil producer and now generates 12 percent of global production.
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 28, 2008 - In connection with his visit to Wyoming, Ambassador John Bruton, Head of the EU Commission Delegation to the United States, issued the following statement: Turning Wyoming's coal into gold. That could be the end result for this coal-producing state if the world turns to carbon sequestration as this technology brings enormous market opportunities and cleaner energy.
Brussels (AFP) Feb 28, 2008 - EU nations raised on Thursday a host of objections to new proposals for fighting climate change, setting the stage for tough negotiations over the package.
Monterey, California (AFP) Feb 28, 2008 - A scientist who mapped his genome and the genetic diversity of the oceans said Thursday he is creating a life form that feeds on climate-ruining carbon dioxide to produce fuel.
Zug, Switzerland (SPX) Feb 28, 2008 - Petroplus Holdings has announced that, effective 1 March 2008, it has entered into a partnership with the Blackstone Group and First Reserve, to pursue acquisitions of crude oil refineries in the United States. Each partner has committed USD 667 million in equity to this venture.
Doha (AFP) Feb 28, 2008 - The gas-rich Gulf state of Qatar on Thursday launched a public transport project that will use electric buses and taxis in a bid to cut air pollution.
Dallas TX (SPX) Feb 28, 2008 - Accor North America announced a new agreement between its Sofitel Hotels and wind energy supplier Community Energy to purchase clean, renewable, wind energy for all nine Sofitel locations in the U.S. This purchase of wind-generated power in the form of Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) qualifies Sofitel Hotels as an EPA Green Power Partner, making them the first hotel chain to choose green power for each of the brand's hotel locations in the country.
Miami (UPI) Feb 27, 2008 - Oil production in Cuba has fallen steadily over the last half decade from a production high of nearly 65,000 barrels per day in 2003, according to energy experts on the subject.
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 27, 2008 - After years of watching the world's fastest growing energy business from the sidelines, big oil companies are playing catch-up and investing billions developing new wind power projects. Shell and BP see wind as an increasingly important part of the energy industry, said Randall Swisher, of the American Wind Energy Association. They want to look for new opportunities, and wind is clearly in their sights.
New York NY (SPX) Feb 27, 2008 - With rising construction costs, regulatory uncertainties, environmental concerns and other growing risks, the U.S. utilities with more than 100 proposed new coal-fired power plants now face comparable risks and uncertainties to those that derailed the U.S. nuclear power industry in the 1970s, according to a major new report prepared by Synapse Energy Economics, Inc., for the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR).
Washington (AFP) Feb 27, 2008 - Oil giant ExxonMobil Wednesday urged the US Supreme Court to cancel a 2.5-billion-dollar compensation award for the huge 1989 Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska, blaming the ship's captain for the disaster.
