Manila (AFP) Dec 3, 2007 - Philippine President Gloria Arroyo will seek investments and funding for the country's alternative fuel sector when she begins a state visit to Spain later Monday, the agriculture department said.
Johannesburg (AFP) Dec 2, 2007 - Oil-rich countries in Africa must resist the temptation to splurge their revenue from black gold if they want to avoid a hangover when supplies run dry, experts said at a conference in South Africa.
Beijing (AFP) Dec 1, 2007 - Japan wants to reach an accord with China over exploring lucrative gas fields in the East China Sea by the beginning of 2008, an official here said Saturday.
Beijing (AFP) Nov 30, 2007 - China's largest coal-fired power plant, a 2.1-billion-dollar complex supplying the energy-hungry east coast, has entered into operation, state media reported Friday.
Brussels (AFP) Nov 30, 2007 - Europe's energy-guzzling core industries deserve special treatment over their carbon dioxide emissions to protect their competitiveness, EU Industry Commissioner Guenter Verheugen said Friday.
Berkeley CA (SPX) Nov 30, 2007 - In a survey of the northern Basin and Range province of the western United States, geochemists Mack Kennedy of the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Matthijs van Soest of Arizona State University have discovered a new tool for identifying potential geothermal energy resources.
London (UPI) Nov 30, 2007 - The leader of Iraq's oil workers, attending an anti-war conference here, says Iraq could be producing more oil by investing its own money, without an oil law or large scale foreign oil company involvement.
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 30, 2007 - A Japanese company said Friday it had conducted the world's first spot trade in carbon credits, predicting the nascent market will grow as countries step up efforts to tackle global warming.
Moscow (UPI) Nov 30, 2007 - When Turkmenistan announced last week it would raise the gas price for Gazprom by 30 percent, the Russian energy giant actually sighed with relief. It had long expected Ashgabat to raise the prices, and $130 per 1,000 cubic meters is a moderate price for today, considerably lower than the rumored $150. In the end, the news is one more proof that Russia's increase of gas prices for Ukraine is justified.
Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Nov 30, 2007 - A water repellent developed by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory outperforms nature at its best and could open a floodgate of commercial possibilities. The super-water repellent (superhydrophobic) material, developed by John Simpson, is easy to fabricate and uses inexpensive base materials.
Southborough MA (SPX) Nov 30, 2007 - Protonex Technology announced that the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and development partner AeroVironment have documented a successful, record flight on a small, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) utilizing a highly advanced fuel cell system from Protonex. AeroVironment's Puma UAV system flew continuously for over seven hours and was powered by the latest generation of Protonex' ProCore UAV fuel cell system.
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 30, 2007 - One casualty of the Bush administration's ambiguous attempts to mollify Turkey over the issue of clamping down on Kurdish insurgents in northern Iraq may well be Washington's larger agenda of isolating Iran. Ankara and Tehran have signed $1.5 billion in agreements providing for the joint construction of three 2,000-megawatt thermal power plants -- two in Iran and one in Turkey, and several hydroelectric plants in Iran with a total 10,000-megawatt capability. The agreements also provide for upgrading electrical power transmission lines between the two countries.
Washington (UPI) Nov 30, 2007 - Following the death of Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov last December, U.S. energy companies eagerly braced themselves for a possible opening up of the country's vast natural gas resources under a new administration. Alas, in a world of record-high energy prices, Wall Street bulls seem once again to have been outmaneuvered by the wily Kremlin.
Geneva (AFP) Nov 30, 2007 - Solar panels, wind turbines and other green goods and services should face fewer tariffs and other trade barriers, the United States and European Union proposed at the World Trade Organisation on Friday.
Atlanta GA (SPX) Nov 29, 2007 - Fuel cells can be expensive and they typically don't last as long as their internal combustion counterparts. Researchers in the Georgia Tech Research Institute's (GTRI) Center for Innovative Fuel Cell and Battery Technologies believe that understanding how and why fuel cells fail is the key to both reducing cost and improving durability. Center director Tom Fuller has been trying to solve what he deems the top three durability problems since he joined GTRI from United Technologies three years ago.
Madison WI (SPX) Nov 29, 2007 - The United States has embarked on an ambitious program to develop technology and infrastructure to economically and sustainably produce ethanol from biomass. Corn stover, the above-ground material left in fields after corn grain harvest, has been identified as a primary feedstock. Stover and other crop biomass or residue is frequently referred to as trash or a waste, implying it has minimal value.
