Montreal, Canada (SPX) Apr 27, 2007 - Alcan has begun engineering work for the construction of a new high-efficiency turbine at its Shipshaw power generating station in the Saguenay region of Quebec. The new turbine will eventually replace an older, less-efficient machine.
London UK (SPX) Apr 27, 2007 - Oil and gas companies are one of the major emitters, if not the major emitter, of carbon in the world today. With climate change now the greatest environmental challenge, it has become imperative to reduce carbon emissions dramatically in the future.
Paris (AFP) April 27, 2007 - International Energy Agency (IAE) chief Claude Mandil warned Friday there was no silver bullet which by itself would cut greenhouse-gas emissions that drive dangerous climate change. Mandil set a target of an early cut of a billion tonnes of emissions per year and said a full range of measures -- which he said included renewable energy, carbon storage, nuclear power and energy efficiency -- should be harnessed.
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Apr 27, 2007 - Researchers have discovered that particles from cornstalks undergo previously unknown structural changes when processed to produce ethanol, an insight they said will help establish a viable method for large-scale production of ethanol from plant matter.
Washington (RIA Novosti) Apr 27, 2007 - The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee passed Wednesday a bill permitting legal action against foreign states for oil and gas price fixing and other uncompetitive activities.
Livermove CA (SPX) Apr 27, 2007 - Xantrex Technology has been selected to develop next generation solar inverters to support the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Solar America Initiative. In March the DOE announced the selection and future funding of 13 solar technology development projects. Xantrex is partnered with consortiums in four of those projects.
Vilnius (RIA Novosti) Apr 26, 2007 - EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs and European MPs have urged Russia to abandon using energy as a political weapon and resume oil supplies to Lithuania. They adopted a joint statement saying that Russia and the EU are mutually dependent on energy, and that the majority of problems arise from political disagreements.
Berlin (AFP) April 26, 2007 - Germany on Thursday unveiled proposals to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 40 percent within 13 years and become the most energy-efficient country in the world.
Austin TX (SPX) Apr 26, 2007 - Every dollar spent for construction of new transmission lines to support the development of wind resources in Texas will result in a $5 to $7 reduction in energy costs, according to testimony filed Tuesday with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) by Electric Transmission Texas, a proposed joint venture between subsidiaries of American Electric Power and MidAmerican Energy Holdings.
Albuquerque NM (SPX) Apr 26, 2007 - An electrical circuit that should carry enough power to produce the long-sought goal of controlled high-yield nuclear fusion and, equally important, do it every 10 seconds, has undergone extensive preliminary experiments and computer simulations at Sandia National Laboratories' Z machine facility.
Addis Ababa (AFP) Apr 26, 2007 - Ethiopian rebels holding seven Chinese oil workers captured during an attack this week on an oil venture in Ethiopia said Thursday they would release them as soon as possible.
Addis Ababa (AFP) Apr 25, 2007 - Ethiopia on Wednesday accused arch-foe Eritrea of supporting the rebels who attacked a remote Chinese-run oil venture that killed 74 people, and abducted up to seven Chinese workers. Eritrea immediately denied the claim -- the latest in a string of accusations and counter-accusations between the rival neighbours.
Addis Ababa (AFP) Apr 25, 2007 - Ethiopia searched for up to seven seized Chinese oil workers Wednesday after an attack on a Chinese-run oil venture which killed 77 people, according to a new toll.
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Apr 25, 2007 - PricewaterhouseCoopers analysts forecast that in 2010, one-third of natural gas traded in the world will be liquefied. Meanwhile, Gazprom, a Russian monopoly with ambitions to be a global energy producer, is suffering from a bad shortage of liquefied natural gas (LNG) production and export facilities.
Astana (RIA Novosti) Apr 25, 2007 - Kazakhstan's government could join a proposed gas pipeline linking the energy-rich Caspian to Europe, bypassing Russia, if the project meets the country's economic interests, the premier said.
La Jolla, CA (SPX) Apr 25, 2007 - Termites and fungi already know how to digest cellulose, but the human process of producing ethanol from cellulose remains slow and expensive. The central bottleneck is the sluggish rate at which the cellulose enzyme complex breaks down tightly bound cellulose into sugars, which are then fermented into ethanol.
