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Engineers Devise Method To Improve Energy Efficiency Of Ethanol Production

Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Feb 07, 2007 - Carnegie Mellon University Chemical Engineers have devised a new process that can improve the efficiency of ethanol production, a major component in making biofuels a significant part of the U.S. energy supply. Carnegie Mellon researchers have used advanced process design methods combined with mathematical optimization techniques to reduce the operating costs of corn-based bio-ethanol plants by more than 60 percent.

Feb 7, 2007

Initiative Will Put Illinois At Forefront Of Farm Bioenergy Production

Champaign IL (SPX) Feb 07, 2007 - A $500 million research program announced today by the energy company BP will bring farm bioenergy production to Illinois on a grand scale, say researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Illinois will join the University of California at Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in forming the new Energy Biosciences Institute, with UC Berkeley taking the lead.

Feb 7, 2007

Russia-India Energy Dialogue Traditions And Prospects

Moscow (RIA Novosti) Feb 07, 2007 - On the sidelines of the Russian President's visit to India, state-run Russian company Rosneft, and state-owned Indian Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) signed a memorandum on expanding cooperation. Rosneft's official report says the two companies were encouraged by their positive partnership in the Sakhalin-1 project. ONGC will manage its operations through its overseas arm - ONGC Videsh Ltd. (OVL).

Feb 7, 2007

Russia To Consider Idea Of International Gas OPEC

Moscow (RIA Novosti) Feb 07, 2007 - Russia will consider Iran's proposal to set up an organization similar to OPEC to ensure reliable and uninterrupted gas deliveries to consumers, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday. Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei spoke Sunday in favor of setting up a cooperation organization in the gas sector similar to OPEC.

Feb 7, 2007

Safeway Joins California Climate Action Registry

Pleasanton CA (SPX) Feb 07, 2007 - Safeway has joined the California Climate Action Registry (the Registry), California's only official registry for Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions reduction projects. Participation in the Registry makes Safeway the first retail grocer in the state to be an active participant in the organization and another step in the company's comprehensive GHG Emissions Reduction Program.

Feb 7, 2007

Scientists Develop Portable Generator That Turns Trash Into Electricity

West Lafayette IN (SPX) Feb 07, 2007 - A group of scientists have created a portable refinery that efficiently converts food, paper and plastic trash into electricity. The machine, designed for the U.S. military, would allow soldiers in the field to convert waste into power and could have widespread civilian applications in the future. This is a very promising technology, said Michael Ladisch, the professor of agricultural and biological engineering at Purdue University who leads the project.

Feb 7, 2007

Researchers Find Substantial Wind Resource Off Mid-Atlantic Coast

The wind resource off the Mid-Atlantic coast could supply the energy needs of nine states from Massachusetts to North Carolina, plus the District of…

Feb 6, 2007

Russia Restores Licences For Sakhalin Energy Project

Moscow (AFP) Feb 06, 2007 - Russia's water resources agency on Tuesday restored 12 construction licences for the vast Sakhalin-2 oil and gas project in far eastern Russia that were suspended in December, a spokesman for the Sakhalin Energy consortium said. The licences have been restored for Starstroi, a contractor that is building oil and gas pipelines for the project, said Ivan Chernyakhovsky, a spokesman for the Sakhalin Energy consortium.

Feb 6, 2007

US Seeks Biofuel Partnership With Brazil

Sao Paulo (AFP) Feb 06, 2007 - The United States wants to link up with Brazil on biofuels development with an eye toward building a global market in renewable oil substitutes like ethanol, a senior US diplomat said Tuesday. Ethanol, from plant products, of which Brazil and the United States are the world's largest producers, can be the catalyst for a partnership between the two countries, said Nicholas Burns, the US under secretary of state for political affairs.

Feb 6, 2007

Australia Says Emissions Trading Needed To Fight Global Warming

Sydney (AFP) Feb 05, 2007 - A worldwide system to put a price on harmful gas emissions should be a key part of any plan to combat global warming, but should not come at Australia's expense, Prime Minister John Howard has said. Market mechanisms, including carbon pricing, will be integral to any long-term response to climate change, Howard said during his weekly radio address on Sunday.

Feb 5, 2007

Climate Change Could Play Havoc With Oil Prices

New York (AFP) Feb 05, 2007 - Climate change, by disrupting current weather patterns, could play ever greater havoc with the zig zags in oil prices, such as the price plunge seen in early January, market analysts say. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) -- the UN's top scientific authority on global warming -- delivered its starkest warning yet on global warming on Friday.

Feb 5, 2007

Foreigners Will Not Gain Control Over Strategic Deposits Says Russia

Moscow (RIA Novosti) Feb 05, 2007 - Foreign investors and Russian companies owned by them will not be able to establish control over federal strategic deposits in Russia, a government source said Tuesday. The government is set to discuss Wednesday amendments to the law on mineral resource extraction and the participation of nonresidents in the capital of Russian strategic enterprises.

Feb 5, 2007

Using Pond Scum To Fuel Our Future

Logan, UT (SPX) Feb 05, 2007 - Utah State University researchers are using an innovative approach that takes oil from algae and converts it to biodiesel fuel. USU is currently conducting research on algae and plans to produce an algae-biodiesel that is cost-competitive by 2009. Algae, plainly referred to as pond scum, can produce up to 10,000 gallons of oil per acre and can be grown virtually anywhere.

Feb 5, 2007

Gas War Forces Ukraine To Clean Up Its Act

Kiev (AFP) Feb 04, 2007 - For years Western environmentalists tried in vain to convince Ukraine to shake an energy addiction that made it one of the world's least energy efficient economies. Then in one fell swoop Russia turned energy conservation into a Ukrainian national priority by doubling the price of gas exports to its Western neighbour at the start of last year -- before hiking them again this January.

Feb 4, 2007

Bush Changes Global Warming Spin But Sees No Need For Substantive Action

Washington (AFP) Feb 02, 2007 - With the scientific evidence on global warming increasingly undeniable, US President George W. Bush has publicly embraced the issue of climate change. But on policy, his administration remains reticent to take any of the costly actions to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that scientists say are the root cause of warming, analysts say.

Feb 2, 2007

BP Gives Green Fuel Research 500 Mln Dlrs

San Francisco (AFP) Feb 01, 2007 - British oil giant BP announced Thursday an award of 500 million dollars for Big Science research into green energy. BP will fund an Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI) with a mandate to perform ground-breaking research aimed at the production of new and cleaner energy with an initial focus on biofuels for cars and trucks.

Feb 1, 2007