Lisbon, Portugal (AFP) Mar 01, 2006 - Four consortiums presented bids Wednesday to the Portuguese government in response to an international tender for the development of a giant wind farm project, an economy ministry spokeswoman said.
Tokyo, Japan (AFP) Feb 28, 2006 - Japan's Toshiba and financial services group Orix have scrapped a plan to build a major coal-fired power plant amid concern over greenhouse gas emissions, winning praise from the government Tuesday. Sigma Power Yamaguchi has withdrawn its procedure report on environmental assessments that was earlier submitted to the trade ministry.
La Meilleraye De Bretagne, France (AFP) Feb 28, 2006 - French farmer Daniel Durand lives in a long, low, traditional farmhouse, a picture postcard scene worthy of any tourist office advertisement extolling the beauty of Brittany. But behind the bucolic facade, Durand's 40 hectare small-holding farm is unlike many others in France as up to 80 percent of the energy he needs comes from sustainable, environmentally-sound methods.
San Francisco CA (AFP) Feb 22, 2006 - The US city renowned for its 1960s anti-war flower power is exploring a more malodorous future - that of poop power. San Francisco city officials have directed their contracted trash-handling company to devise a system of turning pet droppings into methane gas that could be used as fuel for home heating, electricity generation or other needs.
Walnut Creek CA (SPX) Feb 20, 2006 - In his recent State of the Union speech President Bush said technology is the best way to break the nation's addiction to oil. The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI) is directing the technology of DNA sequencing to scan the environment for processes that will lead to cheaper and easier to produce biofuels.
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 15, 2006 - The European Union is heading daringly back into the minefield of Caucasus politics, driven by its new concerns about reliable and diversified energy supplies after the sudden interruptions caused by the row over natural gas supplies and pipelines between Russia and Ukraine.
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 13, 2006 - Citing refuse trucks' dirty image, a new report aims to change perceptions and begin a nationwide overhaul, switching the industry's primary fuel source from diesel to liquid natural gas.
Rensselaer, NY (SPX) Feb 13, 2006 - U.S. researchers said they have developed what is essentially a tabletop particle accelerator that can produce low levels of nuclear fusion at close to room temperature. A team at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute developed the tiny accelerator using a device called a pyroelectric crystal.
Paris, France (AFP) Feb 12, 2006 - On its first birthday, the United Nations' Kyoto Protocol on global warming remains troubled by political uncertainties but one of its offshoots -- trading in greenhouse-gas emissions -- is thriving.
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 10, 2006 - Skyrocketing oil prices and the need to end foreign energy dependence have some states, communities, and even homeowners turning to wind power as an alternative.
As Solargenix/Acciona executives and federal, state, and local officials broke ground nearby to symbolically start construction on the 64MW Nevada Solar One solar thermal power plant, SCHOTT officially introduced to the public its new PTR 70 solar receiver, which will lie at the heart of Solargenix's new power plant. - The SCHOTT receivers convert energy from the sun into electricity by using concentrated solar radiation from the plant's parabolic mirrors to increase the temperature of the thermo-oil Heat Transfer Fluid (HTF) flowing through the receiver to over 750° F. This heated fluid is then used to turn water into steam, which drives a turbine and generates electricity. Solargenix plans to use 19,300 of SCHOTT's PTR 70 receivers at Nevada Solar One.
Baltimore Md. (SPX) Feb 10, 2006 - Saft has signed a long-term agreement with EADS Astrium to supply exclusively on-board lithium-ion cell modules for all Astrium Eurostar geosynchronous-orbit communications satellites over the next four years.
Washington (UPI) Feb 09, 2006 - A U.S. Energy Department report this week said China's global quest for energy was not economically damaging to the United States, but that is unlikely to assuage many in the U.S. Congress who regard the world's second-largest energy consumer as a threat.
Boston MA (SPX) Feb 09, 2006 - SatCon Technology Corporation has been awarded a Phase I SBIR contract with NASA's John H. Glenn Research Center for development work on a superconducting machine for future hybrid and all-electric aircraft.
Brussels (AFP) Feb 08, 2006 - The European Commission called Wednesday for new action to develop biofuels, warning that soaring oil prices and a recent Russian gas spat highlight the risks of relying on traditional power sources.
Cambridge MA (SPX) Feb 08, 2006 - Just about everything that runs on batteries -- flashlights, cell phones, electric cars, missile-guidance systems -- would be improved with a better energy supply. But traditional batteries haven't progressed far beyond the basic design developed by Alessandro Volta in the 19th century.
