News About Energy Technology 19-NOV-09 en-us The Hague (AFP) Nov 18, 2009 - The Dutch government said Wednesday it had approved the experimental below-ground storage of excess CO2 to curb damaging emissions, dismissing concerns of residents who live on top of the project.]]> Paris (AFP) Nov 18, 2009 - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani told business leaders in Paris that he wanted to see the French energy giant Total working in his country's oil fields.]]> Tehran (AFP) Nov 17, 2009 - Iranian Oil Minister Masoud Mirkazemi on Tuesday announced the launch of an emergency petrol production plan in a bid to dodge possible US sanctions on fuel imports by the Islamic republic.]]> Brussels (AFP) Nov 17, 2009 - The majority of new buildings constructed in the European Union and those undergoing significant renovation must prove their high energy efficiency as of December 31, 2020, the EU agreed Tuesday.]]> Canberra, Australia (SPX) Nov 18, 2009 - A new CSIRO research centre to help transform Australian electricity networks and lower greenhouse gas emissions was opened at the CSIRO Energy Centre in Newcastle, NSW.]]> Beijing (AFP) Nov 17, 2009 - General Electric said Tuesday it had signed a preliminary pact with China's largest coal company Shenhua Group to develop clean coal technology in the Asian giant.]]> Paris (AFP) Nov 17, 2009 - With less than three weeks left before the UN climate showdown in Copenhagen, hopes are pinned on the United States, which is keeping everyone guessing on when -- or if -- it will declare its hand.]]> Singapore (AFP) Nov 14, 2009 - China can become the world's top exporter of "green technology" if it carries out crucial energy and ecological reforms, leading environmental campaigners said here Saturday.]]> Montreal (AFP) Nov 12, 2009 - The era of oil gushing from ground wells is over and can only be replaced by costly and complex refining of deposits such as Canada's oil sands to satisfy rising global energy needs, said a senior oil executive.]]> Washington DC (SPX) Nov 12, 2009 - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced plans to fund research at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Engineering on technologies that would help reduce greenhouse gas emissions through the capture and permanent safe storage, or sequestration, of carbon dioxide (CO2).]]>