Renewable Sources Contributed Nearly 10 Percent To US Electric Generation In 2006
Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Jun 22, 2007
Research and Markets has announced the addition of Green Energy in the US: Renewable Investment, Capacity Growth and Future Outlook to their offering. The future of power generation in the US is at an interesting cross-road. On the one hand, cheap generation technologies such as coal and natural gas fired plants are well positioned to dominate future power generation if the current legislative a ... read more
OPEC Wants Reasonable Price For Its Oil
Vienna (AFP) June 21, 2007
OPEC Secretary-General Abdullah al-Badri said Thursday his group was committed to selling its crude oil for an unspecified "reasonable price," while coolly receiving EU plans for boosting biofuels. Speaking during an energy meeting with European Union leaders, Badri declined to detail the price level sought by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, saying: "I do not want to go throug ... more
US Senate Clinches Fuel Economy Deal
Washington (AFP) June 21, 2007
The US Senate on Thursday approved a bipartisan pact to raise average fuel economy standards for all US cars, light trucks and sport utility vehicles to 35 miles per gallon within 10 years. The deal, which represents the most sweeping attempt in two decades to limit damage to the environment from US gas-guzzling vehicles, emerged after hours of intense bargaining, as senators debate a mammoth en ... more
EPA Wants Tighter US Smog Controls
Washington (AFP) June 21, 2007
The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed stricter standards for air quality by lowering ground-level ozone standards, saying the current levels do not protect public health. The EPA's proposal, which is to be put to a public debate over the next three months, suggests lowering the level of acceptable ozone to 0.070 to 0.075 parts per million. Its current eight-hour ozone standard ... more
Russia TVEL To Supply Uzbek Test Reactor With Nuclear Fuel
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 22, 2007
Russian state-run nuclear fuel producer TVEL will supply nuclear fuel for a nuclear research reactor in Uzbekistan, the company said Thursday. Under a contract signed between TVEL, the U.S. Department of Energy, and the nuclear physics institute of the Uzbek Academy of Science in June, TVEL will deliver low-enriched uranium to the research reactor in December, the company said in a statement. ... more
China Hits Back On Climate Change After Being Tagged Top Culprit
Beijing (AFP) June 21, 2007
China on Thursday accused the developed world of hypocrisy on climate change as it defended itself against a report that said it had passed the United States as the world's top emitter of carbon dioxide. A Dutch government research body said Tuesday that China's carbon dioxide emissions -- the main greenhouse gas responsible for global warming -- surpassed those of the United States by eight per ... more
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SOLAR DAILY
Next Generation SunPower Tracker Introduced
SOLAR DAILY
Plextronics Awarded Funding By The US Government Solar America Initiative
SOLAR DAILY
SunTechnics To Build Third Largest Solar Farm On US West Coast
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Water Spray Latest Headache For Indonesian Mudflow Engineers
Jakarta (AFP) June 20, 2007
Indonesian experts scrambled Wednesday to deal with a massive water spray gushing from the ground near a "mud volcano" of toxic sludge on Indonesia's Java island. Ahmad Zulkarnain, the spokesman for the government team handling the disaster, said that the five-metre (16-feet) high spray began before dawn on Saturday through the floor of a restaurant in Jatirejo village, near the mudflow area. ... more
Banned Chinese GM Rice Protein Found In Dutch Shipment To Cyprus
The Hague (AFP) June 20, 2007
The Dutch food safety authorities reported Wednesday that a banned genetically modified rice protein was found in a shipment sent to Cyprus in March. The so-called BT63 rice is genetically modified to be resistant to certain bacteria but there are concerns about for the safety of the rice for human and animal consumption, the Dutch authorities said. In March Cyprus reported that it had ... more
Wines Knocked Into Carbon Reduction
Bordeaux (AFP) France, June 20, 2007
The green genie, released from its bottle, has left little untouched, and wine is at the mercy of environmental and consumer trends as much as any other consumer product. At the Vinexpo wine and spirits fair, the world's largest, held in Bordeaux every second year, interest in organic wines and environmentally friendly packaging has reached new heights, driven particularly by demand from the ... more
Polluted Chinese River Hospitalises 61
Beijing (AFP) June 20, 2007
More than 60 people had to be treated in hospital for a severe skin reaction after coming into contact with a polluted Chinese river, state media reported Wednesday. The victims, who had collected dead fish or washed their clothes in the Jindong River in eastern Anhui province on Tuesday, felt a burning sensation on their skin a few hours later, Xinhua news agency reported. The report ... more
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WOOD PILE
Indonesia Aims To Halve Haze-Causing Fires
FROTH AND BUBBLE
Human Noses To Sniff Out Pollutants Across China
SUPERPOWERS
The Recovery Of Europe Driven By Surging Economy
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Scientists Demonstrate High-Performing Room-Temperature Nanolaser
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 21, 2007
Scientists at Yokohama National University in Japan have built a highly efficient room-temperature nanometer-scale laser that produces stable, continuous streams of near-infrared laser light. The overall device has a width of several microns (millionths of a meter), while the part of the device that actually produces laser light has dimensions at the nanometer scale in all directions. The ... more
Hybrids Or Diesels A Tough Call For Nissan-Renault
Yokohama, Japan (AFP) June 20, 2007
Japan's Nissan Motor Corp and France's Renault will wait to see the market's preference between hybrid and diesel cars before deciding which to pursue, the automakers' chief Carlos Ghosn said Wednesday. The hybrid and new clean diesel technologies are pitted "head to head" in the United States and "it is going to be interesting to see how the market reacts," Ghosn told reporters after a Nissan ... more
Gas Prices Worry Americans More Than Terrorism Or Economy
Philadelphia PA (SPX) Jun 21, 2007
With fuel now averaging $3.00(1) per gallon nationwide, more American consumers declare themselves (highly) concerned about high gas prices (83%) than about terrorism (62%) or the economy as a whole (69%). These are findings from the inaugural National Analysts Worldwide "Foods, Fats and Fuels" study completed in March that surveyed a nationally representative sample of 502 consumers via the ... more
AREVA Launches Pre-Licensing Nuclear Power Planet Process In UK
Paris, France (SPX) Jun 21, 2007
AREVA has applied to the UK Regulators for its EPR nuclear reactor design to be considered for the forthcoming Generic Design Assessment (GDA) process. The application is accompanied by letters of support from British Energy, EDF, E.ON UK, Iberdrola, RWE npower and SUEZ, all who consider EPR to be a potential design for new build nuclear in UK. Other major utilities have also expressed serious ... more
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ENERGY TECH
US Official Emphasizes Enforcement Role in Energy Markets
ENERGY TECH
Engineers Develop Higher-Energy Liquid-Transportation Fuel From Sugar
ENERGY TECH
Southern California Edison Selects APX For Capacity Bidding Program
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