Analysis: Will cutting CO2 hurt the poor?
The Dalles, Ore. (UPI) Jun 4, 2008
As the U.S. Senate continues a political tug-of-war over comprehensive climate change legislation, a number of religious groups are rallying behind the bill's poverty provisions. The Climate Security Act attempts to decrease the nation's greenhouse gas emissions through a cap-and-trade system. Starting in 2012, the program caps emissions at a certain level, which decreases incrementally ... read more
Northrop Grumman ANd Oshkosh JLTV Features Leapfrog Diesel-Electric Drive Design
Oshkosh WI (SPX) Jun 06, 2008
The Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) family of vehicles offered by Northrop Grumman and Oshkosh features diesel-electric drive, a unique approach that provides more power, enables higher performance, provides better protection and is easier to maintain. Company officials presented details of the team's JLTV at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on May 16. The JLTV will replace ... more
New Facility Boosts Gas Hydrates Research
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Jun 06, 2008
A new flow loop commissioned by CSIRO will help researchers find solutions to predict and control gas hydrates formation in offshore oil and gas production pipelines. The only one of its kind in Australia, the flow loop can simulate gas-liquid flows at high pressures and low temperatures - conditions that oil and gas pipelines are subjected to in deep-sea environments. According to C ... more
Analysis: Angolan oil output tops Nigeria
Abuja, Nigeria (UPI) Jun 06, 2008
For the first time ever, Angolan oil output exceeded that of Nigeria, knocking the West African country out of the continent's top spot for production, according to OPEC.
Angola's production levels for the month of April reached 1.87 million barrels per day, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries reported this week, while Nigeria's shrunk to 1.81 million bpd. That's down from ... more
Solar Panel Rebate Estimates Based On Inappropriate Data
Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Jun 06, 2008
The Rudd government's decision to means test the $8000 solar panel rebate, that sparked a major downturn in the solar panel industry, was based on inappropriate and outdated data. Federal Minister for Climate Change and Water, Penny Wong, told a Senate Estimate Committee, last night, that the Government had used data from a survey conducted by the Alternative Technology Association (ATA), ... more
SunEdison Closes 161 Million Dollar Financing Round
Beltsville MD (SPX) May 29, 2008
SunEdison, North America's largest solar energy services provider, today announced that it has closed $131 million of private equity and $30 million of debt financing with new and existing investors over the last six months. Investors include Greylock Partners; HSH Nordbank AG; Applied Ventures, LLC; Black River Commodity Clean Energy Investment Fund, a fund managed by Black River Asset Ma ... more
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SOLAR DAILY
Signet Solar Rolls Out Largest Ever Silicon Thin Film Solar Photovoltaic Modules
SOLAR DAILY
Yingli Green Energy Signs A Polysilicon Supply Contract With Sailing
ENERGY TECH
New Farm Bill Boosts Critical Clean Energy Investments
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Mayors Urge Senate To Pass Climate Security Act
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 03, 2008
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Analysis: Brazil strikes oil ... again
Miami (UPI) Jun 4, 2008
Brazil's oil bounty apparently continues to grow with the discovery of a new deposit of sweet crude off the coast of Sao Paulo state, according to energy officials. While the country's state energy company Petrobras made no prediction for what the newly discovered BMS-40 block might hold, officials did note that it was at a depth shallower than previous large deposits discovered in the ... more
Evergreen Solar Signs Up A Billion Dollars In News Sales
Marlboro MA (SPX) May 29, 2008
Evergreen Solar has signed two new long-term sales contracts. Yesterday, Evergreen Solar and German-based Ralos Vertriebs GmbH signed an agreement valued at approximately $750 million for panel deliveries beginning in 2008 and extending through 2013. Combined with another agreement signed last week with a United States-based installer, Evergreen has new contractual backlog of approximately $1 bi ... more
Big energy consumers to gather in Japan as oil prices soar
Tokyo (AFP) June 5, 2008
Eleven nations that guzzle nearly two thirds of the world's energy will hold talks in northern Japan this weekend, seeking ways to secure enough supply and reduce consumption as oil prices hit record highs. The June 7-8 ministerial meeting in Aomori, some 600 kilometres (370 miles) north of Tokyo, brings together China, India, South Korea, and the Group of Eight (G8) industrialised nations. ... more
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ENERGY TECH
Amsterdam looks to urban windmills, solar panels for CO2 cuts
CIVIL NUCLEAR
Eastern Europe states embrace nuclear power
ENERGY TECH
Brazil to protect oil fields with nuclear sub: minister
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Australia to encourage 'green' car development: PM
Sydney (AFP) June 5, 2008
Australia will encourage the development of fuel-efficient and hybrid cars under a plan to revitalise the country's automotive industry, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Thursday. Rudd said producing environmentally friendly cars would be the centrepiece of a government-commissioned plan for the auto industry due to be released later this year. "In planning for the future, fuel efficiency, ... more
US lawmakers brace for fight with Bush, big oil on climate change bill
Washington (AFP) June 2, 2008
US lawmakers braced Monday for a fight to push a sweeping climate change bill through the Senate, as President George W. Bush threatened to veto it and other opponents railed that it was economically unsound. The legislation, known as the Lieberman-Warner bill after its sponsors, Senators Joe Lieberman and John Warner, calls for a "cap and trade" system, under which companies can trade permi ... more
Rising fuel costs hit remote Marshalls atoll
Majuro (AFP) June 1, 2008
The global surge in fuel prices has dealt the former capital of the Marshall Islands a painful blow -- a halt to its 24-hour electricity supply, an unusual service for such a remote atoll. The all-day supply was a rare privilege for Jaluit, the capital under first German and then Japanese rule, and brought with it rare opportunities. Reliable power enabled the government's telecommunicat ... more
Oil shock brings cheer at last to EU's carbon market
Paris (AFP) June 1, 2008
After slumping to prices that had made it a near-laughing stock, the European Union's carbon market, the Emissions Trading System (ETS), has been given a useful boost by, of all things, oil. In the last three months, the cost of buying a tonne of carbon dioxide (CO2) has raced upwards by more than 25 percent, according to Paris-based carbon bourse BlueNext. Damien Demailly, in charge of ... more
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CIVIL NUCLEAR
Algeria, France to sign nuclear energy pact: minister
ENERGY TECH
Analysis: Gas prices likely to keep rising
ENERGY TECH
Analysis: Iraq government shakes oil union
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