As Gustav fades, oil companies work to restore operations
New York (AFP) Sept 2, 2008
Largely spared by Hurricane Gustav, oil companies on Tuesday tallied the damage to their Gulf of Mexico installations, from offshore rigs and drilling to coastal refineries. Even under the most optimistic scenarios, operations were not expected to return to normal before several days, but the markets focused on relief that a crisis had been skirted, pushing crude oil below 105 dollars a ... read more
Russia warns Australia against scrapping uranium deal: report
Sydney (AFP) Sept 2, 2008
Any decision by Australia to scrap a deal to sell uranium to Russia to protest its action in Georgia would be "politically biased" and economically harmful, Moscow's envoy to Canberra has reportedly warned. Fairfax newspapers on Tuesday quoted Ambassador Alexander Blokhin, as issuing the caution a day after Australia's foreign minister said Canberra was reconsidering whether to ratify a 2007 ... more
Hurricane threat to Gulf energy hub rattles US economy
Washington (AFP) Sept 1, 2008
With the US oil-refining industry heavily concentrated along the northern Gulf of Mexico coastline, a strategic sector of the economy is perennially vulnerable to the threat of hurricanes. Hurricane Gustav, which swept ashore at around midday southwest of New Orleans, will result in up to 10 billion dollars (8.22 billion euros) in insured losses and a long-term five percent cut to oil and ... more
Hunt Energy Drill Rig En Route To Tasmania In Search For Oil, Gas And Helium
Leawood KS (SPX) Sep 03, 2008
Empire Energy has announced that, having just completed the drilling of an oil and gas well at Sealake, Victoria, the Hunt Energy Rig Number 3 has arrived at the Melbourne docks and is being washed down prior to quarantine inspection. Assuming quarantine approval, it is expected that all 32 semi-trailer loads of equipment (including the rig) should be shipped to Tasmania next week. Extra ... more
Dow Corning Significantly Increases Solar Panel Production Rates
Midland MI (SPX) Sep 03, 2008
Dow Corning has demonstrated a manufacturing process featuring new developmental silicone materials that significantly increases the production rate of solar panels, effectively lowering the cost per watt of solar power. "This technology represents a real step-change in the industry, and will help make solar power a viable and sustainable energy option globally," said Gaetan Borgers, global ... more
Leopard Project Moves Pipes Aside
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Sep 03, 2008
Southern Primorye Territory is to host a guarded nature reserve for 30 Amur leopards (P. pardus orientalis), the world's rarest big cats. To this end, the route of the Eastern Siberia - Pacific Ocean (ESPO) oil pipeline will be altered, costing its builders another $3 billion. But there is one more facility jeopardizing the leopard project - a gas pipeline, which is planned to be laid across the ... more
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SOLAR DAILY
Modular Residential Solar Shade Structures Created By Envision Solar
ENERGY TECH
Joint Venture To Deploy Next Gen Compressed Air Energy Storage Plants
ENERGY TECH
Eden Hydrogen Fuels National Hydrogen Road Tour
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US says no clean-energy exports to China affected by controls
Beijing (AFP) Sept 2, 2008
The United States does not maintain controls on clean energy exports, a senior American trade envoy said Tuesday, while addressing Chinese concerns over billions of dollars in potential trade. "No clean energy exports are affected by export controls," US Commerce Assistant Secretary David Bohigian told reporters in Beijing at the start of a clean energy and environment trade mission to Asia. ... more
NanoGram Signs OTB As Partner For SilFoil Solar Module Pilot Plant
Milpitas CA (SPX) Sep 03, 2008
NanoGram has announced that it has selected OTB as one of its contributing partners in building out the company's solar pilot plant currently under construction in Milpitas, CA. NanoGram will use the facility to scale-up their award-winning SilFoil technology for solar modules that will deliver the product performance and reliability of wafer-based crystalline silicon modules at prices ... more
Georgia Power Seeks Approval To Expand Its Green Energy Program
Atlanta GA (SPX) Sep 03, 2008
Georgia Power has asked the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) for approval to expand its Green Energy program to include additional options for customers. Born out of direct feedback from customers and environmental groups, the expansion of Georgia Power's Green Energy program redesigns the current program to make it more cost-effective while also providing additional discounted ... more
Dutch government to wield eco-friendly purchasing power
The Hague (AFP) Sept 2, 2008
The Dutch government said Tuesday it would aim to purchase only environmentally-friendly goods by 2010. "This applies to all products that the central government needs, from cars and catering to buildings," home affairs spokesman Vincent van Steen said. "The same criteria will apply for purchases from domestic and international suppliers." Criteria was being developed and would be ... more
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CAR TECH
Detroit Electric eyes comeback with Malaysia's Proton as partner
ENERGY TECH
China to charge six dollars a barrel to develop Iraq field
ENERGY TECH
Bush: Gustav seems to spare oil production
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Belarus offers Lithuania power from future nuclear plant: PM
Druskininkai, Lithuania (AFP) Sept 2, 2008
Belarus plans to build a new nuclear power plant by 2015 that could possibly export energy to neighbour Lithuanuia, Belarus Prime Minister Sergei Sidorsky said Tuesday in Lithuania. "We are going to build the first block by 2015. We spoke with Lithuanian energy specialists about the possibility of supplying part of the electricity produced in this power plant to Lithuania," said Sidorsky ... more
Advent Solar Introduces Ventura Technology
Valencia, Spain (SPX) Sep 03, 2008
Advent Solar has announced the solar industry's first cell-to-module solar architecture - Advent Solar Ventura Technology. Ventura Solar Technology provides a platform-level design by combining Emitter-Wrap Through (EWT) back-contact cells with semiconductor device manufacturing methods to create a highly scalable platform for module manufacturing. With Ventura Technology, Advent ... more
Russian general promises to 'destroy' any enemy: report
Moscow (AFP) Sept 1, 2008
The Russian army is capable of destroying any enemy, even one supported by the United States or Europe, a Russian general was quoted by ITAR-TASS as saying on Monday. "The operation aimed at enforcing peace in Georgia showed to the world that regardless of the aggressor and whether he receives support from Europe or from beyond the Atlantic, we have everything needed to destroy him and he ... more
Vulnerable children ride out Hurricane Gustav in hospital
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) Sept 1, 2008
Too vulnerable to evacuate, dozens of children hunkered down in a New Orleans hospital as Hurricane Gustav blasted the city around them with powerful winds. While the rest of the city emptied under a mandatory evacuation order before Gustav made landfall in Louisiana Monday, about 70 kids remained at Children's Hospital, where 18 of them were in serious condition while nine were recovering ... more
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT
6-10 bln dlrs insured losses from Gustav: expert
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Cuba weighs huge Gustav damage, Castro hails evacuations
WATER WORLD
Scientists Find More Oil Fissures In Lake Baikal's Bedrock
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