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Analysis: African oil both booms and wanes Washington DC (UPI) Dec 31, 2008 
Once firmly atop the list of Africa's top oil producers, Nigeria slipped behind Angola - albeit temporarily - during the course of 2008, while other African countries received even more attention from eager foreign investors like China. Production in Nigeria, whose output once reached 2.5 million barrels per day, dropped below 1.9 million bpd by midyear, with relative upstart petrole ... read moreACCCE Launches Advertising In Support Of Obama's Commitment To Clean Coal 
Alexandria VA (SPX) Jan 02, 2009The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE) has launched a new phase in its ongoing advertising campaign by supporting President-Elect Barack Obama's call to invest in America's energy future - including investments in clean coal. The new television advertisement uses Mr. Obama's own words to punctuate the fact that investing in clean coal technologies promotes energy indepen ... more
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Peace and calm for 2009, but not economic recovery: soothsayers
Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 31, 2008The world can look forward to peace and harmony in 2009, but Chinese soothsayers warned that the road to economic recovery will be long. The Year of the Rat, marked by an unprecedented, global financial crisis, will give way to a much more stable Year of the Ox, Chinese astrologists and feng shui masters predicted. "The soil represents a garden or a green field, a feng shui symbol for ha ... more Analysis: Central Asian energy in 2008 
Washington (UPI) Dec 31, 2008 The noted Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes once wrote, "Poor Mexico, so far from God, so close to the United States." Substitute "Central Asia" for "Mexico" and "Russia" for the "United States," and one begins to have an idea of the energy exports problems facing Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. For the three easternmost former Soviet "Stan" republics, 2008 has been a year of stress and p ... more Analysis: Nigeria caps year with capture 
Washington DC (UPI) Dec 31, 2008While violence is likely to persist next year in the oil-rich Niger Delta, Africa's largest energy producer capped 2008 with the capture of a leading member of the country's most notorious militant group. Earlier this week, the Nigerian military caught up with Sobomabo Jackrich, one of the leaders of the well-armed and often violent Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, or ... more  |
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Catch The Wave
Boston MA (SPX) Jan 02, 2009MIT researchers are working with Portuguese colleagues to design a pilot-scale device that will capture significantly more of the energy in ocean waves than existing systems, and use it to power an electricity-generating turbine. Wave energy is a large, widespread renewable resource that is environmentally benign and readily scalable. In some locations - the northwestern coasts of the Unit ... more CSU Earns High Marks For Energy Demand Program 
Long Beach CA (SPX) Jan 02, 2009The California State University (CSU) has been recognized by the state's Flex Your Power campaign for reducing power use by up to 3 megawatts (MW) during critical demand through the summer of 2008. CSU campuses shut down or reduced the use of electricity hungry systems during critical energy demand periods called by the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) who manages the power ... more Slovakia closes nuclear reactor unit to comply with EU rules 
Bratislava (AFP) Dec 31, 2008Slovakia on Wednesday shut down the last unit of Jaslovske Bohunice nuclear plant, meeting a commitment it made to Brussels that paved the way for its 2004 entry in European Union. "Slovakia can now say that we have met our commitment to the EU," Economy Minister Lubomir Jahnatek told reporters gathered at the plant. "The VI unit started to lower its output shortly after the noon and wil ... more Vestas lands large wind turbine contracts in China 
Copenhagen (AFP) Dec 31, 2008Vestas Wind Systems, the world's largest wind energy group, said Wednesday it had received Chinese orders for turbines with a total capacity of 100 megawatts, just two days after it announced a similar-sized contract in China. "Vestas has received another two orders with a total capacity of 100 MW to be delivered to two wind power projects in China," the Danish company said in a statement. ... more |
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