Analysis: Brazil adds find to oil bounty
Miami, April 15, 2009
Brazil's state-run oil firm, Petrobras, has announced yet another light-crude find in the Santos Basin off the Sao Paulo coast, the latest in a series of discoveries that has the South American country touting its potential to become one of the world's largest petroleum producers. The discovery, known as Iguacu, was in a block 200 miles off the coast and more than 6,500 feet below the ... read more
Analysis: FERC OK's power superhighway
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 14, 2009
Federal regulators pushed a major high-voltage transmission line one step closer to construction on Monday, praising its stated goal of increasing clean power. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved a package of investment incentives that will enable Michigan-based ITC Holdings Corp., a power-transmission company, to advance its Green Power Express project. The proposed 3,00 ... more
Analysis: Tajik energy and corruption
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 14, 2009
When the Soviet Union imploded in 1991, an economic tsunami devastated Central Asia, and no former republic was more affected than Tajikistan. Dependent on aluminum and cotton exports and with its traditional Russian markets gone, the year after its independence, Tajikistan slid into a vicious five-year civil war between the former Communist leadership and Islamic militants as the country was ... more
Analysis: Turkmenistan and Gazprom
Washington (UPI) April 13, 2009
In the intense international competition for Caspian hydrocarbons that developed after the 1991 collapse of communism, Western interest focused initially on Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan. Turkmenistan was regarded largely as a closed market because of the mercurial policies of its president for life, "Turkmenbashi" or "father of the Turkmen," Saparmurat Niyazov. Since Niyazov's unexpected ... more
Symyx Awarded Grant From Department Of Energy For Solar Thermal Energy Research
Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Apr 16, 2009
Symyx Technologies, has announced it has been awarded a grant by the United States Department of Energy (DOE) to conduct research and development of advanced heat transfer fluids for solar thermal power generation. Symyx's research will focus on developing new, breakthrough materials for lowering the cost of electricity and providing cleaner energy sources. "Being recognized with this awar ... more
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Japan angered by fires at biggest nuclear plant
Tokyo (AFP) April 14, 2009
Japan's government Tuesday chastised the operator of the world's largest nuclear plant for a string of fires that has hit the facility since it closed after an earthquake almost two years ago. The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant is scheduled to restart as early as this month but the nine blazes, the latest of which hit Saturday, have stoked fears about the safety of the seven-reactor ... more
Japan signs nuclear energy deal with Jordan
Tokyo (AFP) April 14, 2009
Japan agreed on Tuesday to provide Jordan with support for its nuclear energy programme as the Middle East state plans to launch its first atomic power plant in 2017, officials said. The five-year accord was signed in Tokyo as Jordan's King Abdullah II was making a three-day trip to the Japanese capital, said an official of Japan's energy agency. Under the deal, which can be extended for ... more
Vela Solaris Launches In United States With Polysun Family Of Products
Winterthur, Switzerland (SPX) Apr 16, 2009
Vela Solaris AG (), a privately-held Swiss corporation providing software solutions for the renewable energy sector, today announced the launch of their Polysun family of products in the United States. The Polysun family is the world's most flexible and accurate software for the simulation and design of renewable energy systems optimized for any particular site and structure. While o ... more
Nigeria fines Shell for oil spill: company
Lagos (AFP) April 15, 2009
Nigeria fined Anglo-Dutch petroleum giant Shell one million naira (6,800 dollars, 5,100 euros) for failing to clean up an oil spill within reasonable time, a company official said Wednesday. Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) had been fined over the September 2008 spill in the southern state of Bayelsa which resulted in a fire in adjoining farmland, said the official, who ... more
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