Today’s public hearing by the National Oil Spill Commission has been a good education for anyone who has read bits and pieces about the various investigations into the explosion of BP’s Macondo well, but still felt they did not have a complete understa…
Here’s some news that will cheer both environmentalists and hydrocarbon producers.
The UK government is going to open up its CCS trials to gas plants as well as coal ones. After the first demonstration, the next batch of three will be open to applicati…
WORCESTER, England, Nov. 8, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — npower has reported that one of the UK’s largest installations of photo-voltaic (PV) cells on a historic building* has been fitted to the roof of the National Trust’s carriage museum at Arlington Court n…
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — As G20 leaders prepare to meet later this week in South Korea, two NGOs have released the first independent evaluation of the success of the G20 Pledge to phase out fossil fuel subsidies. The r…
Police clashed with anti-nuclear protesters trying to halt a train carrying nuclear waste from France to Germany as protests against the shipment turned increasingly violent
Police clear anti-nuclear protesters from rail tracks allowing ‘Chernobyl on wheels’ to complete controversial trip from FranceA train load of nuclear waste, nicknamed “Chernobyl on wheels,” arrived today at a railway depot in northern Germany after a three-day trip from France marred by repeated clashes between police and protesters trying to halt the delivery.The train [...]
- China’s oil majors come of age in M&A rush – FT
- Shell to sell $3.35bn stake in Woodside – Bloomberg
- Eon prepares for £3.5bn network sell-off – The Telegraph
- Dynegy shareholder Seneca urges “no” vote on Blackstone merger – WSJ
- China plans…
The renewable energy industry is concerned that the government has spent thousands meeting nuclear lobbyistsThousands of pounds of taxpayers’ money have been spent on special meetings between ministers and the nuclear industry in Britain, prompting allegations the government is giving the sector an unfair advantage over renewable energy.The Department of Energy and Climate Change (Decc) [...]
• Wind power capacity to slump from 1,368Mw to 90Mw in 2013• Ministers to announce overhaul of energy market this month Orders for offshore wind turbines in Britain will slump next year, threatening to halt the industry’s recent growth and the expected creation of up to 10,000 “green economy” jobs.Analysts are forecasting a 93% drop [...]
Programme to store emissions rather than release them into atmosphere previously only open to coal plantsGas plants will be eligible for the government’s £9bn carbon capture demonstration programme, Chris Huhne, the energy and climate change secretary, will announce tomorrow. The programme had only been open to coal plants, which in future will be required to [...]
DUBAI, UAE, November 7, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — Energy security is a key
risk for growth and development in the MENA region, according to a corporate
risk study by the World Economic Forum. The report, conducted in
collaboration with Oliver Wyman Mana…
AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 6, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — Cutting edge research on the therapeutic use of microRNAs to treat ovarian cancer and technology to produce hydrogen-based energy from wastewater earned top honors tonight for Connie Liu and Benjamin Zhou and…
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 5, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — CODA Holdings, a leading developer of Lithium-ion advanced battery systems and all-electric vehicles, today announced the resignation by mutual consent of Kevin Czinger as Chief Executive Officer, the designation of Steven “Mac” Heller as Interim Ch
HOUSTON, Nov. 5, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Baker Hughes Incorporated (NYSE: BHI) announced today that Peter Ragauss, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will present at Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Energy Conference in Miami…
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif., Nov. 5, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — The California – Nevada Section of the American Water Works Association is now recruiting applicants for the position of Executive Director. The Executive Director will be responsible f…