In 2007, just as automobile stocks began an 18-month slide, Trevor Traina says he made a decision his friends found shocking: He jumped into the car business.
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 [...]
Although technologies for CO2 Capture to produce Transportation Fuels (CCTF)—referring to systems that use sunlight and captured CO2 to make transportation fuels—have the ability to improve domestic energy security, a significant long-term role for…
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…
The Arab world is facing the prospect of severe water and food shortages unless rapid and effective measures are taken to address the region’s water scarcity dilemma, according to a report by the Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED)….
Michigan Governor Jennifer M. Granholm announced that LG Chem will establish a new electrolyte production plant in Holland in West Michigan, expanding the state’s battery supply chain. The governor made the announcement during her three-day investmen…
AE Biofuels, Inc.’s wholly-owned advanced ethanol subsidiary AE Advanced Fuels Keyes, Inc. (AE Keyes), closed a $4.5 million financing with Third Eye Capital Corporation. The funds will be used for the repair, restart and operation of an existing 55 …
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…
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This holiday season, give the gift of the hottest new devices on the nation…
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Mazda North American Operations will debut the all-new version of its po…
A study by a team at the University Putra Malaysia concluded that the gasification of empty fruit bunch (EFB), a waste of the palm oil industry, could, if scaled up, produce hydrogen at a supply cost of $2.11/kg ($0.18 Nm3)….
THE first 50 passengers who were on board the second Qantas plane to suffer an engine failure flying out of Singapore have arrived in Sydney.
The US Department of Energy’s ARPA-E will hold a workshop on “Applied Biotechnology for Transportation Fuels: Meeting Today’s Energy Needs by Maximizing Photon Capture” on 2 December 2010, in Arlington, Va. There will also be an optional mornin…