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Dutch approve project to store CO2 underground The Hague (AFP) Nov 18, 2009 
The Dutch government said Wednesday it had approved the experimental below-ground storage of excess CO2 to curb damaging emissions, dismissing concerns of residents who live on top of the project. The test project would kick off from 2012 with CO2 stored in a spent natural gas field with a capacity of 0.8 megatonnes underneath the eastern town of Barendrecht, a government statement said.
... read moreIraq wants France's Total to work in its oilfields: Talabani 
Paris (AFP) Nov 18, 2009Iraqi President Jalal Talabani told business leaders in Paris that he wanted to see the French energy giant Total working in his country's oil fields. "We might favour a French bid whatever the figures. Don't fear this auction. ... The figures aren't everything," he said during a state visit to France. "We want to see Total work in our oil fields." A senior Total executive confirmed that ... more
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Iran boasts can hike petrol output if US levies sanction
Tehran (AFP) Nov 17, 2009Iranian Oil Minister Masoud Mirkazemi on Tuesday announced the launch of an emergency petrol production plan in a bid to dodge possible US sanctions on fuel imports by the Islamic republic. The plan will see Iran's petrol production capacity increasing by 14 million litres per day with immediate effect, significantly boosting the present daily output of 44.5 million litres. ... more EU aims for greener buildings by 2020 
Brussels (AFP) Nov 17, 2009The majority of new buildings constructed in the European Union and those undergoing significant renovation must prove their high energy efficiency as of December 31, 2020, the EU agreed Tuesday. Buildings currently generate 36 percent of CO2 emissions in the EU and account for 40 percent of energy consumption in the union. Representatives of the European parliament and European states ... more A Step Towards Zero Emission Communities 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Nov 18, 2009A new CSIRO research centre to help transform Australian electricity networks and lower greenhouse gas emissions was opened at the CSIRO Energy Centre in Newcastle, NSW. CSIRO has established the Renewable Energy Integration Facility to develop new grid management technologies that will allow greater penetration of renewable, low-emission energy resources into electricity networks. ... more GE, China Shenhua in clean coal deal 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 17, 2009General Electric said Tuesday it had signed a preliminary pact with China's largest coal company Shenhua Group to develop clean coal technology in the Asian giant. General Electric hopes to finalise the deal with Shenhua in the first half of 2010, subject to the negotiation of agreements and obtaining approvals, the US firm said in a statement. "Each business would contribute existing ... more |
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Eco-Friendly Snow Thrower Is An Alternative To Belching Snow Blowers
New Canaan CT (SPX) Nov 12, 2009Structured Solutions II has announced the launch of their newly-designed wheeled snow shovel this fall. The Sno Wovel is the only non-combustion alternative snow removal device performing equal to or better than a snow blower. The all new folding frame Sno Wovel debuts in a new category of hybrid tools, combining safety for the user, protection of the environment and high-performance. ... more New Evidence Supports 19th Century Idea On Formation Of Oil And Gas 
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 12, 2009Scientists in Washington, D.C. are reporting laboratory evidence supporting the possibility that some of Earth's oil and natural gas may have formed in a way much different than the traditional process described in science textbooks. Their study is for the ACS' Energy and Fuels, a bi-monthly publication. Anurag Sharma and colleagues note that the traditional process involves biology ... more Gas flaring in Nigeria must stop by January: minister 
Abuja (AFP) Nov 11, 2009Nigeria will next January ban gas flaring, an environmentally unfriendly practice of burning gas extracted alongside oil, the junior foreign minister, Bagudu Hirse, said on Wednesday. Nigeria, the world's second-biggest gas flarer after Russia, has in the past decade repeatedly issued warnings and deadlines to oil companies to stop the practice, but none have been respected. "By the end ... more Investors pushing oil as investment tool 
London (UPI) Nov 10, 2009 High-value investors including the pension funds are pushing oil as an instrument of high-yield investment, a factor that is keeping oil prices high amid low interest rates and low energy demand, a London think tank said Tuesday. The London Center for Global Energy Studies said the U.S. Federal Reserve's decision to keep interest rates low had contributed to investors flocking to oil ... more |
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