State's Solar Credit Program Reaches Turning Point
After reaching two major milestones this spring, the rise of solar power in Massachusetts is at a crossroads as state regulators wrestle with how to keep the industry humming along while trimming the...
View ArticleWestport Innovations Acquires BAF Technologies And ServoTech Engineering
By acquiring these two subsidiaries of Clean Energy Fuels Corp., Westport will have a stronger presence in the U.S. light-duty natural gas vehicle industry.
View Article700 Pounds Of Shrimp Seized From Vessel In Gulf Of Mexico
A joint effort by the U.S. Coast Guard and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration resulted in the seizure of 700 pounds of illegally-caught shrimp in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana waters.
View ArticleMasdar Launches Seychelles Wind Farm
The Bonaire generation facilities, which integrate wind power, diesel generation and battery storage technology, provide all of the power needs of the island's distribution company, Water en Energie...
View ArticleIraq Picks Greece's MEKTA For Al-Anbar Power Plant Project
Iraq's electricity ministry has awarded Greek construction firm METKA a contract for the construction of a combined cycle plant at Al-Anbar. Under the contract, METKA's second in Iraq, the company is...
View Article'ConocoPhillips Exit Won't Affect Brass LNG Investment Decision'
ConocoPhillips' abrupt exit from the multibillion dollar Brass Liquefied Natural Gas project will not alter the possibility of realising an early Final Investment Decision, the Chairman, Brass LNG...
View ArticleGroup Raises The Alarm Over Shell's Pipeline
THE National Coalition on Gas Flaring and Oil Spills in the Niger Delta has called for the urgent review of the Trans Niger Pipeline, belonging to Shell Petroleum Development Company in Ogoniland....
View ArticleCan Obama's Climate Change Policy Reduce Carbon Emissions?
The combination of these top-3 factors accounted for about 83% of reduced U.S. carbon emissions 2007-12. Wind and solar power generation capacities have increased by 600% and 300% respectively over the...
View ArticleResearchers Find Methane In Water Near Hydrofracking Sites
Hydrofracking, a method that extracts natural gas from shale rock formations, involves injecting over seven million gallons of highly-pressurized, chemically-treated water into the Appalachian basin,...
View ArticleKazakhstan Govt Blocks OVL's $5 Billion Deal
In a major failure of India's oil diplomacy, the Kazakhstan government has blocked state-run ONGC from buying a stake in the Kashagan oilfield for $5 billion and is instead bringing in China's CNPC.
View ArticleChinook Energy Provides Update On Tunisia Drilling
The Foradex 14 drilling rig will move back to the BBT Concession where it will perform completion and workover operations for approximately ten days prior to moving to the next drilling location at...
View ArticleDrilling Material Spills Into Sevenmile Creek
Tennessee environmental officials said non-toxic drilling material from a Piedmont Natural Gas pipeline construction project has spilled into Sevenmile Creek in south Nashville.
View ArticleBeing Prepared To Handle Oil Spills
Canada is in the midst of an important national conversation around what it means to have an economy that relies on the export of natural resources, specifically the export of energy in the form of oil...
View ArticleTexas Biodiesel Plant Back In Operation
Renewable Energy Group said this week that its biodiesel plant in northeastern Texas has begun production. Iowa-based Renewable Energy acquired the biorefinery in New Boston after it had been down for...
View ArticleWhen Corporate Defendants Go On Offense
The dispute began with charges that a consortium consisting of Petroecuador (Ecuador's state-owned oil company) and Texaco (which Chevron later acquired) caused serious environmental harm as a result...
View ArticleShell Find More Oil In The Gulf Of Mexico With Vicksburg Exploratory Well
Royal Dutch Shell is celebrating after its Gulf of Mexico Vicksburg exploratory well discovered an estimated 500 feet of oil, thought to contain around 100 million barrels, and boosting the company's...
View ArticleWhy Considering The Environmental Impact Of Keystone XL Is Irrelevant
While there is generally broad consensus that his comments further threaten the already battered US coal industry, his comments on TransCanada's (TSX: TRP, NYSE: TRP) Keystone XL pipeline project had...
View ArticleClimate Policy Spells Turn Around For Exelon
Shareholders would like to know whether the Obama administration's climate change policy will be a positive or negative turning point for nuclear power giant Exelon Corp . (EXC) . Well, it couldn't get...
View ArticleFew Roads Leading To China Tell A Tale Of Mongolia's Trad
While businessmen like coal magnate Odjargal see new roads and rail to China as the fastest path to Mongolia's mineral trade, ex-Wall Street banker Chuluunkhuu Ganbat wants those minerals to take a...
View ArticleMaximising Oil Recovery From Malaysia's Maturing Oil Fields
Malaysia is set to enhance its crude oil recovery from its maturing oil fields through the Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) technology using its own expertise in petroleum engineering. Works are already...
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