SAO PAULO, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A. (Bovespa: GOLL4 and NYSE: GOL), the largest low-cost and low-fare airline in Latin America, has joined the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group (SAFUG), which unites airlines and technology providers in a joint drive to accelerate the development of new, sustainable aviation fuels [...]
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12, 2009 - The U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Energy today announced projects selected for more than $24 million in grants to research and develop technologies to produce biofuels, bioenergy and high-value biobased products. Of the $24.4 million announced today, DOE plans to invest up to $4.9 million with USDA contributing up to [...]
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire - Nov. 5, 2009) - The BC Bioenergy Network (”BCBN”), a provincially-funded leader supporting the growing bioenergy sector in British Columbia, announced today a $100,000 investment with the BC Agricultural Research and Development Corporation (”ARDCorp”). The funding will enable ARDCorp to develop a comprehensive strategy and business plan for a Renewable Agri-Energy [...]
The Queensland Government is clearing the way for greater investment in clean renewable energy generation projects and securing our state’s energy future, with a new law passed in parliament this week.
Natural Resources, Mines and Energy Minister, Stephen Robertson, yesterday led the passage of a new Bill allowing the establishment of clean, green projects such as [...]
ScienceDaily (July 20, 2009) — A new method for capturing significantly more heat from low-temperature geothermal resources holds promise for generating virtually pollution-free electrical energy. Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will determine if their innovative approach can safely and economically extract and convert heat from vast untapped geothermal resources.
The goal [...]
American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP), through its AEP Ohio unit, has signed a long-term power purchase agreement to purchase all the output of a 10.08-megawatt (MW) solar energy facility to be built in Ohio.
Through the 20-year agreement signed with Wyandot Solar LLC, a subsidiary of juwi solar Inc., AEP Ohio will purchase all of the [...]
POUGHKEEPSIE - Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation ranks among the top five public and private utilities in the eastern region of United States in support of solar energy in 2008, according to the Solar Energy Power Association.
For new customer installations in 2008, Central Hudson ranks fourth in total installed solar capacity and fifth in [...]
In a recent statement in London, Obama administration US Energy Secretary Steven Chu suggested impact of lightening roofs and roads in urban environments would be equivalent to not having any cars in the world running for 11 years. Tim McLoughlin, President of KTM Roofing in Atlanta suggests Chu’s theory is science fiction and has some [...]
AT LEAST a billion dollars of investment and thousands of jobs could be lost if the Victorian Government continues to prolong or rejects the release of coal for a Latrobe Valley project using an Australian-devised clean-coal technology.
Japan’s ITOCHU Corporation yesterday became the latest cornerstone partner for clean-coal company Exergen’s Continuous Hydrothermal De-watering technology, a patented [...]
More funding for controversial ‘carbon capture and storage’ research.
WASHINGTON - As earmarked in the federal stimulus package, $2.4 billion is being set aside to speed up development of technology to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from coal-burning power plants and factories, Energy Secretary Steven Chu said Friday.
“To prevent the worst effects of climate change, we must [...]
