Posts Tagged ‘Republic of Ireland’

Research and Markets: Sizeable Potential of Wind Energy in Central and Eastern Europe to be realised as Renewable Energy Rises in Popularity

June 25th, 2009

Dublin, Jun 24, 2009 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) — FRSU | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating — Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/e3f2c5/central_and_easter) has announced the addition of Frost & Sullivan’s new report “Central and Eastern European Wind Power Markets” to their offering.
The following study covers the development and dynamics of the wind energy industry [...]

Research and Markets: Examine the US Geothermal Market as the Obama Administration Heats it up With tax Credits

June 13th, 2009

DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/dfc435/coming_back_geoth) has announced the addition of GlobalData’s new report “Coming Back: Geothermal Makes Headway in the US” to their offering.
Summary
The US geothermal market is getting heated up, driven by an extension of tax credits by the Obama administration. Started in 1904 in Italy and commercialized since 40 years, geothermals, unlike [...]

Chavez Runs Short of Cash for Takeovers as Oil Prices Slump

March 19th, 2009

March 19 (Bloomberg) — Venezuela is holding up payments to contractors, oil services companies and targets of President Hugo Chavez’s nationalization drive, indicating the country is running short of cash after petroleum prices collapsed.
Service providers to the state oil company are idling rigs for nonpayment, and Brazil’s Odebrecht SA said last week it’s slowing [...]

ExxonMobil Enters Black Sea with Exploration Agreement in Turkey Agreement Signed with Turkish National Oil Company

November 19th, 2008

IRVING, Texas, Nov 19, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) announced today its affiliate, ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Turkey B.V., has signed an agreement with Turkish national oil company, TA 1/4rkiye Petrolleri Anonim OrtaklAAYA (TPAO), to explore in two large deepwater blocks offshore Turkey, marking ExxonMobil’s entry into Black Sea exploration.
ExxonMobil will become [...]

Geothermal tech could heat 15% of Dublin

November 16th, 2008

Geothermal energy could provide up to 15 percent of Dublin’s hot water and heating in the next five to seven years, according to an industry figure.
Padraig Hanley, a geothermal contractor, told the Geothermal Association’s of Ireland’s annual conference that tests in the Newcastle area showed 10,000 homes could benefit from heat from deep underground, the [...]

U.K. Stocks Advance, Led by Energy Producers; BP, Shell Gain

November 14th, 2008

By Sarah Thompson
Nov. 14 (Bloomberg) — U.K. stocks rallied, led by energy producers, as investors speculated the recent rout in commodity shares is overdone. BP Plc, Europe’s second-largest oil company, and Anglo American Plc gained.
The benchmark FTSE 100 Index added 150.38, or 3.6 percent, to 4,319.59 at 12:25 p.m., trimming its decline this week to [...]

U.K. Stocks Advance, Led by Energy Producers, on China Package

November 10th, 2008

By Sarah Thompson
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) — U.K. stocks rose for a second day, led by energy producers, after China unveiled a $586 billion plan to stimulate the world’s biggest contributor to economic growth, and oil and copper prices rallied.
BP Plc, Europe’s second-largest oil company, and Rio Tinto Group, led the advance. British Airways Plc jumped [...]