For Scots, offshore wind figures smallDec 9, 2008A new report for Scottish business and policy leaders suggest offshore wind and tidal power are unlikely to help Scotland meet more than 20 percent of ...
Business, “Big Oil” call for new “Kyoto”Dec 8, 2008Business leaders from 140 companies around the world have urged climate negotiators meeting in Poznan, Poland this week to hammer out a legal framework ...
UK union blasts focus on “green” workersDec 4, 2008The United Kingdom’s largest offshore union has launched a broadside against the Scottish Government’s plans to put more money in ...
Norwegian “renewables” get stately aidDec 1, 2008Suppliers to the Norwegian renewable-energy sector will get financial help from three ministries in January 2009, as politicians set out to copy ...
UK centralises energy project approvalsNov 27, 2008The United Kingdom has passed a new law aimed at keeping the country focused on energy infrastructure by getting key projects ...
Europe’s $260B bail-out eyes green-techNov 26, 2008The European Union could soon implement a €200 billion ($256 billion) stimulus plan urged Wednesday by the European Commission, it’s government, to keep ...
UN scientists: greenhouse gases thicker than everNov 26, 2008Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are at their highest rates ever, with no indication of when they might begin ...
Linc Energy commits UCG project to South AustraliaNov 20, 2008Linc Energy Ltd says that it will be committing to develop its first commercial Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) to Gas to Liquids (GTL) operation in South Australia upon the SAPEX areas which it recently acquired.
BPI Energy signs carbon credit marketing sgreement with Blue SourceNov 20, 2008BPI Energy Holdings, an independent energy company engaged in the exploration, production and commercial sale of coalbed methane (CBM) in the Illinois Basin, has signed an agreement
Micron Enviro receives final government approval on coal permitsNov 20, 2008Micron Enviro Systems has received final approval on 12 coal permits comprising of 22,456 contiguous acres.
DNV launches new qualification procedure for CO2 capture technologyNov 20, 2008In order to ensure that new CO2 capture technology works as intended, DNV, together with the industry and Norwegian authorities, has developed a new qualification procedure.
IEA: West faces increasing production declineNov 12, 2008The oil industry will have to produce 30 million barrels per day more by 2015 to avoid an oil-supply shortfall, the International Energy Agency said in ...
Mantra Venture Group to pursue opportunities for its CO2 and CleanTech TechnologieNov 10, 2008Mantra Venture Group Ltd. CEO Larry Kristof says that the company is prepared for a substantial rise of interest in CleanTech and CO2 energy technologies
Carbon Sciences reports prototype plan for CO2-to-Fuel technologyOct 30, 2008Carbon Sciences, Inc., the developer of a breakthrough technology to transform carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions into gasoline and other fuels
Foster Wheeler awarded Coal-to-Liquids feasibility study in ChinaOct 28, 2008Foster Wheeler Ltd. says that its subsidiaries, Foster Wheeler Energy Limited and Foster Wheeler International Engineering & Consulting (Shanghai) Co. Ltd
The United Group branches out into carbonOct 24, 2008The Fortis Intertrust’s carbon team has moved to the United Group, where they have launched a carbon financial services business.
Sasol and Shenhua Ningxia Coal Industry contract engineering companies for CTL studyOct 23, 2008The Shenua Ningxia Coal Industry Group and its partner Sasol, has signed a contract with Foster Wheeler International Corporation and Wuhuan Engineering Company
Eni finds carbon partner in EnelOct 22, 2008Italian oil company Eni and the country’s power utility Enel have agreed to begin capturing carbon from coal combusted by power plants ...
Norway: 2009 spending on-track despite credit fearsOct 17, 2008Norway’s Ministry of Oil & Energy has said credit fears and falling oil prices gave companies cause to rethink spending, but he had not heard of any ...
Hess launches C-Neutral energy programOct 16, 2008Hess Corporation launches Hess C-Neutral program to commercial, industrial and institutional customers.
Aussie row over climate, credit jittersOct 14, 2008Reuters has reported a rift widening between Australia’s popular Prime Minister and the country’s largest businesses, after Woodside Petroleum’s chief exec told ...
DONG reports CO2-neutral energy for Herning and IkastOct 10, 2008Herning CHP Plant is being converted for co-firing with wood pellets from autumn 2009. Wood chips currently account for 70-75% of the fuel consumption
Shell declares six new biofuels research agreementsSep 19, 2008Royal Dutch Shell plc highlighted its approach to biofuels innovation, declaring six new research agreements with experts in academic institutions across the world.
StatoilHydro: no world carbon trade soonSep 2, 2008European trading in carbon-dioxide emissions credits will form a “cornerstone” for a future global trade in carbon by helping establish market mechanisms, the leader of ...
StatoilHydro clears CCS-test hurdleAug 19, 2008Despite lingering concerns over methods, Norwegian oil company StatoilHydro has been given one of up to three needed greenlights to start carbon-capture and storage, or CCS, plant modifications
By WILLIAM STOICHEVSKI
