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Friday 5 October 2007
Duke Energy sets $233 mln North Carolina rate cut Reuters - By Jim Brumm WILMINGTON, NC, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Duke Energy Carolinas agreed on Friday to cut its North Carolina electric rates by $233 million a year with ... |
ADB, WB to provide $660m for energy and water sector Daily Times, Pakistan - The renewable energy loan agreement was signed by Akram Malik, Secretary, Economic Affairs Division with ADB???s Country Director for Pakistan Peter Fedon ... |
BioFuel Tanks Set For BioDiesel Expo Launch OilFiredUp, UK - Prototype BioFuel Stations were previewed at the recent Irish National Ploughing Championships, in the Republic of Ireland, where they received an ... |
Six Biofuels Companies Hope for Loan Guarantees Grainnet, IL - Six biofuels companies are now polishing their final applications to participate. The final regulations provide for the DOE to issue guarantees for up to ... |
 SciDev.net | Biofuels could add to greenhouse gas emissions SciDev.net, UK - For corn, this figure is 0.9???1.5, indicating that it is perhaps better to continue using petrol than to grow and burn biofuels. Sugar cane was the only crop ... |
CONSOL Energy Purchases River Transport Group CNNMoney.com - With the arrangement, CONSOL Energy acquires control of eight towboats that operate along the Monongahela and Ohio rivers. "The addition of eight additional ... Consol Energy Purchases Tri-River Fleeting Harbor Services, Tri ... Consol Energy Acquires 8 Towboats |
Brighter supernovae make dark energy even murkier New Scientist (subscription), UK - The average brightness of stellar explosions that astronomers rely on to measure dark energy ??? the mysterious force causing our universe to expand faster ... |
 Pravda | Oil Falls Amid Doubts About Q4 Demand The Associated Press - NEW YORK (AP) ??? Energy futures fell Friday as traders expecting a weakening of demand in the coming months cashed in profits from the previous session's ... Gas surpasses $3 a gallon in California LI gas prices unchanged ENERGY MATTERS: US Gasoline Stocks Whisper Summer In Autumn |
Where should they build the new UW campus? Seattle Post Intelligencer - A state Department of Ecology report listing the two sites as high priorities for clean up is posted on the group's Web site, which underwent some confusing ... |
 NDTV.com | Not holding talks with IAEA: DAE Hindu, India - Mumbai: The Department of Atomic Energy on Friday clarified that it was not holding any formal negotiations with the International Atomic Energy Agency ... Resolution in US House seeks restraints on N-trade Kakodkar: no consultations with IAEA |
 The Epoch Times Ireland | Post-Soviet Energy Blues: Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan New Europe, Belgium - Energy is a political instrument. There is no doubt about that. You can see that in the energy games played by Russia , Ukraine and Kazakhstan last week. ... High Energy Thursday: More energy follies from Sovietland Ukraine says gas dispute to be resolved Gazprom, Ukraine to resume gas talks amid European concern |
Compromise expected on Duke Energy rate request Bizjournals.com, NC - Duke Energy, state regulators and industrial groups expect a compromise shortly on Duke's proposed $140 million rate increase in North Carolina. ... Settlement may be near on Duke rate case |
Plan panel moots joint development of energy sector Economic Times, India - NEW DELHI: India???s diverse energy sector, handled by as many as eight different ministries, may need to adopt a joint approach and draw upon the integrated ... Energise India 2007: Will India sustain its double digit growth? |
PrairieFire Biofuels' annual meeting a real gas Isthmus Daily Page, WI - One of the founding members of PrairieFire BioFuels Co-op, which started in 2005, Dargan bought his first diesel car in 2001 and started using biodiesel ... |
 Earthtimes.org | You???ve been slimed (or, algae as a biofuel source) ZDNet Blogs - Glen Kertz, CEO of Valcent and the principal scientist who patented Vertigro, says one major past drawback to working with algae as a biofuel source was, ... Valcent Products Inc.: George Stapleton Appointed to Board of ... |
 PhysOrg.com | 'Crowcam' spies on clever birds PhysOrg.com, VA - Credit: Behavioural Ecology Research Group, University of Oxford. A new technique developed by Oxford University zoologists enables researchers to ???hitch a ... |
 CTV.ca | Candid camera InTheNews.co.uk, UK - "Video-tracking permits unusually intimate insights into bird behaviour and ecology, in locations and contexts where most conventional observation ... New Caledonia crows join exclusive tool-making club of humans and ... 'Tailcams' reveal cleverness of crows The Secret Lives of Tool-Wielding Crows |
PetroQuest Energy Announces Closing of Over-Allotment Option for ... CNNMoney.com - PetroQuest Energy, Inc. is an independent energy company engaged in the exploration, development, acquisition and production of oil and natural gas reserves ... MarkWest Energy Partners to Present at Deutsche Bank Leveraged ... |
Biofuel Crop N2O Emissions Could Negate Global Warming Gains EV World (subscription), NE - ... examined the total emission of nitrous oxide (N2O) from crop production and concluded that the growing and burning many biofuel crops may actually raise ... |
 Seattle Post Intelligencer | Wash. Fines Energy Northwest $120K Houston Chronicle, United States - The Washington state Department of Ecology fined Energy Northwest $120000 for improperly handling chemical and hazardous waste at the state's only nuclear ... State's nuke plant chemically messy Energy Northwest fined for waste storage violations |
Energy companies announce Gulf lease successes Bizjournals.com, NC - Mariner Energy Inc. on Friday said it is the apparent high bidder for 23 of 61 Gulf of Mexico blocks on which it bid in the Oct. 3 Outer Continental Shelf ... Mariner Energy Announces 23 High Bids Totaling $66 Million at MMS ... Stone Energy Corporation Announces Apparent High Bid on Sixteen ... US Gulf lease sale results reveal interesting mix of players |
International ecologic conference started in Baku Gazeta.KZ, Kazakhstan - Opening the event, Azerbaijan Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources, Gusein Bagirov, stated that Azerbaijani government works actively to realize ... Conference on the Caspian Sea strategy held in Baku |
Oil To Remain Dominant In Transport; Biofuels To Rise ???Study CattleNetwork.com, KS - Yet, the biofuel portion of transport fuels will likely also be significant by 2050, the study said. The study sees biofuels as having the highest potential ... |
Energy stocks mixed on jobs report, lower oil MarketWatch - By Steve Gelsi, MarketWatch NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Energy stocks were mixed Friday as traders weighed optimism over economic strength tied to the latest ... Energy shares rise after natural gas data Energy shares mixed after natural gas data |
Farm bill focuses on bioenergy Bismarck Tribune, USA - Lest anyone get giddy over prospects promised in a farm bill or the boom in building biofuel production plants, it should be recognized that there are ... |
Encore Energy Systems Continues Growth With Appointment of Chief ... CNNMoney.com - His late father, Lou, was the original inventor of the company's patented DeMarco Energy Miser geothermal solutions. Victor will assume immediate ... Encore Energy Systems Furthers Caribbean and Florida Expansion ... Encore Energy growing rapidly with its geothermal heating cooling ... |
 Philadelphia Inquirer | World oil prices nudge higher amid supply concerns AFP - LONDON (AFP) ??? World oil prices edged higher Friday after rallying the day before on tight energy supplies ahead of the northern hemisphere winter, ... Oil Prices Ease After Overnight Rise Oil Slips as Dollar Gains Oil Is Little Changed After Rising on Drop in US Fuel Stocks |
Food vs fuel Financial Mail (subscription), South Africa - Food price scares have already prompted the agriculture department to adopt a policy of allowing only food crops to be grown as biofuel feedstock. ... |
Noble Energy Announces Discovery on PH-77 License in Cameroon CNNMoney.com - Noble Energy Cameroon Limited is the Operator of the PH-77 license with a 50 percent participating interest. The other participants in the PH-77 license ... |
 InTheNews.co.uk | Candid crow cameras InTheNews.co.uk, UK - "Video-tracking permits unusually intimate insights into bird behaviour and ecology, in locations and contexts where most conventional observation ... |
 Edmonton Journal | Alberta's oil royalties & energy stocks ??? Ahead of the Bell Canada.com, Canada - For all the worrying over whether Alberta will impose a higher royalty rate on oil producers operating in the oil-rich province, energy stocks have barely ... Big investors concerned about Alberta royalties proposal Energy firms warn on costs of Alberta royalty hike Energy firms add Alberta royalties warnings |
 Pravda | US to provide loan guarantees for energy projects Reuters - By Tom Doggett WASHINGTON, Oct 4 (Reuters) - The US government hopes to encourage investment in clean energy by agreeing to repay a portion of the ... National business briefs: Energy Department will guarantee loans ... Constellation Energy Applauds Bush Administration and Congress for ... US backs nuclear loans |
India's ACC says commissions wind energy plant Reuters UK, UK - BO: Quote, Profile, Research), said on Friday it had commissioned a nine megawatt wind energy plant in southern Tamil Nadu state to reduce its dependence on ... |
Agro-fooling ourselves ZNet, MA - According to the recent OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2007-2016, ???Increased demand for biofuels is causing fundamental changes to agricultural markets that ... Is it ethical to burn food while people starve? |
Biofuels: Is the Cure Worse than the Disease? Seattle Post Intelligencer - Meet Berkeley Professor Tad Patzek, well known for his many articles critical of replacing fossil fuels with biofuels. A recently published Patzek paper has ... |
 Turkish Press | Oil Prices Ease After Overnight Rise The Associated Press - "There's been some very minor profit-taking today, but it's just part of the volatile trade in oil markets," said Victor Shum, a Singapore-based energy ... Oil prices dip in Asian trade but expected to remain high Oil prices jump Crude-oil futures rise above $80 a barrel |
 BBC News | Green fuels will save the earth - or not Reuters - By Nao Nakanishi - Analysis HONG KONG (Reuters) - The earth is too small to accommodate all the biofuels projects envisioned for the globe, and this raises ... Is it ethical to burn food while people starve? |
PHILIPPINES INKS BIOFUELS DEAL WITH PRAJ INDUSTRIES OF INDIA Trading Markets (press release), CA - Under the MOA, the DA and PRAJ Industries Limited, a company that develops technologies and equipment for biofuels production, have agreed to team up "for ... |
Energy Northwest fined for waste storage violations Mid Columbia Tri City Herald, WA - The state Department of Ecology smacked Energy Northwest with a $120000 fine Thursday for "serious and chronic dangerous and mixed waste management ... |
Federal budget cuts hit University ecology lab, cause controversy Red and Black, GA - US Department of Energy funding cuts at the University's Savannah River Ecology Laboratory have prompted letters of support for the laboratory from ... |
Green fuels will save the earth -- or maybe not Reuters - By Nao Nakanishi HONG KONG (Reuters) - The earth is too small to accommodate all the biofuel projects envisioned for the globe, and this raises doubts ... |
Hanford contractor fined again over safety violation The Spokesman Review, WA - YAKIMA ??? The Washington state Department of Ecology on Thursday fined Energy Northwest $120000 for improperly handling chemical and hazardous waste at the ... Energy Department to fine contractor building plant at Hanford DOE Cites Bechtel National Incorporated for Price-Anderson Violations |
Perry company designated state's biofuel pioneer Macon Telegraph, GA - Irvin was at the pumps to recognize Davis Oil Co. of Perry as a "Pioneer in Biofuels" for the company's efforts in promoting biofuels. ... |
Britain is no wonderland for energy firms, says Eon chief Guardian Unlimited, UK - Wulf Bernotat, chief executive of Eon, Britain's second-largest energy producer and supplier, yesterday savaged the UK market and its regulator, Ofgem, ... Eon defiant on break-up plan |
Biofuels Event Draws Protesters Daily Californian, CA - Protesters marched outside a biofuels conference held at the Bancroft Hotel yesterday in opposition to the $500 million research partnership between the ... |
Turkish Press | Oil Prices Slip Despite Supply News The Associated Press - "There's been some very minor profit-taking today but it's just part of the volatile trade in oil markets," said Victor Shum, a Singapore-based energy ... Oil prices dip in Asian trade but expected to remain high Oil Is Little Changed After Rising on Drop in US Fuel Stocks Oil prices jump |
China's coal industry urged to speed up energy saving Xinhua, China - BEIJING, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- China's coal mining industry has been urged to be more efficient in energy consumption so as to realize the goal of saving 60 ... |
Turkish Press | Oil slips back in Asia after strong rise on renewed supply worries International Herald Tribune, France - "There's been some very minor profit-taking today but it's just part of the volatile trade in oil markets," said Victor Shum, a Singapore-based energy ... Can a Plucky US Economy Surmount $80 Oil? Oil prices dip in Asian trade but expected to remain high Oil prices jump |
Conference on the Caspian Sea strategy held in Baku Kazinform, Kazakhstan - According to the Azerbaijan Ecology and Natural Resources Minister, strategy of sustainable development of the Caspian Sea, is a prior objective for all the ... |
Wind energy may lead to competition to build Texas lines Dallas Morning News, TX - The Legislature set a goal of 10000 megawatts of renewable energy by 2025. The PUC wants companies to build enough transmission lines to handle 22366 ... Western Wind Energy Corp. - News release |
 Washington Post | Contractor in Fatal Fire Had Been Fined New York Times, United States - The plant is operated by Xcel Energy and is hidden high in the mountains overlooking Georgetown, a rustic town about 45 miles west of Denver. ... Ahead of the Bell: Xcel Energy OSHA Leads Probe Into Hydro Plant Fire Xcel Energy HydroPlant Chemical Fire Kills Five Contract Workers |
State fines Energy Northwest $120K for improper waste handling kgw.com (subscription), OR - By SHANNON DININNY / AP The Washington state Department of Ecology on Thursday fined Energy Northwest $120000 for improperly handling chemical and hazardous ... |
 Life Style Extra | National business briefs: Energy Department will guarantee loans ... Kansas City Star, MO - The Energy Department said Thursday that it would guarantee loans for up to 80 percent of the total construction cost of new nuclear reactors, ... US plans to guarantee loans for up to 80 percent of nuclear ... Nuclear Industry Welcomes Step Forward for DOE Clean-Energy Loan ... Feds guarantee nuclear plant construction |
CVR Energy increases size of proposed initial public offering Kansas City Star, MO - By DAN MARGOLIES CVR Energy, owner of the old Farmland refinery in Coffeyville, Kan., has boosted the size of its proposed initial public offering after ... IPO Roundup: CVR Energy UPDATE 1-CVR Energy sees IPO of 18.5 mln shares at $18-$20/shr CVR Energy Boosts Size of Planned IPO |
Seven Global Renewable Energy Conferences Slated For October AHN - The two-day Next Generation Biofuels Market runs until Friday in Amsterdam. On Sunday and Monday, Manila will host a regional biofuel conference on the ... Official Says US Will Regulate Carbon |
Philadelphia Inquirer | Can a Plucky US Economy Surmount $80 Oil? New York Times, United States - ???The United States is the single largest oil-consuming nation in the world,??? said Stephen PA Brown, director of energy economics at the Federal Reserve Bank ... Oil prices jump Energy Roundup: Higher Oil Inventories FUTURES MOVERS Crude-oil futures trade flat near $80 a barrel |
Edmonton Journal | Big investors concerned about Alberta royalties proposal Canada.com, Canada - CALGARY -- Representatives of some of the largest Canadian and US investors in the Alberta energy industry will today express their concerns to the ... Energy firms warn on costs of Alberta royalty hike Petro-Canada says Alberta royalty hikes should be linked to energy ... Petro-Canada offers compromise on energy royalties |
Council doles out $143K to nonprofits Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA - He also explained he had resigned from the board of the Sonoma Ecology Center to avoid the appearance of any conflict of interest while voting on ecology ... Council to allot at least $114K |
Seattle Post Intelligencer | State's nuke plant chemically messy Seattle Post Intelligencer - But when I got a press release this afternoon from the state Ecology Department announcing a $120000 fine because of Energy Northwest's chemically messy ... |