Fossil Energy News
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Federal Subsidy for New Coal Plant Challenged in Court
WASHINGTON, DC, July 23, 2007 (ENS) - Three conservation groups have filed a lawsuit over federal financing of a new coal-fired power plant in Montana that they claim would increase global warming for decades. The Rural Utilities Service, RUS, an arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, announced in May that it would fund 85 percent of the Highwood Generating Station near Great Falls, ...
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North American Energy Cooperation Enters a New Era
VICTORIA, British Columbia, Canada, July 24, 2007 (ENS) - The first trilateral framework agreement on energy science and technology was inked Monday by the energy ministers for Canada, Mexico and the United States. The compact is designed to stimulate innovation and to share and help build energy capacity in all three countries. The ministers said they will look for ways to increase cooperation ...
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Excessive Production of Biofuels May Cost Numerous Lives, Warns Special Rapporteur of UN
Starvation, resulting from the diversion of maize and sugar for the production of biofuels, could cost numerous lives across the world, warned the food envoy of United Nations on June 14, 2007. Special rapporteur of the UN on the ‘right-to-food’, Jean Ziegler, accused the EU (European Union), US, and Japan of “complete two-facedness” for encouraging biofuels to reduce their own reliance on ...
By RNCOS
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From Waste to Value - Vendors, Buyers, Energy Consumers Meet at the EBW Expo & Conference in Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh, PA / Alpen, Germany - While many still regard waste as a liability, an increasing number of proponents of clean, domestically available fuels see it as an asset. Energy recovery from waste can help reduce the dependence on oil imports and protect the environment.At America's first international exhibition and conference on 'energy from biomass and waste', EBW, manufacturers of ...
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Florida Governor Caps Climate Summit With Cleaner Energy Policy
MIAMI, Florida, July 13, 2007 (ENS) - Unless Florida acts now to avert climate change, the state and its economy will suffer ever more severe drought, destructive fires, endangered agriculture, violent storms, and rising sea levels, warned Governor Charlie Crist Thursday addressing participants at the Serve to Preserve Florida Summit on Global Climate Change. Today, Governor Crist, a Republican, ...
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Florida Governor Caps Climate Summit With Cleaner Energy Policy
MIAMI, Florida, July 13, 2007 (ENS) - Unless Florida acts now to avert climate change, the state and its economy will suffer ever more severe drought, destructive fires, endangered agriculture, violent storms, and rising sea levels, warned Governor Charlie Crist Thursday addressing participants at the Serve to Preserve Florida Summit on Global Climate Change. Today, Governor Crist, a Republican, ...
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Renewable Energy Future Could Save the World Billions of Dollars a Year
BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 6, 2007 (ENS) - Investing in renewable electricity worldwide instead of burning fossil fuels could save US$180 billion annually and cut emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide in half by 2030, according to a joint report by Greenpeace and the European Renewable Energy Council, released today. In the first global analysis of its kind, the report argues for a shift ...
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Florida Utility Puts Planned Coal-Fired Power Plant on Hold
PERRY, Florida, July 6, 2007 (ENS) - Climate concerns have put a damper on Taylor Energy Center's plans to build a large new coal-fired power plant in Perry, Florida. The plant would be located in the northwestern part of the state, about 40 miles south of the capital, Tallahassee. On Wednesday, the company said it will suspend permitting activities and participate in a state dialogue on ...
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Two Ethanol Facilities Win Energy Star Awards for Exceptional Energy Savings
Two ethanol facilities in the Midwest are being recognized for reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions equaling the amount of pollution from almost 6,000 cars annually. Energy Star awards will be given to these facilities at the 23rd Annual International Fuel Ethanol Workshop and Expo in St. Louis, Mo. EPA will award ethanol facilities in Missouri and Illinois for using ...
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REEEP Disburses Euro 3.2 million for 35 New Clean Energy Projects
The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) today announced it will fund thirty-five new projects. The funding round, REEEP’s sixth, is the largest in its four year history. “The REEEP portfolio is moving beyond a collection of good projects to being more strategic. We have started the replication and scale-up of successful projects in the past and have also started ...
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California Paves the Way for Greater Use of Ethanol
FRESNO, California - To allow for more ethanol in California gasoline in line with new laws and regulations, the California Air Resources Board approved changes to its reformulated gasoline regulations Friday at a meeting in Fresno. The Board revised its predictive model, a tool used by oil refining companies to formulate lower-emitting gasoline in California. The model gives refiners ...
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Kazakhstan Drafts Renewable Energy Legislation
Kazakhstan could become the next country to pass legislation supporting the development of renewable energy after government ministries declared support for the development of draft legislation regulating this new industry. Last month at a seminar in the Ministry of Energy, chaired by Deputy Minister Almasadam Satkaliev, draft legislation was approved that is now subject to governmental ...
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The heat is on! New CHP plant in Germany runs solely on RDF
The heat is on! New CHP plant in Germany runs solely on RDF Investing in waste and resource management to support climate protection Stavenhagen, East Germany. This Wednesday the eagerly anticipated operation of the combined heat and power plant (CHP) has begun: From now on 250 tonnes a day of refuse derived fuel (RDF) is used as a substitute for primary energy sources such as oil or coal, ...
By Nehlsen AG
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Biofuel Fettering Beer Business in Germany
As per a recent report “Biofuel Market Worldwide (2007-2010)” published by RNCOS it has been found that the policy makers in Germany have devised various instruments for promoting the competitiveness of bio fuel from domestic production. These instruments are targeted towards raising Biofuel’s share to around 5.75% by the year 2010 in line with EU objective. Brewers in Germany may be forced ...
By RNCOS
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Montana Governor Signs Clean Energy Bills
HELENA, Montana (ENS) – Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer Tuesday signed into law two bills that provide tax incentives for future development and transmission of clean and renewable energy. The incentives support the development of new transmission lines, carbon dioxide sequestration pipelines to prevent emission of this greenhouse gas into the atmosphere, liquid fuel pipelines, power plants, ...
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California Utilities Must Buy Cleaner Power
Sacramento, California – Municipal utilities in California must make long-term investments in clean electricity generation under new regulations adopted Wednesday by the California Energy Commission, CEC. The CEC approved regulations that limit the purchase of electricity from power plants that fail to meet strict greenhouse gas emissions standards. The new rules prohibit the state's publicly ...
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University of Georgia Creates New Biofuel from Trees
Athens, Georgia – A team of University of Georgia researchers has developed a new biofuel derived from wood chips. Unlike previous fuels derived from wood, the new and still unnamed fuel can be blended with biodiesel and petroleum diesel to power conventional engines. 'The exciting thing about our method is that it is very easy to do,' said Tom Adams, director of the UGA Faculty of Engineering ...
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China Gears Up to Ensure Supply Diversity
“China Energy Sector Analysis” – recent report published by RNCOS - has found that China aimed at reducing its dependence on oil and gas, in order to ensure supply diversity. As ensuring supply diversity will provide hordes of opportunities for renewable sources of energy. Coal makes up around two-third of total energy demand in the country and propels 80% of its electricity generation. ...
By RNCOS
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Huge international potential - 1,833 participants at “waste to energy“, Clear growth course
Energy recovery from waste has enormous potential internationally - not only from an economic viewpoint but also as regards climate protection. This is one of the results of this year’s “waste to energy”, the International Exhibition and Conference for Energy from Waste and Biomass, which came to an end in Bremen on Thursday 10th May. For after thermal recycling, refuse can be substituted for ...
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Dirtiest 30 Power Plants Spew 10 Percent of Europe`s Carbon
BRUSSELS, Belgium (ENS) - The 30 dirtiest power stations in Europe were responsible for 10 percent of all European Union emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide in 2006, finds a new analysis issued Thursday by the global conservation group WWF. The title of dirtiest power stations goes to Greece's Agios Dimitrios and Kardia, owned by DEH, the Public Power Corporation of Greece. They are ...
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