Locals experiment in energy efficiency
The Durango Herald Mon, 27 Jul 2009 06:40 AM PDT
Affordable-housing groups are seeking to design a house in Ignacio that would use no more energy than it generates. Recently, a group of experts in renewable energy and affordable housing gathered to begin hashing out ideas for the so-called net-zero home. |
Feds to jump-start battery plants
Arizona Daily Sun Mon, 27 Jul 2009 06:40 AM PDT
WASHINGTON -- The Energy Department is getting ready to hand out about $2 billion in grants to create a domestic industry for electric-car batteries, and 122 companies are scrambling to get pieces. |
Oregon Wave Energy Trusts Awards Contract
Renewable Energy World Mon, 27 Jul 2009 06:36 AM PDT
Oregon Wave Energy Trust recently awarded Advanced Research Corporation a contract to conduct a coastal wave energy infrastructure assessment. As the wave energy industry begins to transition from the research and development phase to a build-out phase, the underlying infrastructure required to support this transition needs to be examined and assessed. |
CHP Electricity Powers Cars 22 Times Farther Than Ethanol!
Renewable Energy World Mon, 27 Jul 2009 06:36 AM PDT
Cheap fossil fuel has allowed us to waste the majority of our energy, filling the planet with pollution and waste heat. Our car engines are only 25% efficient and coal power plants are not much better. Corn ethanol is one of the worst wastes of biomass: An acre of corn produces about 330 gallons/year if you cook it using fossil fuel. |
Show Me the Money -- And How To Get It
Renewable Energy World Mon, 27 Jul 2009 06:35 AM PDT
The U.S. departments of Energy and Treasury announced on July 9 that guidelines would be available for companies wishing to apply for $3 billion in stimulus payments. |
Soldiers turn a march into a charge
PhysOrg Mon, 27 Jul 2009 06:35 AM PDT
Engineers at the University of Leeds (UK) are developing a way to capture the kinetic energy produced when soldiers march and use it to power their equipment. |
Ellora Energy Announces Executive Appointments of Enger, McCain and Williams
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance Mon, 27 Jul 2009 06:35 AM PDT
Ellora Energy Inc., an independent oil and gas company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and production of low-risk onshore domestic oil and gas properties, today announced the appointment of Steve Enger as President and Chief Operating Officer, Lon McCain as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, and Jeffery S. |
Gazprom Neft posts 56.5% net profit drop to $850 mln in 1H09
Russian Information Agency Novosti Mon, 27 Jul 2009 06:33 AM PDT
MOSCOW, July 27 (RIA Novosti) - Gazprom Neft, the oil producing arm of Russian energy giant Gazprom, said on Monday its net profit calculated under Russian Accounting Standards decreased 56.5% year-on-year in January-June 2009 to 26.359 billion rubles ($850 million). |
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