Biomass Plants to Boost Rural Georgia
Georgia Public Broadcasting News Sat, 11 Jul 2009 06:41 AM PDT
A power company that serves four million Georgians is investing in renewable energy by building two biomass plants in the state. For two rural communities in south Georgia, it's a boost to the Oglethorpe Power plans to build biomass plants in Appling and Warren Counties. The company hopes to break ground by 2011 pending state permits. Officials estimate it will create 250 temporary construction ... |
Open Campus Planned for Sandia and Lawrence Labs
The Livermore Independent Sat, 11 Jul 2009 06:36 AM PDT
An Open Campus to provide industry easier access to the unclassified facilities and technologies at Lawrence Livermore and Sandia National Laboratories is in the concept planning stages, needing only U.S. Department of Energy approval to move ahead. |
If Gas Prices Go Up, Are Speculators To Blame?
NPR Sat, 11 Jul 2009 06:36 AM PDT
Some U.S. lawmakers and a number of international leaders say oil prices are being driven far higher than necessary by financial investors who gain from driving up commodity prices. They want to limit futures contracts to crack down on speculation. Daniel Yergin, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Prize , will talk with NPR's Scott Simon about the role of speculators in the energy ... |
Turkey doesn't rule out Iran, Russia in Nabucco
INO News Sat, 11 Jul 2009 06:31 AM PDT
(AP:ANKARA, Turkey) Turkey's energy minister on Saturday said Iran and Russia may supply gas to an EU- and US-backed gas pipeline project in the future, even though the project is designed to reduce Europe's reliance on Russian energy and Iran is not a favored source. |
MacKay Visits Labrador
Voice of the Common Man Sat, 11 Jul 2009 06:21 AM PDT
Officials from NALCOR Energy will host Defence Minister Peter MacKay today, as the group visits the Lower Churchill site in Labrador. |
SolidarityStriking Penelec employees stage rally in county seat
Morning Times Sat, 11 Jul 2009 06:21 AM PDT
TOWANDA â€" Over 70 members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local No. 459 and their families joined together in a large showing of solidarity Wednesday at the Bradford County Courthouse to ask the community’s support in its current labor dispute with Penelec/First Energy. |
Turning Landfill into Clean Energy
The Livermore Independent Sat, 11 Jul 2009 06:21 AM PDT
The term “landfill†can bring to mind many imagesâ€"the towering piles of garbage in the 2008 movie Wall-E or the Smokey Mountain rubbish dump in Manila where scores of people earn their living picking through trash. |
Large price drop expected for gas customers
Morning Times Sat, 11 Jul 2009 06:20 AM PDT
SAYRE â€" Valley residents who utilize natural gas for their utilities are forecasted a large drop in their energy rates for the upcoming year. |
Pickett water legislation moves forward
Morning Times Sat, 11 Jul 2009 06:16 AM PDT
HARRISBURG â€" State Rep. Tina Pickett, R-Wysox, announced Wednesday that her legislation that would amend the Pennsylvania Oil and Gas Act to increase the protection of water supplies in the state has been approved by the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee. |
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