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Japan's Itochu Now Producing and Selling Bioethanol in Brazil

Japan's Itochu Now Producing and Selling Bioethanol in Brazil

Aug 03, 2011 at 18:12 | Joao Peixe

Itochu and New York- based Bunge Limited have started a joint venture company that is now producing and selling bioethanol in Brazil. The Itochu- Bunge Limited joint venture, Pedro…

U.S. Investing $9 Million in Israeli Alternative Fuels Start-Ups

U.S. Investing $9 Million in Israeli Alternative Fuels Start-Ups

Aug 03, 2011 at 18:11 | Charles Kennedy

The U.S. Department of Energy is making a $9 million investment in a joint Israeli-American venture to develop alternative fuels. Israel’s HCL Cleantech is joining forces with the American…

Brazil to Study Sugarcane for Jet Fuel Production

Brazil to Study Sugarcane for Jet Fuel Production

Aug 03, 2011 at 18:10 | Charles Kennedy

Brazil, Embraer and the Inter-American Development Bank have announced that they will jointly fund a sustainability analysis for producing renewable jet fuel using Brazilian sugarcane as a feedstock. Brazil…

US to Discuss Nuclear Cooperation with Saudi Arabia

US to Discuss Nuclear Cooperation with Saudi Arabia

Aug 02, 2011 at 19:38 | Joao Peixe

According to insiders in Washington speaking off the record, the United States is planning discussions with Saudi Arabia about civilian nuclear cooperation. The issue has already generated fierce criticism in…

India Considers Paying Iran for Oil Imports in Rupees

India Considers Paying Iran for Oil Imports in Rupees

Aug 02, 2011 at 19:37 | Joao Peixe

India’s government has decided to pay for its imports of Iranian oil in rupees.The decision by one of the world’s strongest emerging economies, represents yet another undermining of the…

Additional Wind Generators to Arise Alongside Lake Erie

Additional Wind Generators to Arise Alongside Lake Erie

Aug 02, 2011 at 19:35 | Charles Kennedy

Six additional giant wind generators are planned for a former steel mill polluted site alongside along Lake Erie. The generators, situated on a “brownfield” toxic site, formerly occupied by a…

Australia's Government Ponders Uranium Mining in New South Wales

Australia's Government Ponders Uranium Mining in New South Wales

Aug 02, 2011 at 19:34 | Charles Kennedy

While there has been a ban for decades on uranium mining in New South Wales, NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell is considering reversing the prohibition after being contacted by Australian federal…

Eritrea: Micro-Dam Under Construction in Dembe-Habtetsion

Eritrea: Micro-Dam Under Construction in Dembe-Habtetsion

Aug 02, 2011 at 19:33 | Joao Peixe

A micro-dam is under construction in Eritrea’s Dembe-Habtetsion administrative area, Elaberad sub-zone, at a cost of over $331,000. The project is designed to provide reliable potable water supply to…

British Isles Deal on Channel Islands Renewable Energy

British Isles Deal on Channel Islands Renewable Energy

Aug 01, 2011 at 23:06 | Charles Kennedy

Britain's Channel Islands are close to finalizing deals to establish large-scale renewable energy plants, which could supply a significant portion of Britain’s energy needs.Channel Islands Jersey and Guernsey along…

Massive Growth for Indian Wind Energy Company Suzlon Energy

Massive Growth for Indian Wind Energy Company Suzlon Energy

Aug 01, 2011 at 18:39 | Joao Peixe

India’s Suzlon Energy, the world's fifth largest wind turbine supplier, today reported a net profit of $1.3 million for period April-June quarter of 2011-12. The profit represents a significant…

Australian Solar Power Moving Ahead, Albeit Slowly

Australian Solar Power Moving Ahead, Albeit Slowly

Aug 01, 2011 at 18:38 | Charles Kennedy

Australia’s solar market is sending mixed signals. Bearish analysts point out that that large-scale solar power investment will benefit significantly from either Australia’s 2020 renewable energy target (RET) or…

Solar Energy Receives Voter Support in Missouri

Solar Energy Receives Voter Support in Missouri

Aug 01, 2011 at 18:08 | Joao Peixe

Missouri’s solar rebate program, enacted by voters in Proposition C's Renewable Energy Standard, has survived legislative and legal challenges. Missouri’s Public Service Commission (PSC) voted unanimously to deny Ameren…

Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency Criticized

Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency Criticized

Aug 01, 2011 at 18:07 | Charles Kennedy

Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry has recently been questioning the wisdom about having the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency as a special organization in the Natural Resources and Energy…

UN Calls for Suspension of Giant Hydroelectric Dam in Ethiopia

UN Calls for Suspension of Giant Hydroelectric Dam in Ethiopia

Jul 31, 2011 at 00:24 | Charles Kennedy

The United Nations has come out in support of critics of Ethiopia's massive Gibe III hydropower project, calling for work to be suspended until the negative impacts of the dam…

Brazil, China Promote Partnerships in Renewable Energy Projects

Brazil, China Promote Partnerships in Renewable Energy Projects

Jul 31, 2011 at 00:23 | Charles Kennedy

The cooperation agreement between Brazil and China, through the China-Brazil Center for Climate Change and Innovative Energy Technologies, could yield benefits for Brazil, especially in the area of renewable energy,…

South Korea and India Sign Nuclear Energy Agreement

South Korea and India Sign Nuclear Energy Agreement

Jul 30, 2011 at 09:04 | Joao Peixe

South Korea and India signed a nuclear energy agreement on 25 July that will permit South Korean companies to enter India’s burgeoning nuclear energy market to construct nuclear power plants.…

Spain’s Repsol-YPF Earnings Hit by Libyan Civil War

Spain’s Repsol-YPF Earnings Hit by Libyan Civil War

Jul 30, 2011 at 09:03 | Joao Peixe

Repsol-YPF, Spain’s largest oil company, said its second-quarter earnings dropped 7.3 percent after refining margins narrowed and output declined because of the Libyan civil war. Repsol-YPF released a statement noting,…

Bangladesh Awards Gas Compressors Work to Russia’s Gazprom

Bangladesh Awards Gas Compressors Work to Russia’s Gazprom

Jul 30, 2011 at 09:01 | Charles Kennedy

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has approved a proposal of Petrobangla to award the contract for installation of two gas compressors directly to Gazprom despite local firms also bidding on…

Kenya’s Consumers Soon to be Forced to Use Solar Energy

Kenya’s Consumers Soon to be Forced to Use Solar Energy

Jul 28, 2011 at 21:02 | Charles Kennedy

According to Kenya’s Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), heavy domestic and industrial consumers of electricity will soon be required to use solar energy to heat water. The policy is meant…

EBRD Gives Ukraine Additional $100 Million for Chernobyl Work

EBRD Gives Ukraine Additional $100 Million for Chernobyl Work

Jul 28, 2011 at 21:01 | Charles Kennedy

In an eerie reminder of the ongoing cost of nuclear disasters in the wake on the 11 March Fukushima debacle in Japan, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has…

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