Vena Resources Inc.announces it has now acquired 100% of Sudamericana de Carbon (SDC), a Peruvian company focused on the exploration, development and mining of anthracite coal. As previously announced on February 26, 2008, Vena had entered into an agreement with SDC whereby Vena could earn a 70% interest in SDC by spending US$2.5 million in [...]
Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future (PennFuture) heralded Secretary of Environmental Protection Kathleen McGinty as a trailblazer for Pennsylvania’s environment and economy and a truly transformative leader. PennFuture’s comments came as McGinty announced her intention to leave office on July 18, 2008.
“Secretary McGinty has created a record of unparalleled achievement for the Keystone State’s environment and economy,” [...]
Energy company, S.D.E., which has developed an innovative technology for generating sea wave electricity, has signed an agreement for selling sea wave power plants throughout China. Construction of the power plants will be financed by investors from Hong Kong and China.
Two joint venture companies, formed in Hong Kong by S.D.E and the investors for the [...]
Intel Corp. will spin off key assets of a startup business to form an independent company called SpectraWatt Inc. that will make and supply photovoltaic cells to solar module companies.
Intel’s global investment organization — Intel Capital — will lead a $50 million investment round in SpectraWatt with Goldman Sachs subsidiary Cogentrix Energy LLC, PCG Clean [...]
Lobbyists have reported spending more than $789,000 during the ongoing debate over two proposed coal-fired power plants in southwest Kansas, most of it on efforts to sway public opinion.
Opponents of the plants initially reported putting far more money into their public relations campaign. But since the year began, supporters have reported six times as much [...]
Despite a swarm of economic problems and rising fossil fuel costs, last year was a banner year for clean energy, according to an outlook report by Clean Edge, a research and publishing firm.
According to Clean Edge’s report, biofuels (global production and wholesale pricing of ethanol and biodiesel) reached $25.4 billion in 2007 and are projected [...]
U.S. Energy Corp., a diversified natural resource company with interests in molybdenum, oil and gas, gold, and real estate, today provided a review of 2007 results and an update on current operations for its primary business segments.
Review of 2007 Accomplishments
The year ended December 31, 2007 was the most profitable in U.S. Energy Corp.’s history, due [...]
Iran and Switzerland signed an agreement Monday to major exports of Iranian gas to a Swiss company, in a rare energy deal between Tehran and the West in their nuclear tug-of-war drags on.
“Today we have witnessed the signing of a gas contract between the two countries,” Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki announced at a joint press [...]
Energy provider Southern Co. said Monday construction has begun on what it called an efficient, low-emission coal facility which will help the company meet increased power demand.
The facility, at the Stanton Energy Center in Orange County, Fla., will turn coal into synthetic gas for generating electricity, while reducing emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides [...]
Synthesis Energy Systems Investments, Inc., a subsidiary of Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc. (”SES” or the “Company”) (OTC: SYMX), a coal gasification company involved in the conversion of low cost fuels into clean energy and chemical products, and Inner Mongolia Golden Concord (Xilinhot) Energy Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Golden Concord Holdings Ltd. (”Golden Concord”), a [...]
