New distillation method fuels interest in ethanol
Branson, the chairman of Virgin Group, plans to invest $300 million to $400 million to produce and market ethanol made from corn and other sources, said Will Whitehorn, a director of the company.
Branson, the chairman of Virgin Group, plans to invest $300 million to $400 million to produce and market ethanol made from corn and other sources, said Will Whitehorn, a director of the company.
The Department of Energy projects that the United States will need 45 percent more electricity by 2030. Where is this going to come from? Energy conservation, greater efficiencies in the production
Australian environmental regulators blocked Chevron's proposed 11 billion Australian dollar, or $8.2 billion, Gorgon liquefied natural gas project in Western Australia because of potential harm to
Baghdad Iraqi officials say that in a desperate move to dispose of millions of barrels of an oil refinery byproduct called "black oil," the Iraqi government pumped it into mountain valleys and leaky
Just last month, Goldman Sachs invested $27 million in Iogen, the Canadian ethanol producer. The little-noticed move was the latest piece of a broader strategy of enlarging the company's profile in
China John Howard, Australia's prime minister, eager to enhance ties with an increasingly powerful neighbor, promised China that his country would be a reliable supplier of the energy it needs to
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Investec, the owner of South Africa's fifth-biggest bank, is studying opportunities to fund bio- diesel and natural gas-fired power projects in Australia to expand investments in clean energy. The
Even as Britain, following a detailed review, mulls over the need for increased nuclear capacity, Spain has the bit between its teeth as it champions renewable energy. Spain is in the European
The troubled 740-megawatt power plant founded by Enron in the western Indian state of Maharashtra has shut down again after running for nine weeks, a central government minister said. Three turbines