Alternative Energy News Archives
Thursday 19th of January, 2006
Europe Trounces US in IPOs ★
Red Herring, appx. 530 wordsAn interesting tidbit from last year: Europe’s biggest IPO, German solar company Q-Cells, raised $318.8 million in its fourth-quarter offering. The company was one of three solar companies to make it to the top 10 IPOs list.
EU energy head urges diversity as cold hits Russian gas supply ★★
Russian Information Agency Novosti, appx. 261 wordsRussian gas fields and storage facilities were running at full capacity in an effort to meet record demand for power, and this further exposed the fact that Europe needs to find alternative sources of gas and alternative energy.
These were the sentiments of Martin Bartenstein, whose country, Austria holds the EU's rotating presidency: Russian natural gas will remain the backbone of European gas supplies. But we should strive for gas pipeline diversification and a search for alternative energy sources...
Xethanol Announces Highest Ever Ethanol Production Figures ★★
Business Wire (press release), appx. 166 wordsInteresting for the numbers that it provides and that demand is causing the plant to expand, Mr. Christopher d'Arnaud-Taylor, Chairman and CEO of Xethanol Corporation outlined that This increased production level [ed: over 500,000 gallons a month] is some 20% above the plant's nameplate capacity
, and then added We are presently in the process of selecting an engineering firm to expand the plant's nameplate production capacity to over 12 million gallons of ethanol per year
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GM planning flex-fuel push ★★★
Autoblog, appx. 115 wordsElizabeth Lowery, GM Vice President, Environment and Energy, announced that GM will launch a major advertising and consumer education campaign for its flex-fuel vehicles next month.
See also the extensive write-up at treehugger.
Energy Expert Calls for Tenfold Increase in Fuel Cell Research ★★
Fuel Cell Works, appx. 399 wordsRobert Thring, Professor of Fuel Cell Engineering at Loughborough University, has criticized the lack of government funding for research into alternative energy sources, and suggested that they raise fuel prices and use the extra money to fund research.
He pointed out that at the moment the UK spends about 3 million pounds on research per year, and that a tenfold increase would be needed to keep up with the US and Japan.
