Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia shouldered the largest share of OPEC's agreed supply [...]
Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia shouldered the largest share of OPEC's agreed supply [...]
I.M. Group, the UK-based automotive importer and distributor for Subaru, Isuzu and Daihatsu, has signed an agreement that will see it import vehicles from Chinese auto maker, Great Wall Motor Company Limited, into Europe starting next year.
Initially, the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania will be targeted. Then, [...]
But [...]
1C Vital for low-lying island states but virtually impossible...
2C The temperature limit the scientists want
The heatwaves seen in Europe during 2003, which killed tens of thousands of people, will come back every year with a 2C global average temperature rise. Southern England will regularly see temperatures around [...]
Some developed countries have imposed, or plan to impose, taxes on carbon emissions as part of [...]
Lord Monckton on Climategate at the 2nd International Climate Conference from CFACT EUROPE on Vimeo.
[...]The European research project COCATE, just being signed and starting in January 2010, tackles the problems of rolling out a shared transportation infrastructure capable of connecting geological storage sites with various medium size CO2-emitting industrial facilities located within a close geographical proximity. This three-year project has a total budget [...]
RUF Automobile GmbH unveiled the Stormster, an electric SUV based on the Porsche Cayenne, for the European Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, (COP 15). The Stormster is driven by a Siemens electric motor, with 270 kW (367 bhp) as in the eRUF sports car. The lithium-ion battery pack is [...]
By Michael Kanellos
Wind doesn't get as much attention in Silicon Valley as solar, but wind does have this going for it: It's much bigger.
On Nov. 23, Statoil said it expected Snoehvit production to resume in 14 days "at the earliest".
Europe's only LNG production facility and the world's first in the Arctic has been out for a major repair since mid August. It briefly restarted in November before shutting down once again due to [...]
Research Recap submits:
Audit Integrity has added two large cap companies – both in the energy sector - to its Watchlist of European companies with the greatest short-term equity risk. Selection criteria include: the lowest Accounting and Governance Risk (AGR) [...]
On a weekend conference call, newly appointed GM Europe CEO Nick Reilly said that developing a mini offering for Opel “will be our top priority.” Reilly said that Opel will also need to continue with light commercial vehicles, as that is a “reasonable share” of its business.
Among his statements, [...]
The Tazzari Group gave the ZERO electric vehicle its debut at the Bologna Motor Show (4-8 December). The city EV will go onsale in January 2010, via an international distribution network already present in all major European countries and the [...]
Europes largest LNG terminal, South Hook, and a smaller nearby facility in Wales have helped keep Britain [...]
The company cut the price of its Arab Extra [...]
As talks with drag on with Turkey, Azerbaijan has recently added Iran and [...]
Thirty countries are implementing biofuels targets in 2010 alone, she said, [...]
The world’s leading heavy-duty vehicle and engine manufacturing companies are urging the close cooperation between policy makers in Europe, the United States and Japan to develop practical and effective fuel-efficiency measurement metrics, methodologies and regulations which would then be used all around the globe.
More than a dozen chief executives [...]
Originally Posted at the Breakthrough InstituteEuropean and Asian high-speed rail manufacturers are courting U.S. government officials in hopes of securing contracts for some of the $8 billion dollars of federal stimulus funds ear-marked for domestic high-speed rail (HSR) projects.
At the UN Climate Control Conference in Copenhagen December 7-18, the developed nations (Europe, United States, Japan, etc.) will try to buy the cooperation of the developing nations (China, India, Africa, etc.) by pledging to give them money each year.
The amount is still being negotiated according [...]
In the film, 'The Day After Tomorrow' the world enters the icy grip of a new glacial period within the space of just a few weeks. Now new research shows that this scenario may not be so far from the truth after all.
William Patterson, from the University of Saskatchewan [...]
The HyBoost project (earlier post), a two-year collaborative research program led by Ricardo in partnership with Controlled Power Technologies, the European Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium, Ford, Imperial College London, and Valeo, aims to demonstrate a very cost-effective, ultra-efficient gasoline engine in a C-segment passenger car.
The vehicle is [...]
Members of the European Parliament last week approved regulations that will require replacement tires for cars as well as light- and heavy-duty vehicles (C1, C2, and C3 tires) to carry energy efficiency labels as of 1 November 2012. The new label does not have to be mounted on the [...]
The EU’s Clean Sky Joint Technology Initiative (JTI) (earlier post) has launched its second call for proposals (SP1-JTI-CS-2009-02). The €8.4-million (US$12.5-million) call covers a total of 24 topics. Depending on the nature of the participant, the funding will be between 50% and 75% of the Topic maximum [...]
But the composition of [...]
Demand will fall by about 2 million barrels a day this year as the recession [...]
Rijkswaterstaat, the Dutch waterways authority, designated an area 15 kilometers (9 miles) northwest off the North Sea resort of Scheveningen as a [...]
UK-based Elektromotive has appointed The PluginCompany to install networks of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations across Belgium and Luxembourg. Pilot schemes will see the installation of 20 Elektrobay units in the two countries by the end of this year, ahead of further planned rollouts during 2010.
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Europe’s Busiest Port Expands for Oil Speculators, Idling Ships
(Bloomberg) -- The Port of Rotterdam, Europe’s busiest, expanded its anchorage area to accommodate increasing demand from oil traders storing fuel at sea and more idling ships awaiting cargoes.
Rijkswaterstaat, the Dutch waterways authority, designated an area 15 kilometers (9 [...]
