Sharjah Environment Company Launches Recycling Initiative
Bee’ah, the Sharjah Environment Company, this week launched its ‘Commercial Recycling Program’ allowing businesses in Sharjah to recycle their office waste. The initiative, the first of its kind in the United Arab Emirates, it undergoing trial at the Al Batha Tower on the Sharjah Corniche.
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OPEC, environment policies, blamed for high oil prices
OPEC is to blame for the surge in oil prices, and Western governments are supporting the increases as they help in the policy push towards greater use of renewable energy, according to a specialized study.
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E.ON Buys Euro Wind Farms
Germany's E.ON, the world's largest utility, will buy wind farms in Spain and Portugal from Danish utility DONG Energy in a €722 million (US$996.1 million) deal as it seeks to generate more power using environmentally friendly technology.
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US Wind Power Growth Threatened by Supply Constraints
The US wind power industry is on track for installing well over 3,000 megawatts of wind turbines this year, but future growth may be hampered by a limited supply of turbines, according to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA).
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China Could Be Top Wind Market in 3 Years says Vestas
China could become the world's top wind power market in three to five years but will grow faster if it reforms its subsidy system, according to executives of major wind turbine maker Vestas.
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South Korea Plant Leads World in Carbon Credits
A South Korean chemical plant that cleaned up its act has received the most United Nations carbon credits to date and its French owner Rhodia is raking in profit as a result.
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Biofuels Worsen Hungarian Drought, says Expert
Biofuel production and burning agricultural by-products in power plants contributed to Hungary's severe drought this year, an academic expert has said.
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Brazil Ethanol Sector Fears Delirious Growth
Low sugar and ethanol prices have been fuelling the debate in Brazil on how this will affect investments and the forthcoming growth in the industry, which intends to lead the world's rush for biofuels.
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China Faltering on Support for Solar Power says Report
Solar panels could generate over 10% of China's power by the middle of the century, but only if Beijing steps up support for pioneering generating plants and sets more ambitious targets, a new report concludes.
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Report Documents Massive Flaring of Natural Gas Worldwide
A quantity of natural gas greater than one-quarter of the natural gas consumed in the United States is being sent up in flames each year, according to a recent report.
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Statoil to Start Arctic LNG Production
The world's first liquefied natural gas plant in the Arctic, part of Statoil's US$10 billion Snoehvit project in the Barents Sea, will probably start producing LNG this week, the Norwegian group has said.
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Cost and Safety Fears Threaten Climate Change Remedy
Cost overruns and legal and safety uncertainties could stall a new technology seen vital in the fight against climate change, and which works by burying underground the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.
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Seeking the First US Nuclear Permit in Decades
NRG Energy filed an application with regulators this week to build two new nuclear reactors in Texas, the first such request in the United States in 29 years.
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