Energy Resources

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The emphasis on ethanol this year has seen it promoted as everything from a panacea for U.S. reliance on foreign oil to the fuel that will bring back jobs to th

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. nuclear power industry ends 2006 optimistic as what has been dubbed a "nuclear renaissance" is on the horizon and applications for the first new nuclea

NEW DELHI, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Power tariff in India may go up as the government has decided to revise coal royalty rates, shifting from present specific rate to ad Valorum system.

IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Irvine-Calif.-based DeWind Inc. announced that construction of its new 2 megawatt turbine is complete.

RASNODAR, Russia, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Drilling began Thursday at the first prospective oil well on the Sea of Azov shelf, the Priazovneft Company announced.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif., Dec. 29 (UPI) -- California-based Tri-Valley Corp. announced its drilling subsidiary, Great Valley Drilling Company, LLC, purchased a a new drill for drilling geothermal wells.

BEIJING, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- China Guodian Corp. announced it has agreed to invest $2.81 billion with its partner to build a coal mine and power plant in the northeastern province of Heilon

NEW YORK, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Gazprom warns Belarus not to tap Yamal

NEW DELHI, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- India has said it will soon have a new hydroelectric power policy to lure private investment.

NEW DELHI, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- India's Petroleum Ministry says it has proposed zero customs duty on capital goods imported for new refineries and their expansions.

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The Tanzania Electric Supply Co. announced Thursday that hydropower would be the main source of electricity and rations would be lifted in the new year.

CORVALLIS, Ore., Dec. 29 (UPI) -- An engineering professor at Oregon State University has helped to design a miniature wind turbine that is better suited for powering buildings in more populated

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- A 63-turbine wind energy farm was approved by the Mower County Board of Commissioners.

TOPEKA, Kan., Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Westar Energy, Inc. announced it is postponing a decision for a baseload coal plant until more research is done.

DAYVILLE, Conn., Dec. 29 (UPI) -- International gas company BG Group announced it has agreed to purchase a Connecticut power plant, its second recent buy into the New England market.