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China raised retail electricity prices for the first time in over a year to offset increased costs, the government's economic planning body said Jun 30. The average cost of electricity was increased by 0.025 yuan (.003 US cents) per kilowatt hour...
Ford continues to push ahead with its environment-friendly initiatives by announcing an investment of $1.4 billion in research and development in hybrid technology through its Volvo car subsidiary...
Partnering with VersSun Energy Corp., the Ford Motor Co. announced the creation of the "first ethanol corridor. In a June 29 statement, Ford said the Midwest Ethanol Corridor will increase the availability of E85 by converting gasoline fuel pumps...
China and North Korea have signed an agreement to build a hydroelectric dam on the Yalu river which borders the two nations, state media reported June 28. The deal was signed on Tuesday in Pyongyang between China's Changchuan Hydroelectric Power...
A Swedish commission presented a report June 28 on how to end the country's oil dependence by 2020 but Prime Minister Goeran Persson, said it would not be entirely oil-free by that date. "We will not be free of oil in 2020. But we will not be...
Gunnar Lindstrom, senior manager of Honda Alternative Fuels, Stephen Ellis, manager of Fuel Cell marketing and Chris Martin, Honda public relations spokesman, spoke with www.RenewableEnergyStocks.com and www.FuelCellCarNews.com about their...
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Italy's Prime Minister Romano Prodi announced June 20 they have agreed to open energy markets to each other's investors. The two leaders said that Russian companies would be allowed to invest in the Italian...
OPEC's estimate for demand for its oil in 2006 is up by 100,000 barrels per day (bpd), even if high prices are reducing growth in oil demand in certain key regions, the cartel said in a June 19 report...
As momentum grows for the increased use of biodiesel fuels in engines, the trade association representing makers of internal combustion engines has released a test specification to evaluate how blended biodiesel fuels perform in diesel engines...
