 UTech pushes alternative energy sources
(Jamaica Gleaner: Sun, 27 Jan) The University of Technology (UTech) is working to cut Jamaica's oil bill and dependence on the commodity by exploring alternative energy sources. Through its Faculty of Engineering and Computing, which has conducted research in several areas related to energy, UTech is hoping that its foray into the realms of renewable energy will help.
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 Alternative Energy
(The Hill: Wed, 30 Jan) (To download a copy of the Alternative Energy section as a pdf, click the picture above. You will need a pdf viewer such as Adobe Reader to view the pdf.)
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 Brazil to Restart Angra 1 Nuclear-Power Plant Today
(Update1: Tue, 29 Jan) Jan. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Eletronuclear SA, Brazil's state- controlled nuclear power company, will resume operations at its Angra 1 plant today after it fixed a turbo-generator that overheated.
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 WorleyParsons Wins Contract for a 2,000-Megawatt Nuclear Power Plant in Bulgaria
(WOR.AX, 00807148, 20080130: Wed, 30 Jan) WorleyParsons announced it has reached agreement with the national electric company of Bulgaria, Natsionalna Elektricheska Kompania EAD (NEK), on an Addendum to its Architect Engineer contract for the project execution phase of the Belene Nuclear Power Plant Project in Bulgaria. This contract was initially signed by NEK and WorleyParsons in January 2005 and is valid throughout the multi-year ...
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 UAE: Nuclear power plant project to be offered
(Mena Report: Tue, 29 Jan) TOTAL, SUEZ and AREVA have signed a partnership agreement to submit a nuclear power plant project to the authorities of the United Arab Emirates. Local partners will take part in the project.
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 Intel to buy green energy certificates
(Environmental News Network: Mon, 28 Jan) LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Intel, the world's largest chipmaker, said on Monday it would buy more than 1.3 billion kilowatt hours a year of renewable energy certificates, making it the largest corporate purchaser of alternative energy in the United States. The certificates will subsidize the development of wind, solar, biomass and small-scale hydro-electric sources of energy, Intel said in a ...
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 Abu Dhabi Seeks Alternative Energy
(Nasdaq: Tue, 29 Jan) (RTTNews) - Abu Dhabi is on the lookout to develop alternative energy sources, although the country is vested with enough hydrocarbons for the foreseeable future.According to a report by the Emirates Bank released n Monday, electricity demand in the UAE is growing 10% per year due to higher demand from a growing population and higher industrialization.
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Renewable-energy legislation headed for House vote
