Researchers at the University of Minnesota studying bacteria capable of generating electricity have discovered that riboflavin (commonly known as vitamin B-2) is responsible for much of the energy produced by these organisms.

Qatar and China signed a memorandum on promoting bilateral energy cooperation on Sunday.

The federal government has picked three venture capital firms to take promising energy technology ideas from national laboratories and try them in practice in companies.

By Darryl Kelley

Wind is not only the cleanest source of energy available to humanity, it is also the world’s fastest growing source of electrical power. But the United States has been slow to adopt. A Canadian company is changing that though – one wind farm at a time.

To even begin to combat climate change effectively, CO2 emissions have to fall sharply: to 1 ton per capita per year. According to researchers from ETH Zurich the way to the goal for this century is through an energy strategy based on the three Es: increased efficiency, renewable energy and electrification.

For years residents of Cape Cod and the Islands have been promised that the Cape Wind project, a 25 square mile (the size of Manhattan Island) array of 130 440' tall wind turbines, would lower their electricity rates. Remember: “The Wind is Free?”

By Eric Pratt

Seldom a week passes without news of another investment by Pinetree Capital Ltd. (TSX:PNP) in an emerging resource or technology company. Pinetree has a lean corporate structure and visionary business model that makes it part investment fund, part investment bank.

The recent boom in production of ethanol from corn grain has tightly linked the agriculture and energy sectors in an unprecedented fashion.

By James West

The market has been unkind to junior resource stocks for the last several months, but it has reserved special treatment for uranium juniors, whose management are sounding increasingly depressed and suicidal. The reason is plain to see – the price of uranium is heading south in a hurry, and that has many investors asking, “What exactly is the condition of uranium fundamentals now?”

For most people, the name “E. coli” is synonymous with food poisoning and product recalls, but a professor in Texas A&M University’s chemical engineering department envisions the bacteria as a future source of energy, helping to power our cars, homes and more.

In Mississippi, just a few kilometres from the town of Natchez, KFG Resources (TSX.V: KFG) is about to try something that CEO Bob Kadane believes will create significant value for his company’s shareholders.

Here’s something residents of cloudy Northern Europe should appreciate: a way of using rain to generate power.