Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 16, 2013 - Just like any other industry, the home security business is constantly adapting and evolving to the rapid advances in technology. Just 150-plus years ago, the first patent on electromagnetic burglar
Basra, Iraq (AFP) March 16, 2013 - Iraq plans to invest $173 billion in its energy infrastructure over the next five years in order to dramatically ramp up crude output, Oil Minister Abdelkarim al-Luaybi said on Saturday.
Everett, WA (SPX) Mar 15, 2013 - Boeing has received approval from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of the company's plan to test and certify improvements to the 787's battery system. Successful completion of each ste
Tokyo (AFP) March 15, 2013 - A 38-tonne wind turbine crashed 50 metres (165 feet) to the ground in western Japan after the steel column supporting it snapped, officials have said.
Montevideo, Uruguay (UPI) Mar 15, 2013 - Uruguay's latest deal with French firm Akuo Energy is set to boost wind power prospects in Latin America as the region's oil-importing countries opt for green alternatives to fossil fuels.
Rome, Italy (SPX) Mar 14, 2013 - The energy produced by solar panels, be it heat or electricity, has to be used right away. It is hard to store and preserve and also its transportation can be rather complicated. Creating solar cell
Havana (UPI) Mar 14, 2013 - Cuba is fervently hoping the death of late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez won't disturb the status quo in the Caribbean island's lucrative relationship with oil-rich government in Caracas.
Milan (AFP) March 14, 2013 - Italian energy group Eni said Thursday it has sold a 20 percent stake in an offshore energy field known as Area 4 in Mozambique to China's state-owned giant CNPC for $4.21 billion.
Algiers, Algeria (UPI) Mar 14, 2013 - International oil company chiefs gathered at a recent energy conference in Algiers hailed the protection Algeria's security forces provide the country's vital energy facilities, despite the January attack at a natural gas complex.
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 14, 2013 - The search for sustainable new materials to store heat captured from the sun for release during the night has led scientists to a high-tech combination of paraffin wax and sand. Their report o
Buenos Aires (UPI) Mar 14, 2013 - Pope Francis, acclaimed worldwide as a powerful new champion for the world's poor, risks becoming embroiled in Argentina's increasingly strident rhetoric of a sovereignty claim on the British Overseas Territory of the Falkland Islands.
New Delhi (UPI) Mar 14, 2013 - Emissions from coal-fired power plants caused up to 100,000 early deaths in India last year, a new report from Greenpeace said.
Hanoi (AFP) March 14, 2013 - Activists in Hanoi chanted anti-China slogans and laid flowers Thursday at a protest marking the anniversary of a battle over the contested Spratly Islands in which 64 Vietnamese soldiers died.
Warsaw, Poland (SPX) Mar 13, 2013 - An air-breathing bio-battery has been constructed by researchers from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw. The core element providing the new power source
London (UPI) Mar 13, 2013 - British preservationists say they have won a key legal battle in the effort to fight the placement of onshore wind farms near historic sites.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UPI) Mar 13, 2013 - The launch of a controversial $7.5 billion natural gas pipeline from Iran to energy-starved Pakistan, despite U.S. efforts to torpedo the project, could have a significant geopolitical effect in Asia and put U.S. policy to the test.
