Harare (AFP) Dec 20, 2012 - Zimbabwe signed a $400 million deal with China's state-owned SinoHydro on Thursday to increase electricity production and ease daily blackouts.
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 19, 2012 - As part of President Obama's all-of-the-above energy strategy to continue to expand safe and responsible domestic energy production, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has announced that onshore
London (AFP) Dec 19, 2012 - British oil giant BP said on Wednesday that it had agreed to sell its stake in China's Yacheng gas field to the state-owned Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (KUFPEC) as part of a divestment programme.
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (UPI) Dec 19, 2012 - The future of deep-sea mineral mining off the coast of Papua New Guinea faces uncertainty.
Berlin (AFP) Dec 19, 2012 - Germany's exit from nuclear power to renewable energy usage is on the right track despite nagging concerns over supply and the cost to consumers, the government said Wednesday as it announced more investment.
Berkeley CA (SPX) Dec 19, 2012 - The insurance industry, the world's largest business with $4.6 trillion in revenues, is making larger efforts to manage climate change-related risks, according to a new study published in the journa
Paris, France (SPX) Dec 19, 2012 - AREVA and STX France have announced a cooperation agreement with a view to optimizing foundations for offshore wind turbines. AREVA will bring its expertise in design and production of wind tu
Paris, France (SPX) Dec 19, 2012 - EurObserv'ER has calculated the share of renewable energy in gross final energy consumption for the 27 European Union Member States (EU-27). For the year 2011 this share was estimated at 13.4%. This
Brisbane, Australia (UPI) Dec 18, 2012 - Australia's first carbon capture plant has entered the demonstration phase.
Paris (AFP) Dec 18, 2012 - Coal is set to surpass oil as the world's top fuel within a decade, driven by growth in emerging market giants China and India, with even Europe finding it hard to cut use despite pollution concerns, according to a report published Tuesday.
Brussels (AFP) Dec 18, 2012 - The European Commission announced Tuesday that it was putting 1.2 billion euros ($1.56 billion) into renewable energy demonstration projects but had found no carbon capture ventures to back.
Manchester UK (SPX) Dec 18, 2012 - Writing in PNAS, the researchers have shown that the emerging field of synthetic biology can be used to manipulate hydrocarbon chemicals, found in soaps and shampoos, in cells. This developmen
Champaign IL (SPX) Dec 18, 2012 - Sulfur compounds in petroleum fuels have met their nano-structured match. University of Illinois researchers developed mats of metal oxide nanofibers that scrub sulfur from petroleum-based fuels muc
London (AFP) Dec 18, 2012 - Oil prices rallied on Tuesday as hopes grew of a US deal to avert a fiscal cliff of tax hikes and spending cuts in the United States - the world's biggest consumer of crude - analysts said.
Washington (AFP) Dec 18, 2012 - The United States on Tuesday confirmed anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on large wind towers imported from China and Vietnam.
Washington (UPI) Dec 18, 2012 - An environmental group has sued to halt the U.S. administration's plan to auction offshore oil and gas drilling leases, the first since the 2010 Gulf oil spill.
