Tripoli, Libya (UPI) Jan 3, 2013 - Amid the political upheaval of the dictator-toppling uprisings across the Arab world over the last two years, North African states are driving to open their energy sectors to foreign investment and boost oil and natural gas production.
Beirut, Lebanon (UPI) Jan 2, 2013 - As many as 40 international oil companies are expected to bid for offshore natural gas exploration blocks in Lebanon's sector of the eastern Mediterranean that lies north of major deep-water gas fields in Israeli waters.
Los Angeles (AFP) Jan 2, 2013 - A six-member salvage team was lowered Wednesday onto an oil rig that ran aground in Alaska to assess options as the US Coast Guard vowed to prevent any ecological threat, officials said.
London, UK (SPX) Jan 01, 2013 - In the first part of this series Chris Martenson spoke about: Why we shouldn't be speaking about Energy Independence, why we could see $200 a barrel oil in the near future, why peak oil is not a def
Detroit MI (SPX) Jan 01, 2013 - DTE Energy has announced the completion of construction and the start of full commercial operation of the Thumb Wind Park in Huron and Sanilac counties. The Thumb Wind Park is a 110-megawatt (MW) pr
Juno Beach FL (SPX) Jan 01, 2013 - NextEra Energy Resources has celebrated the commissioning of its 10,000th megawatt (MW) of wind energy. NextEra Energy Resources achieved this significant milestone when it commissioned its 10,000th
Richmond VA (SPX) Dec 31, 2012 - Dominion has announced that it would grow its clean energy portfolio by developing a fuel cell power generating facility in Bridgeport, Conn. Dominion acquired this development from FuelCell Energy
London, UK (SPX) Dec 31, 2012 - We are in the midst of an amazing energy boom, but by sweeping the idea of peak oil under the rug we are ignoring a significant fact: the relationship between hydrocarbon reserves and flow rates are
Minneapolis, MN (SPX) Dec 31, 2012 - With the recent completion of turbine erection for the EDF Renewable Energy-owned, Bobcat Bluff Wind Project, Mortenson Construction's Renewable Energy Group completed a record breaking year.
Phnom Penh (AFP) Dec 28, 2012 - Cambodia on Friday gave the green light to construction of its first oil refinery, a multi-billion-dollar Chinese-backed project, as the kingdom looks to tap its untouched offshore reserves.
Kansas City, Mo. (UPI) Dec 28, 2012 - The companies building the largest wind farm in Kansas, with 274 wind turbines, say the array is set to begin producing power.
Taipei (AFP) Dec 28, 2012 - Taiwan plans to start exploring for oil and gas in the South China Sea from next year, an official and local media said Friday, in a development that could increase tensions in the contested waters.
London (UPI) Dec 27, 2012 - The last wind turbine has been installed in one of the world's largest offshore wind farms located in Britain's Thames Estuary, officials said.
Berkeley CA (SPX) Dec 26, 2012 - Galactan is a polymer of galactose, a six-carbon sugar that can be readily fermented by yeast into ethanol and is a target of interest for researchers in advanced biofuels produced from cellulosic b
Paris (AFP) Dec 26, 2012 - The head of the French electricity company EDF, Henri Proglio, is the target of a probe by France's General Finance Inspection service after he signed off on a proposed plan between EDF and the Chinese company CGNPC, a source close to the matter said Wednesday.
Arbil, Iraq (AFP) Dec 26, 2012 - Oil exports from Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region via the federal government have been slashed in the latest chapter of a long-running payments row, a spokesman said on Wednesday.
