Paris (AFP) Sept 14, 2012 - President Francois Hollande Friday pledged to close France's oldest operational nuclear plant in 2016 and rejected seven proposals for shale gas exploration on health and environment concerns.
Luanda, Angola (UPI) Sep 14, 2012 - Angola is driving to become Africa's leading oil producer and that's expected to gain momentum after its president since 1979, the autocratic onetime jungle fighter Jose Eduardo dos Santos, won another five years in office.
Rochester NY (SPX) Sep 14, 2012 - Researchers from the University of Rochester and Texas A and M University have found that, over a period of five months following the disastrous 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill, natur
Strasbourg, France (UPI) Sep 14, 2012 - The European Parliament has approved stringent new rules for sulfur content in marine fuels as well as a new EU energy efficiency directive.
Sofia (AFP) Sept 13, 2012 - Bulgaria threatened on Thursday to harden its stance over Russia's South Stream gas pipeline, after Moscow filed a massive compensation claim against Sofia over a dropped nuclear plant deal.
Baghdad (AFP) Sept 13, 2012 - The Iraqi government and Kurdistan struck a preliminary deal on Thursday on a months-long oil dispute that will see the autonomous region export 200,000 barrels of oil per day, officials said.
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 13, 2012 - Airborne wind energy-an emerging approach to harnessing high-altitude winds-could scale up fairly quickly if given significant government support for research and development, according to a survey
Beirut, Lebanon (UPI) Sep 13, 2012 - Lebanon's dysfunctional, crisis-ridden government is reported to be close to appointing a panel to oversee exploration of potential rich natural gas fields offshore that could be the salvation of a country hovering on the brink of a new sectarian explosion.
Munich, Germany (SPX) Sep 13, 2012 - Wind power is one of the most important forms of renewable energy. In order to exploit inland wind as effectively as possible, turbines must be optimally positioned and dimensioned. A 200-meter high
Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Sep 13, 2012 - In the search for alternative energy, scientists have focused on the sun and the wind. There is also tremendous potential in harnessing the power of the ocean's waves, but marine energy presents spe
Stanford, Calif. (UPI) Sep 13, 2012 - Wind power can play a greater role than currently supported in meeting most or bulk of global energy demand, a report from Stanford and Delaware universities says.
Toronto, Canada (SPX) Sep 13, 2012 - An international team led by University of Toronto physicists has developed a simple new technique using Scotch poster tape that has enabled them to induce high-temperature superconductivity in a se
Livermore CA (SPX) Sep 13, 2012 - Though there is enough power in the earth's winds to be a primary source of near-zero emission electric power for the world, large-scale high altitude wind power generation is unlikely to substantia
Stanford CA (SPX) Sep 13, 2012 - In 2030, if all energy is converted to clean energy, humans will consume about eleven-and-a-half terawatts of power every year, all sources combined. If there is to be a clean-energy economy based o
Paris (AFP) Sept 12, 2012 - France said Wednesday it would reconsider its plans to further develop the use of biofuel, once seen as a potential source of cheap alternative energy but now blamed for soaring food prices.
Manila (AFP) Sept 12, 2012 - President Benigno Aquino said Wednesday that the Philippines had officially named South China Sea waters off the country's west coast the West Philippine Sea, in a move that could further raise tensions with China.
