Yenagoa, Nigeria (AFP) Aug 16, 2012 - Shell said Thursday it had shut down an oil processing facility in southern Nigeria over a pump failure, but denied reports that a significant amount of oil had spilled in the area.
Dodoma, Tanzania (UPI) Aug 16, 2012 - Tanzania's government has made it a high priority to end electricity shortages in the capital Dar es Salaam.
Berkeley CA (SPX) Aug 16, 2012 - Facing looming policy uncertainty beyond 2012, the U.S. remained one of the fastest-growing wind power markets in the world in 2011-second only to China-according to a new report released by the U.S
Morgantown, W.Va. (UPI) Aug 15, 2012 - Water shortages due to ongoing drought affect the U.S. power supply as power plants become overheated and shut down or run at lower capacity, analysts say.
Cologne, France (SPX) Aug 15, 2012 - For the international competition GECCO 2012 Industrial Challenge computer scientists developed various methods to significantly improve the prediction of future power consumption based on smart m
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 15, 2012 - Japan arrested 14 people after pro-China activists landed Wednesday on an island at the centre of a bitter territorial row in an episode that threatens to further destabilise fractious ties.
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 15, 2012 - Japanese police on Wednesday arrested five men, a spokesman said, after pro-China activists landed on a disputed island in the East China Sea.
Karlsruhe, Germany (SPX) Aug 15, 2012 - Energy storage systems are one of the key technologies for the energy turnaround. With their help, the fluctuating supply of electricity based on photovoltaics and wind power can be stored until the
Corvallis OR (SPX) Aug 15, 2012 - Engineers at Oregon State University have made a breakthrough in the performance of microbial fuel cells that can produce electricity directly from wastewater, opening the door to a future in which
Urbana IL (SPX) Aug 15, 2012 - A new discovery should make the alternative fuel butanol more attractive to the biofuel industry. University of Illinois scientist Hao Feng has found a way around the bottleneck that has frustrated
Nairobi, Kenya (UPI) Aug 15, 2012 - The Rwandan government announced that geothermal energy drilling will begin there in December.
Caracas (AFP) Aug 15, 2012 - Venezuelan oil sales to China have jumped by 60 percent since the start of the year, the country's oil minister said in an interview published Wednesday.
Oldenburg, Germany (SPX) Aug 15, 2012 - Airfields for ultra-light aircraft are typically constructed on level ground - and so are wind farms. However, do wind power plantsgenerate turbulence that could endanger lightweight planes? A simul
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 15, 2012 - The newspaper-style printing of electronic equipment has led to a cost-effective device that could change the way we interact with everyday objects. For a price of just one penny per unit the device
Seoul (UPI) Aug 14, 2012 - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on South Korea and Japan to begin constructive talks to resolve their competing claims to the Dokdo Islands.
Philadelphia PA (SPX) Aug 14, 2012 - As the world's accessible oil reserves dwindle, natural gas has become an increasing important energy source. The primary component of natural gas is methane, which has the advantage of releasing le
