Cefn Coch, Wales (UPI) Aug 3, 2012 - The announcement this week of a route for power lines to connect Welsh wind farms to Britain's power grid have prompted strong protests from residents.
Erbil, Iraq (UPI) Aug 2, 2012 - The Iraqi government's oil dispute with the semiautonomous Kurdish enclave reached crisis point Tuesday after French oil giant Total signed an exploration deal with Kurdistan, an act of defiance that could affect Baghdad's ambitious plans to quadruple oil production.
Beijing (UPI) Aug 2, 2012 - India's massive blackout this week can offer lessons for China, says a Chinese state-run paper.
Arbil, Iraq (AFP) Aug 2, 2012 - Iraq's Kurdistan region said it will resume oil exports during the first week of August as a confidence-building measure, after stopping them for more than four months following a row with Baghdad.
Bochum, Germany (SPX) Aug 02, 2012 - RUB researchers develop an early warning system for vehicle batteries Battery management permanently checks the age, state of charge and operational reliability. A flat battery can turn an unsuspect
Buenos Aires (UPI) Aug 1, 2012 - Argentina is taking its offshore oil exploration program closer to the Falklands waters as part of its campaign to assert a sovereignty claim on the British overseas territory in the South Atlantic.
Beijing (UPI) Aug 1, 2012 - A pilot project in China to obtain oil from complex geological structures has been successful, the country's largest oil and gas producer says.
New Delhi (UPI) Aug 1, 2012 - The giant tanker Exxon Valdez, involved in one of the world's worst oil spills, can be dismantled at a ship-breaking yard in Gujarat, an Indian court has ruled.
Port Stanley, Falkland Islands (UPI) Aug 1, 2012 - Diplomatic tensions with Argentina over the Falklands are rubbing salt into the wounds of investors who poured millions into an offshore quest for oil and natural gas that remains disastrously futile.
Brisbane, Australia (UPI) Aug 1, 2012 - Paleontologists in Australia say important 130-million-year-old fossilized dinosaur footprints are threatened by plans to build a liquid natural gas refinery.
Baghdad (AFP) Aug 1, 2012 - Iraq's revenues from oil, which account for the lion's share of the country's income, were up by about $1 billion in July compared to the month before, an oil ministry spokesman said on Wednesday.
Scrabster, Scotland (UPI) Aug 1, 2012 - The turbulent waters of the Pentland Firth, home to some of the world's fastest tides, this week were designated a marine energy park by the British government.
London (AFP) July 31, 2012 - British energy giant BP said Tuesday that it plunged into a second-quarter net loss, hit by lower output, falling oil prices and a near $5.0-billion (4.1-billion-euro) writedown on the value of assets.
Paris (AFP) July 31, 2012 - French state-controlled energy giant EDF said Tuesday it posted a 4.6 percent rise in first-half net profit as higher hydroelectricity and renewables output compensated for nuclear outages.
Paris (AFP) July 31, 2012 - French energy giant Total said on Tuesday it has signed an oil exploration deal for areas in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq, putting it on a collision course with the central government in Baghdad.
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 31, 2012 - In a statement on the chances and limits of using bioenergy, the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina has come to the conclusion that in quantitative terms, bioenergy plays a minor role in
