New Delhi (AFP) Jan 17, 2012 - Energy-hungry India said Tuesday it was continuing to buy oil from Iran, despite an intensifying US campaign to smother Tehran's vital oil exports until it abandons its nuclear programme.
Tehran (AFP) Jan 17, 2012 - Iran warned Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to rethink an offer to make up for oil lost to world markets as a result of threatened curbs on its exports as diplomats said an EU embargo may be in force by July.
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 17, 2012 - Quake-hit Japanese electricity utility TEPCO on Tuesday announced its first price rise in more than 30 years, putting up industrial tariffs by 18 percent in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
Nemuro, Japan (UPI) Jan 17, 2012 - An inspection of the Kuril Islands by Japan's foreign minister over the weekend brought a pensive reaction from Russia, which claims the disputed lands.
Karlsruhe, Germany (SPX) Jan 17, 2012 - For the first time, a superconducting current limiter based on YBCO strip conductors has now been installed at a power plant. At the Boxberg power plant of Vattenfall, the current limiter protects t
Abu Dhabi (AFP) Jan 17, 2012 - A global economic slowdown and the eurozone debt crisis have curbed government investment in renewable energy, experts warned Tuesday.
Seoul (AFP) Jan 17, 2012 - A senior US official urged South Korea Tuesday to reduce purchases of crude oil from Iran in line with a US-led drive to sanction Tehran for its suspected nuclear weapons programme.
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UPI) Jan 16, 2012 - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao called for concerted efforts among countries to secure the world's energy supply.
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 16, 2012 - Japan said Monday it would give names to 39 uninhabited islands, including some near those at the centre of a dispute with China, in a bid to bolster its territorial claim to the region.
Houston TX (SPX) Jan 16, 2012 - New evidence this week supports a theory developed five years ago at Rice University to explain the electrical properties of several classes of materials - including unconventional superconductors -
Riyadh (AFP) Jan 16, 2012 - Saudi Arabia is ready to make up for any shortfall in Iran's oil exports under new Western sanctions over the Islamic republic's nuclear programme, the kingdom's oil minister said.
Madrid (AFP) Jan 16, 2012 - Spain's Gamesa, one of the world's top wind turbine groups, has won a contract to supply Chinese firm Longyuan with 50 Megawatts of power generating capacity, the company said Monday.
Washington (UPI) Jan 16, 2012 - Raw algae can be converted into a crude oil that can be processed at existing petroleum refineries before distribution as a substitute for gasoline and other processed fuels, new research has found.
Tehran (AFP) Jan 15, 2012 - Iran has warned its Gulf neighbours to not make up for any shortfall in its oil exports under new Western sanctions, its OPEC representative said in comments published on Sunday.
Washington (AFP) Jan 15, 2012 - After a series of bitter political fights, the US Congress allowed a subsidy for ethanol fuel to expire at the end of 2011, ending a program harshly criticized by environmentalists and others.
Sofia (AFP) Jan 14, 2012 - Several thousand Bulgarians demonstrated across the country on Saturday against plans for shale gas exploration by US company Chevron that they say could harm the environment.
