Washington DC (SPX) Dec 19, 2011 - To reduce the risk of another accident as catastrophic as the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill, a new report from the National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council says, com
Washington (AFP) Dec 19, 2011 - Japan's foreign minister said Monday that his country would not stop imports of Iranian oil, striking a rare note of divergence with the United States during a visit to Washington.
Castle Douglas, UK (SPX) Dec 19, 2011 - In the last six months more than twenty wind farms in the UK have moved to leading renewable energy consultancy group, Natural Power, to provide their wind farm production forecasting service, ForeS
Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Dec 18, 2011 - Brazil's environmental authorities said they have discovered a 10,000 liter leak at an oil platform in the pristine Bay of Ilha Grande, the second such mishap to threaten this country's shorelines in recent weeks.
Beit Guvrin, Israel (AFP) Dec 18, 2011 - Among the serene vineyards and pine treesof Israel's wine-growing heartland, a towering drill is boring 600 metres (2,000 feet) underground, dredging up black rocks that smell like petrol.
Washington (AFP) Dec 18, 2011 - The United States, its European allies and key Arab states are intensifying talks on how to maintain stability in the global energy markets in case of a formal embargo on Iran's oil exports and its central bank, The Wall Street Journal reported late Sunday.
Tripoli (AFP) Dec 17, 2011 - US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said on Saturday that Tripoli could become an important security partner of Washington as he visited Libya for talks with new regime officials.
Durham NC (SPX) Dec 16, 2011 - A repository developed by Duke University engineers that they call a materials genome will allow scientists to stop using trail-and-error methods for combining electricity-producing materials call
New Delhi (UPI) Dec 16, 2011 - India says it is seeking a greater share of Russia's Siberian energy resources during meetings between the two countries' leaders in Moscow.
Baku, Azerbaijan (UPI) Dec 16, 2011 - Iran says it's discovered a big energy resource field, said to hold 50 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, in the disputed Caspian Sea but efforts to exploit it are likely to be undercut by international sanctions that will block needed foreign investment for its energy industry.
Livermore, CA (SPX) Dec 16, 2011 - As the percentage of wind energy contributing to the power grid continues to increase, the variable nature of wind can make it difficult to keep the generation and the load balanced. But recent work
Mexico City (UPI) Dec 16, 2011 - Mexico faces a contentious natural gas bonanza as it weighs options for developing vast reserves of shale gas amid fears of huge environmental costs.
Quebec City, Quebec (UPI) Dec 16, 2011 - Quebec has adopted a cap-and-trade program aimed at cutting carbon emissions.
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 15, 2011 - Campbell Scientific (CSI), with more than 35 years of world-class measurement equipment experience, has announced the selection of wind lidar system ZephIR 300 as the company's remote sensing soluti
Baghdad (AFP) Dec 15, 2011 - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told AFP on Thursday that oil giant ExxonMobil has promised to reconsider an exploration deal with Iraqi Kurdistan that Baghdad has strongly opposed.
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 15, 2011 - Renewable energy projects such as solar and wind farms have been pumping increasingly more electricity into the grid. For example, data from the U.S. Energy Information Agency show that the output o
