Paris (UPI) Jan 19, 2011 - Saudi Arabia, leader of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, is discreetly boosting oil production as prices nudge $100 a barrel, the International Energy Agency reports amid growing unrest triggered by mounting fuel and food prices in Arab states.
Seoul (AFP) Jan 19, 2011 - South Korea has ordered department stores, offices and hotels to turn down the heating, officials said Wednesday, amid fears of power blackouts because of a prolonged cold spell.
Washington (AFP) Jan 19, 2011 - Three separate bodies will now oversee offshore oil resources, once handled by an agency whose poor management was exposed after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, US officials announced Wednesday.
Abu Dhabi (AFP) Jan 18, 2011 - A joint venture between BP and Abu Dhabi's Masdar to build a $2.2 billion hydrogen power plant has been delayed as it still awaits government endorsement, a BP statement said Tuesday.
Tete, Mozambique (AFP) Jan 18, 2011 - Trucks queue day and night to cross the heavy bridge that spans the Zambezi river in northern Mozambique's Tete city, where coal is aplenty - but moving it out is a logistical nightmare.
Bern, Switzerland (UPI) Jan 18, 2011 - European Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger has urged Switzerland to join the EU electricity market in a bid to gain a compact consumer with large hydropower storage capabilities that could protect the European grid from outages.
Kirkuk, Iraq (AFP) Jan 18, 2011 - Iraq's northern Kirkuk province said it would stop supplying electricity to the national grid on Tuesday, in a bold move to force the central government's hand in a dispute over power rationing.
Dallas TX (SPX) Jan 18, 2011 - Wind and solar are clean renewable energy sources available across the globe. The business of generating electricity from wind and solar energy is growing and is poised for rapid expansion as the US
Lebanon NH (SPX) Jan 18, 2011 - Mascoma has announced that Valero Energy has invested in Mascoma. Further, Mascoma, Valero, and Mascoma's operating subsidiary, Frontier Renewable Resources LLC, jointly owned with natural resource
Evanston, Ill. (UPI) Jan 18, 2011 - U.S. researchers say they've found a material that can generate electricity from the waste heat of car exhaust systems or industrial processes and equipment.
Stanley, Falkland Islands (UPI) Jan 18, 2011 - New funds have gone into clearing mines planted on the Falkland Islands by Argentine forces during the 1982 conflict with Britain that cost more than 1,000 lives and left a legacy of deadly ordnance in some of the most popular pubic sights on the territories.
Chicago IL (SPX) Jan 18, 2011 - According to a new report by Fitch Ratings, despite several positive developments for the U.S. ethanol industry over the last few months, producers remain vulnerable to future legislative activity.
Brussels (AFP) Jan 18, 2011 - Renewable energies could furnish 99.5 percent of European Union electricity needs by 2050 if nuclear loses its priority access to distribution networks, Greenpeace said in a report released Tuesday.
Brussels (AFP) Jan 18, 2011 - Renewable energies could furnish 99.5 percent of European Union electricity needs by 2050 if nuclear loses its priority access to distribution networks, Greenpeace said in a report released Tuesday.
Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Jan 18, 2011 - CH4 Energy set the first bulk Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) storage tank on its permanent foundation this week, marking a significant milestone in the construction of the premier retail natural-gas fu
Caracas, Venezuela (UPI) Jan 18, 2011 - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said the country's hydrocarbon reserves surpass those of Saudi Arabia but left open the possibility of an early commercial exploitation of the resource.
