Berlin (AFP) June 12, 2008 - German energy group RWE said Thursday that it would build a new generation coal power plant with a capacity of 800 megawatts in southern Poland.
Madrid (AFP) June 12, 2008 - Spanish electricity generator Iberdrola said on Thursday that it was abandoning any thought of bidding for British energy and nuclear group British Energy.
San Diego CA (SPX) Jun 12, 2008 - Using one of the world's most powerful sources of man-made radiation, physicists from UC San Diego, Columbia University and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have uncovered new secrets about the properties of graphene-a form of pure carbon that may one day replace the silicon in computers, televisions, mobile phones and other common electronic devices.
Miami (UPI) Jun 11, 2008 - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said the world's oil companies are behind the bad press regarding his country's ethanol sector, denying claims by some that the industry uses slave labor and is responsible for deforestation in the Amazon.
Washington (UPI) Jun 11, 2008 - As oil prices rise relentlessly to record-high levels, relations between the United States and Iran, OPEC's third-largest producer, continue to worsen. Further heightening investors' anxieties, speculation about a possible Israeli or U.S. attack to thwart Iran's nuclear ambitions continues to mount.
- Talks resumed between Chevron and Nigerian oil workers in hopes of averting a strike that would further cripple oil production in Africa's largest oil-producing country.
Beijing (AFP) June 11, 2008 - A key oil pipeline in China's quake-hit southwest resumed operations on Wednesday, a day after they were suspended by PetroChina as authorities drained a dangerous 'quake lake,' state media said.
Hong Kong (AFP) June 11, 2008 - PetroChina, China' largest oil and gas producer, said Wednesday it would raise 60 billion yuan in a corporate bond sale as it tries to overcome losses caused by fuel price controls.
Erbil, Iraq (UPI) Jun 10, 2008 - Iraq's Kurdish region has been collecting millions of dollars in signing bonuses for 19 oil deals inked with international oil companies but is waiting for a federal revenue-haring law before turning it over to Baghdad.
Shanghai (AFP) June 10, 2008 - The Chinese government defended itself against corporate criticism of oil price controls, saying they were good for the national economy, state media reported Tuesday.
Beijing (AFP) June 10, 2008 - Chinese investment in Australia could rise dramatically and perhaps triple this year, the Australian treasurer said Tuesday, as he promised a non-discriminatory approach to incoming funds.
Salt Lake City, UT (SPX) Jun 10, 2008 - New calculations show that the deadly Crandall Canyon mine collapse - which registered as a magnitude-3.9 earthquake - began near where miners were excavating coal and quickly grew to a 50-acre cave-in, University of Utah seismologists say in a report on the tragedy.
Stuttgart, Germany (SPX) Jun 10, 2008 - A broken cable or a soiled connector? If a machine in a factory goes on strike, it could be for any of a thousand reasons. Self-sufficient sensors that provide their own power supply will soon make these machines more robust.
Munich, Germany (SPX) Jun 10, 2008 - In future, an unmanned helicopter will search for people trapped in fallen buildings or investigate contaminated terrain. The mini-helicopter will be powered by a very light fuel cell that weighs only 30 grams and has an output of 12 watts.
Beijing (AFP) June 10, 2008 - The operation of a key oil pipeline in China's quake-hit Sichuan province was suspended Tuesday while authorities drained a dangerous 'quake lake' in the area, company officials said.
Baltimore, MD (SPX) Jun 10, 2008 - Johns Hopkins University researchers and colleagues in China have unlocked some of the secrets of newly discovered iron-based high-temperature superconductors, research that could result in the design of better superconductors for use in industry, medicine, transportation and energy generation.
