Beijing (AFP) May 09, 2006 - Construction of China's Three Gorges Dam, set to become the world's largest hydroelectric power project, will be completed nine months ahead of schedule on May 20, state media reported Monday.
Tokyo (AFP) May 05, 2006 - A Japanese consortium hopes to capture carbon dioxide emissions at an Australian power plant by 2009 in a world first that would be a major step towards battling greenhouse gases responsible for global warming, a report said Thursday.
Geneva (AFP) May 05, 2006 - Some 282,000 lives could be saved every year mainly in Africa and Asia through a concerted drive to replace solid fuels such as coal or wood in household cooking, the World Health Organisation said Thursday.
New York (AFP) May 02, 2006 - World oil prices approached 74 dollars a barrel Monday as Bolivia's announcement that it is nationalising its energy industry added to jitters over Iran's nuclear drive, traders said. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in June, surged 1.82 dollars to close at 73.70 dollars a barrel.
Kirtland AFB NM (SPX) May 02, 2006 - By the summer of 2007, a team of eight personnel serving at the Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., believe their experiment consisting of three flywheels, spinning between 16,000 and 40,000 revolutions per minute, will demonstrate the innovative technology of combined attitude control and energy storage on a satellite.
United Nations (AFP) May 02, 2006 - Delegates from around the world kicked off a 12-day meeting here Monday to assess long-term energy solutions to spur global economic growth while reducing air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions blamed for climate change.
Lagos (AFP) Apr 26, 2006 - Chinese President Hu Jintao will arrive in Nigeria on Wednesday to forge closer ties with a key partner in China's campaign to secure enough oil to meet its economy's surging energy demands.
Oxford UK (SPX) Apr 26, 2006 - A team of researchers at the University of Oxford have developed an enzyme based biological fuel cell that takes oxygen and hydrogen from an atmosphere to power electrical devices. The enzymes used are isolated from naturally occurring bacteria that have evolved to use hydrogen in their metabolic process.
London (AFP) Apr 25, 2006 - Renewable energy sources are back in favour due to the recent surge in world oil prices but they still have a long way to go to capture a major share of the energy production market.
Moscow (AFP) Apr 25, 2006 - Preparations have begun west of Lake Baikal on the construction of a pipeline to carry oil from Siberia to the Pacific, a senior local official said Monday. At the same time another official warned that increased Russian oil supplies to Asia after the construction of the pipeline would mean less oil for Europe.
Washington (AFP) Apr 25, 2006 - The World Bank on Sunday unveiled a new project to promote the use of clean energy in developing countries, where it said 10 to 40 billion dollars a year would be needed to cover the costs of adapting to projected climate change.
Washington (AFP) Apr 24, 2006 - The World Bank on Sunday unveiled a new project to promote the use of clean energy in developing countries, as weekend meetings of global finance leaders wound down here.
Yichang, China (AFP) Apr 18, 2006 - Thirteen years after construction began on the controversial Three Gorges Dam on China's biggest river, work on the project often compared to the Great Wall in its scale is nearly complete.
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 17, 2006 - As the United States' oil reserves dwindle, some say the nation will have to rely on synthetic petroleum fuel made from its large stores of coal.
United Nations (UPI) Apr 12, 2006 - A senior U.N. official says the latest study on sustainable development shows global energy consumption is growing at a slower rate than the increase in world industrial and economic activity, particularly in the use of electricity.
Auburn Hills (AFP) Apr 10, 2006 - The first fuel-cell powered police car was delivered Friday by DaimlerChrysler, offering a boost to the emerging technology being developed by several automakers. The car will serve in the Wayne State University Police Department as a prototype that could aid in research for fuel cell technology.
