Rome (AFP) Oct 25, 2022 - A state-appointed commissioner gave the green light Tuesday to a contested new liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal considered crucial to Italy's plan to wean itself off Russian gas.
Baghdad (AFP) Oct 24, 2022 - Iraqi security forces on Monday arrested a businessman allegedly attempting to flee the country after being implicated in the theft of $2.5 billion from tax authorities, the interior ministry said.
Paris (AFP) Oct 21, 2022 - Paris climate activists have found a new way to get across their message against energy waste in the City of Light - switching off store signs and advertising screens that are kept on all night even though the government has urged people to cut back electricity use.
Paris (AFP) Oct 21, 2022 - Numerous posts on social media blame climate-change policies for the surge in energy prices. AFP Fact Check asked experts whether the claim stands up.
Boston MA (SPX) Oct 20, 2022 - In the past several years, hydrogen energy has increasingly become a more central aspect of the clean energy transition. Hydrogen can produce clean, on-demand energy that could complement variable r
Boston MA (SPX) Oct 20, 2022 - A new startup, Quino Energy, aims to bring to market a grid-scale energy storage solution developed by Harvard researchers to facilitate more widespread adoption of renewable energy sources. About 1
Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Oct 20, 2022 - Physicist Stefano Munaretto of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has received leadership roles in two DOE three-year awards. Both are designed to impro
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 19, 2022 - Fusion power generation uses the energy generated by fusion reactions in high-temperature plasma. To achieve this, it is necessary to precisely measure the fast-changing high-temperature plasma to u
The Hague (AFP) Oct 19, 2022 - The Netherlands will withdraw from a recently renegotiated 52-nation deal on fossil fuels because of climate change concerns, the environment and energy ministry said on Wednesday.
Paris (AFP) Oct 19, 2022 - Global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion are expected to grow just one percent this year despite concerns that the energy crisis could lead countries to slow their transition to renewables, the International Energy Agency said Wednesday.
Madrid (AFP) Oct 19, 2022 - The EU's proposals to rein in soaring energy prices are too timid and could lead to a breakdown in confidence in European institutions, Spain's Energy Minister Teresa Ribera said Wednesday during an interview with AFP on the eve of an EU leaders summit.
Washington (AFP) Oct 18, 2022 - The US Interior Department announced plans on Tuesday to offer leases for the first offshore wind energy platforms in the Pacific Ocean.
Canberra (AFP) Oct 18, 2022 - Australia touted a world-first project Tuesday that could help make the country a renewable energy superpower by shifting huge volumes of solar electricity under the sea to Singapore.
Paramaribo, Suriname (AFP) Oct 17, 2022 - Emerging as potential oil powers while the world seeks to wean itself off planet-warming fossil fuels, poverty-stricken South American neighbors Guyana and Suriname say they have to cash in while they can.
Saint-Louis, Senegal (AFP) Oct 17, 2022 - The new offshore gas terminal appears through the morning mist cloaking the Atlantic Ocean near Saint Louis, where Senegal meets Mauritania.
Abuja (AFP) Oct 17, 2022 - Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG), a major liquified natural-gas company that exports internationally, on Monday declared force majeure due to flooding in the country, a spokesperson told AFP.
