Oslo (AFP) Sept 8, 2009 - The world's first floating full-scale offshore wind turbine has been inaugurated in the North Sea off the coast of Norway, Norwegian energy giant StatoilHydro said Tuesday.
Ottawa (AFP) Sept 20, 2012 - The world's first flight powered entirely by bio jet fuel will take off next month from Ottawa, the fuel makers announced Thursday.
Oslo (AFP) Sept 5, 2018 - Companies should be doing more to protect the world's oceans, including combatting plastic waste pollution, Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the world's biggest, said on Wednesday.
Paris (AFP) Sept 8, 2023 - A world facing catastrophic climate change is perilously off course in meeting goals for slashing carbon pollution and boosting finance for the developing world, according to the UN's first official progress report out Friday.
New York (AFP) Sept 24, 2007 - The world's corporate giants are increasingly focused on climate change and many see it as an opportunity for profit but US firms tend to view it as a risk to their bottom line, a new study has said.
Washington (AFP) Sept 19, 2024 - The World Bank announced Thursday that it delivered a record $42.6 billion in climate change financing in the last financial year, up 10 percent from a year earlier.
Frankfurt, Germany (AFP) Sept 11, 2023 - Construction work has started on the long-delayed 700-kilometre (430-mile) power line that will transfer wind-generated electricity from northern to southern Germany, the economy ministry said Monday, pushed by an energy crisis.
Pellworm, Germany (AFP) Sept 10, 2013 - The clock may tick a little slower on the remote, windswept German island of Pellworm, but when it comes to renewable energy, it has long been ahead of its time.
Paris (AFP) Sept 16, 2024 - Dominated by China, orders for wind turbines increased 23 percent worldwide in the first half of the year, with investment reaching $42 billion, an energy research firm said on Monday.
Madrid (AFP) Sept 29, 2022 - Wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa said Thursday it plans to slash 2,900 jobs worldwide, or about 11 percent of its total workforce, as part the company's efforts to boost its profitability.
Copenhagen (AFP) Sept 23, 2025 - Shares in Danish wind giant Orsted bounced Tuesday after a US court allowed it to resume work on a project that had been blocked by officials.
Chicago (AFP) Sept 10, 2009 - China could meet all of its future electricity needs with wind power if the government continues to subsidize the development of wind farms with price guarantees, a study published Thursday has found.
Cairo (AFP) Sept 9, 2020 - Sudan's government and rebel forces have agreed a landmark deal aimed at ending decades of war in which hundreds of thousands of people have been killed.
By Nick Cunningham of Oilprice.com - Washington DC (SPX) Sep 18, 2014 A recent report from Greenpeace found that China's coal consumption declined in the first half of this year and new Chinese government data suggests that the countr
Paris (AFP) Sept 28, 2022 - Many have blamed sabotage for three leaks that appeared Monday in Nord Stream gas pipelines from Russia to Germany, with experts saying various armed forces in the region are capable of such an operation.
Washington (AFP) Sept 23, 2022 - The White House on Friday rebuked the head of the World Bank David Malpass, who is battling charges of climate denial for dodging questions on the role of man-made emissions in global warming.
