Brasilia, Brazil (UPI) Feb 13, 2015 - A team is surveying conditions on a production platform off the Brazilian coast after five workers died as a result of an explosion, BW Offshore said Friday.
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Feb 13, 2015 - The announcement from the ACT Government that three new wind farms will be built thanks to its wind energy reverse auction was a bright spot for the large-scale renewable energy sector following a y
New York (UPI) Feb 13, 2015 - Positive news about economic growth in Europe helped extend a rally for crude oil prices, with Brent trading up more than 3 percent in early Friday trading.
Washington (UPI) Feb 13, 2015 - The U.S. Interior Department said it's closer to opening the Chukchi Sea off the Alaskan coast to energy explorers after a lengthy court battle.
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Feb 13, 2015 - The National Health and Medical Research Council's (NHMRC's) report on wind farms and health, released today, found no link between wind turbines and health impacts, the clean energy industry peak b
Oslo, Norway (UPI) Feb 13, 2015 - The Norwegian government said Friday it received development and operational plans for the Johan Sverdrup field, among the largest in national waters.
Houston (UPI) Feb 13, 2015 - Though oil prices are moving to fresh highs, quarterly reports for offshore and U.S. shale companies show the industry behind market swings is slowing down.
Cologne, Germany (SPX) Feb 13, 2015 - TUV Rheinland provided American investor Centerbridge Partners LP important consultancy support and technical due diligence prior to its purchase of German wind-energy facilities manufacturer Senvio
Washington (UPI) Feb 13, 2015 - Despite its vast oil wealth, the World Bank said it expects the economy of the semiautonomous Kurdish region of Iraq to shrink because of regional crises.
Edmonton, Alberta (UPI) Feb 12, 2015 - The White House should give the bilateral energy partnership strong consideration when mulling its next steps on Keystone XL, Alberta's premier said.
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 12, 2015 - Scientists are using biology to improve the properties of lithium ion batteries. Researchers at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) have isolated a peptide, a type of biological mole
Burlington, Vermont (SPX) Feb 12, 2015 - New research shows that climate change mitigation efforts in Brazil's steel industry have failed. Instead of reducing greenhouse gas pollution, scientists discovered that programs under an internati
Athens GA (SPX) Feb 12, 2015 - Artists, print designers and interior decorators have long had access to a broad palette of paint and ink colors for their work. Now, researchers have created a broad color palette of electrochromic
Anchorage, Alaska (UPI) Feb 12, 2015 - Exxon Mobil said it submitted a draft environmental report to federal regulators for a $500 million liquefied natural gas project in Alaska.
Moscow (UPI) Feb 12, 2015 - With a $17.5 billion agreement from the International Monetary Fund in hand, Russian gas company Gazprom said Thursday it was time Ukraine settled its debt.
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Feb 12, 2015 - Scientists from the UC3M Powder Technology Group (initialled GTP in Spanish) have carried out this research using a scanning electron microscope to obtain high-resolution images (around 10 nanometer
