Duke Energy To Sell Renewable Energy Assets For $2.8 Billion
Wildfires in Canada have caused…
India, with its vast renewable…
Russia and Iran have recently…
Russia, blindsided by the March 2003 U.S.-led invasion, is seeking to revive previous Iraqi opportunities. Excluded from Iraq by the U.S.-led March 2003 invasion, Russia’s Lukoil is planning to invest…
The Offshore Wind China 2011 Conference and Exhibition is scheduled to be held at Shanghai New International Expo Centre on 15-17 June. The event is Asia's largest renewable wind-power event.…
Lithuanian Energy Minister Arvydas Sekmokas disclosed on 14 June that he had held talks with a U.S. company about beginning shale natural gas production in the energy-poor Baltic state. Citing…
Resource-poor India proposes to increase its nuclear electrical power capacity to 63,000 megawatts by 2032. In the wake of Japan’s March Fukushima catastrophe New Delhi is reviewing its plans. Across…
One of the most contentious issues since the 1991 implosion of the USSR and the end of the Kremlin’s protectorate over Eastern Europe has been the fate of aging Soviet-era…
Washington currently provides approximately $5 billion worth of annual tax credits to U.S. farmers growing crops for ethanol production. The question of ending the subsidies is fracturing the Republican leadership…
Massive potential natural gas fields off the Gaza Strip in the Mediterranean are complicating Israeli and Palestinian peace negotiations. Earlier this week Israel's Ministry of National Infrastructure authorized Noble Energy,…
Biofuels have been heavily promoted in the hydrocarbon-poor third world as both a fuel source and a valuable earner of foreign currency. Now however, The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe is…
The slow-motion Japanese Fukushima reactor debacle has sent ripples worldwide, with Germany, Switzerland and Italy all now deciding to exit nuclear power. The downturn in European interest in nuclear energy…
The U.S. Defense Department is the U.S. government’s largest energy consumer, using 300,000 barrels of oil (bpd) per day. Seeking changes in how it procures its energy supplies, the Pentagon…
China and Rosneft are disputing the price that the Russian company is to provide oil through its Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean (ESPO) pipeline, but Rosneft remains optimistic that the issue will…
Taiwan’s government intends to press forward with constructing the island’s fourth nuclear power station, despite political and environmental opposition. The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is leading political opposition to the…
On 3 June, after meeting with the premiers of German states, German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced that Germany's abandonment of civilian nuclear power will be a phased process, ending in…
Western interest on Africa’s energy reserves is intensifying. Houston’s Anadarko oil and gas company has proposed to Mozambique’s government establishing a Liquefied Natural Gas facility capable of producing a billion…
Romania’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Business Environment (MECMA) has posted its 2011-2035 energy strategy online for discussion. The document is intended to open discussion about Romania’s energy policies for…