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World nations failing the poorest on energy goals: study
May 22, 2019 (AFP)
Furthermore, efforts to cut pollution from cooking food and promote renewable power for heat and transportation are likewise far behind the goals that world nat...
Czech power group CEZ ups profit, sales on higher output
May 14, 2019 (AFP)
Net profits rose by 14 percent against a year ago to 8.3 billion koruna (322 million euros, $362 million) and sales jumped by 12 percent to 51.8 billion koruna,...
'Step-change' in energy investment needed to meet climate goals: IEA
May 13, 2019 (AFP)
For that to happen, however, trend lines on both fronts moved in the wrong direction last year, the agency reported in its 4th annual World Energy Investment ov...
Adding satnav to turn power grids into smart systems
May 07, 2019 (ESA)
Four years ago an apparent fire from nowhere forced the evacuation of 5 000 people from central London. Thick black smoke and choking fumes emerged from manhole...
Siemens inches forward in race to revamp Iraq's grid
Apr 30, 2019 (AFP)
Chief executive Joe Kaeser and Iraq's electricity minister Luay al-Khateeb "signed an implementation agreement to kick off the actual execution of the roadmap" ...
US charges Chinese engineer with stealing GE technology
Apr 23, 2019 (AFP)
It was a "textbook example of the Chinese government's strategy to rob American companies of their intellectual property," John Demers, head of the Justice Depa...
New York mayor targets classic skyscrapers with Green New Deal
Apr 22, 2019 (AFP)
"We're going to ban the classic glass and steel skyscrapers, which are incredibly inefficient," he told MSNBC television. The New York version of the "Green New...
Lights out around the globe for Earth Hour environmental campaign
Mar 30, 2019 (AFP)
The 13th edition of Earth Hour, organised by green group WWF, saw millions of people across 180 countries turn off their lights at 8:30 pm to highlight energy u...
Iraq needs three years on Iran power: parliament speaker
Mar 29, 2019 (AFP)
President Donald Trump's administration has sought to cut off all exports from Iran but has twice granted three-month exemptions to Iraq, mindful of chronic bla...
2018 spike in energy demand spells climate trouble: IEA
Mar 26, 2019 (AFP)
Fossil fuels satisfied nearly 70 percent of that growth for the second year running, with natural gas accounting for 45 percent of the rise in energy consumptio...
Forget about coal - broadband is the best bet for rural America
Mar 22, 2019 (SPX)
In the March 12 piece, Palk, who is Senior Energy Industry Advisor for the national law firm and former CEO of the East Kentucky Power Cooperative, notes that m...
CO2 emissions in developed economies fall due to decreasing fossil fuel and energy use
Feb 27, 2019 (SPX)
The study suggests that policies supporting renewable energy and energy efficiency are helping to reduce emissions in 18 developed economies. The group of count...
S.Africa imposes severe power cuts ahead of election
Feb 11, 2019 (AFP)
The debt-laden state power utility Eskom is at the centre of the country's economic troubles and has been hit by allegations of government graft. Ramaphosa who ...
To conserve energy, AI clears up cloudy forecasts
Feb 07, 2019 (SPX)
But when the forecast is imperfect - as it often is - buildings can end up wasting energy, just as we may find ourselves wet, cold or burdened with extra layers...
Keeping the lights on during extreme cold snaps takes investments and upgrades
Feb 01, 2019 (SPX)
As a power system researcher, I believe utilities need to get better at withstanding disasters and the disruption they cause. Investing more heavily is key, esp...
US charges Chinese national for stealing energy company secrets
Dec 21, 2018 (AFP)
Tan Hongjin, 35, was arrested on Thursday in Oklahoma where he lived as a permanent resident. The Justice Department said he stole trade secrets "related to a p...
Making the world hotter: India's expected AC explosion
Dec 04, 2018 (AFP)
With India's AC market expected to explode from 30 million to a billion units by 2050, the world's second-most populous country could become the planet's top us...
EU court backs Dyson on vacuum cleaner energy tests
Nov 08, 2018 (AFP)
Household vacuums sold in Europe must carry energy labelling to allow consumers to judge which models are more efficient and thus cheaper to run and less damagi...
Mining bitcoin uses more energy than Denmark: study
Nov 05, 2018 (AFP)
There are now hundreds of virtual currencies and an unknown number of server farms around the world running around the clock to unearth them, more than half of ...
Spain's Ibedrola sells hydro, gas-powered assets in U.K. for $929M
Oct 16, 2018 (UPI)
Iberdrola's President Ignacio Galan said the company's energy production in the U.K. -- where it owns the unit Scottish Power-- is now completely emission free....
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