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Europe to take up climate investment mantle
Jan 24, 2017 (UPI)
European lenders will be among the world leaders in supporting efforts to address the impact of climate change in an era of naysayers, the EIB president said. T...
China energy firm expands in crisis-hit Brazil
Jan 24, 2017 (AFP)
China's State Grid signed a deal Tuesday to buy a majority stake in Brazil's electricity giant CPFL for $4.5 billion, offering a boost to a Latin American giant...
Australian energy group backs Li Ka-shing takeover
Jan 16, 2017 (AFP)
Li Ka-shing's Cheung Kong Infrastructure on Monday moved a step closer to a more than Aus$7 billion (US$5.2 billion) takeover of Australian energy group Duet af...
China to build $1.5 billion power line across Pakistan
Dec 30, 2016 (AFP)
China's State Grid Corporation is set to build a $1.5-billion power line across Pakistan to enable the transmission of 4,000 megawatts of electricity from the c...
MIT Energy Initiative report provides guidance for evolving electric power sector
Dec 21, 2016 (SPX)
Distributed energy resources - relatively small-scale power technologies such as solar, wind, energy storage, and power electronics and control devices - are be...
Toward energy solutions for northern regions
Dec 21, 2016 (SPX)
Emphasis should be on the energy needs of companies and communities rather than locally available resources. Furthermore, social acceptability and active involv...
Energy-hungry Asia slowing down, lender says
Dec 13, 2016 (UPI)
Growth for energy-hungry Asian economies is starting to level off as a slowdown in India drags on regional momentum, a regional lender said. The Asian Developme...
US push to low-carbon future 'unstoppable': Biden
Dec 09, 2016 (AFP)
The United States will stay on its current path toward a low-carbon economy after Donald Trump's inauguration, US Vice-President Joe Biden predicted Friday duri...
China's Shanghai Electric to invest $9bn in Pakistan upgrades
Dec 08, 2016 (AFP)
China's Shanghai Electric plans to spend $9 billion overhauling electricity infrastructure in Karachi, a minister told AFP, just months after the multinational ...
Aquila Capital to merge Norway's Smakraft and Norsk Gronnkraft
Dec 07, 2016 (SPX)
Aquila Capital has reinforced its commitment to Norway by planning to merge Smakraft and Norsk Gronnkraft (NGK), to create the leading operator in the country's...
Trump picks fossil fuel ally to head environment agency
Dec 07, 2016 (AFP)
President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to head the Environmental Protection Agency, transition officials told US media W...
EU executive to screen member state energy deals
Dec 07, 2016 (AFP)
EU member states agreed Wednesday to allow officials in Brussels to screen their oil and gas deals with Russia and other third countries in order to ensure secu...
Li Ka-shing's Cheung Kong targets Australia's Duet
Dec 05, 2016 (AFP)
Li Ka-shing's Cheung Kong Infrastructure on Monday offered Aus$7.3 billion (US$5.4 billion) for an Australian energy group, just months after his bid for the co...
China power plant collapse kills at least 22: Xinhua
Nov 24, 2016 (AFP)
At least 22 people were killed when part of a power station under construction in China collapsed Thursday, the official Xinhua news agency reported, the latest...
Climate: Four nations map course to carbon-free economies
Nov 18, 2016 (AFP)
When it comes to purging fossil fuels from the global economy by mid-century -- our only hope of staving off catastrophic climate change -- it turns out that yo...
Study: LED lights draw fewer insects
Nov 15, 2016 (UPI)
A porch light and a crack in the screen door can make for an itchy evening. Lights are known to attract insects; some harmless, like moths, others bothersome, l...
Shifting focus leaves mixed bag for German utility RWE
Nov 14, 2016 (UPI)
Despite an exposure to more volatile assets like fossil fuels, German energy company RWE said it was on solid footing for financial progress. The German energy ...
Deeper carbon cuts needed to avoid climate tragedy: UN
Nov 03, 2016 (AFP)
The world's nations must urgently ramp up commitments to cut planet-warming carbon emissions to avoid "human tragedy", the United Nations warned on Thursday. As...
New program makes energy-harvesting computers more reliable
Nov 01, 2016 (UPI)
Computers that harvest energy from radio waves, solar energy, heat and vibrations have tremendous technological potential. But such energy sources provide inter...
Australian consortium buys power grid after Chinese bid blocked
Oct 21, 2016 (AFP)
Half of Australia's largest electricity network has been sold to two local firms for Aus$16.189 billion (US$12.35 billion), after Canberra blocked a Chinese bid...
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