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UNESCO urges Bangladesh to scrap Sundarbans plant
Oct 19, 2016 (AFP)
The United Nations has urged Bangladesh to halt construction of a huge coal-fired power plant near the Sundarbans, warning of a serious threat to the delicate e...
NREL releases new cost and performance data for electricity generation
Oct 14, 2016 (SPX)
The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has released the 2016 Annual Technology Baseline. In addition to updated data for utility-sc...
Strong at the coast, weak in the cities - the German energy-transition patchwork
Oct 10, 2016 (SPX)
The energy transition in Germany is making progress. In 2015, hydropower, wind, sun and biomass provided about 35 percent of electricity. The ambitious transiti...
Europe ups energy security ante
Sep 09, 2016 (UPI)
European energy leaders in Budapest signed off on grants to help bolster energy diversity schemes they said Friday were already having tangible results. Europea...
Chinese giant to buy Pakistani power company for $1.6 bn
Aug 31, 2016 (AFP)
Chinese multinational Shanghai Electric is set to buy the utility serving Pakistan's biggest city of Karachi, in a $1.6 billion deal that will be the biggest pr...
Economy of energy-hungry India may face headwinds
Aug 22, 2016 (UPI)
The economy of energy-hungry India is on pace for steady growth that outpaces the global economy, though gains are moderating, Moody's Investors Service said. "...
Summer spells cold showers for Russians as hot water cut
Aug 22, 2016 (AFP)
For Russians it is a sure sign that summer has really come -- the annual, rolling switch-off of municipal hot water that hits homes across the vast country. Fro...
Foreigners barred from buying Australia's largest energy grid
Aug 19, 2016 (AFP)
Australia will block the sale of its largest electricity network to foreigners, the government said Friday, as two Chinese bids for the grid were rejected over ...
Warming climate likely to have 'minor' impact on power plant output
Aug 18, 2016 (SPX)
Future climate warming will likely cause only minor cuts in energy output at most U.S. coal- or gas-fired power plants, a new Duke University study finds. The s...
New residential water heater concept promises high efficiency, lower cost
Aug 18, 2016 (SPX)
A team of scientists from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Florida has developed a novel method that could yield l...
Low sales prices hit Czech power giant CEZ in H1
Aug 09, 2016 (AFP)
European energy heavyweight CEZ said Tuesday its net profits for the first half of 2016 had fallen by 10 percent against a year ago due to a drop in energy pric...
New MIT system can identify how much power is being used by each device in a household
Aug 04, 2016 (SPX)
If you want to save on your monthly electric bill and reduce your greenhouse gas emissions at the same time, you might buy a new, energy-efficient refrigerator....
ORNL-led study analyzes electric grid vulnerabilities in extreme weather areas
Aug 03, 2016 (SPX)
Climate and energy scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a new method to pinpoint which electrical service areas...
Carbon-financed cookstove fails to deliver hoped-for benefits in the field
Jul 29, 2016 (SPX)
Replacing traditional cooking fires and stoves in the developing world with "cleaner" stoves is a potential strategy to reduce household air pollution that wors...
Sweden's 100 percent carbon-free emissions challenge
Jun 24, 2016 (SPX)
The Swedish power supply is largely free of carbon emissions. Indeed, it is mainly based on a combination of hydroelectric and nuclear power combined with power...
Norway MPs vote to go carbon neutral by 2030
Jun 15, 2016 (AFP)
Lawmakers have voted for Norway, a major energy-producing nation, to become carbon-neutral by 2030, two decades ahead of schedule, as a result of the UN's Decem...
It pays to increase energy consumption
Jun 01, 2016 (SPX)
What is the most optimal energy behaviour in everyday life with variable electricity prices? Researchers at Aarhus University have carried out extensive theoret...
Algorithm could help detect and reduce power grid faults
Jun 01, 2016 (SPX)
The power grid is aging, overburdened and seeing more faults than ever, according to many. Any of those breaks could easily lead to prolonged power outages or e...
Changing the world, 1 fridge at a time
May 03, 2016 (SPX)
The article, titled "Waste not, want not, emit less," points out that overall, one third of the world's food is lost or wasted, and that food waste has serious ...
Could off-grid electricity systems accelerate energy access
May 03, 2016 (SPX)
Small-scale electricity systems provide uneven benefits and limited service options, according to a new study published from researchers at the International In...
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