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British energy price hike stirs anger
Aug 24, 2012 (UPI)
An impending 9 percent energy price hike from British household energy provider SSE this week brought protests from politicians and consumer groups. SSE, Britai...
Romney touts energy independence by 2020
Aug 24, 2012 (UPI)
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said he aims for the United States to become energy independent by 2020. In a campaign stop Thursday in New Mexico...
Brazil speeds up to embrace smart meters
Aug 24, 2012 (UPI)
Brazil is going ahead with a smart metering expansion in its electricity power grid despite persistent disparities in the distribution of utilities across the L...
India's Reliance Power and China Datang ink deal
Aug 24, 2012 (AFP)
India's Reliance Power announced on Friday it had signed a deal with China Datang Corp to develop and operate power and energy projects in the energy-hungry Sou...
Serbia institutes energy public tenders
Aug 22, 2012 (UPI)
The new Serbian government said this week it hopes to stimulate the country's renewable energy sector by instituting public tenders for energy permits. Serbian ...
Northrop Grumman Receives Highest Assurance for Accuracy of Its Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory
Aug 22, 2012 (SPX)
Northrop Grumman has received the rating of Reasonable Assurance from Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance, a third-party verification body, of its greenhouse gas...
Renewable Energy Ambitions, Independence and Donald Trump - An Interview with Alex Salmond Part B
Aug 17, 2012 (SPX)
Alex Salmond: Globally, we need to make the transition from an economy which largely generates energy from fossil fuels to one based on renewable energy. The is...
Renewable Energy Ambitions, Independence and Donald Trump - An Interview with Alex Salmond Part A
Aug 17, 2012 (SPX)
We were fortunate enough to have some time with Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond where we discussed a broad range of topics from Scotland's ambitious rene...
Rio+20: A Move Towards More Sustainable Transportation
Aug 17, 2012 (SPX)
Emissions from transportation are the fastest growing source of global greenhouse gas emissions, with emissions expected to increase 300 percent by 2050, accord...
US carbon emissions in surprise drop
Aug 17, 2012 (AFP)
US emissions of carbon dioxide blamed for climate change fell in 2011 and have slipped to a 20-year low this year as the the world's largest economy uses more n...
ADB urges 'green' tax for China
Aug 16, 2012 (UPI)
The Chinese government needs to introduce a "green" tax to reduce pollution, says the Asian Development Bank. In ADB's latest report on China's environment -- "...
Tanzania to end power shortages in capital
Aug 16, 2012 (UPI)
Tanzania's government has made it a high priority to end electricity shortages in the capital Dar es Salaam. Tanzanian Deputy Minister for Energy and Minerals S...
Improved methods for predicting energy consumption
Aug 15, 2012 (SPX)
For the international competition "GECCO 2012 Industrial Challenge" computer scientists developed various methods to significantly improve the prediction of fut...
Drought hits U.S. power supply
Aug 15, 2012 (UPI)
Water shortages due to ongoing drought affect the U.S. power supply as power plants become overheated and shut down or run at lower capacity, analysts say. Beca...
Rwanda to begin geothermal drilling
Aug 15, 2012 (UPI)
The Rwandan government announced that geothermal energy drilling will begin there in December. "I don't have details right now but something is actually happeni...
Paraguay row threatens Itaipu power deal
Aug 13, 2012 (UPI)
An escalating diplomatic row between Brazil and Paraguay is threatening Brazil's energy security as the new government in Asuncion challenges Brazilian rights o...
Turkey-Turkmen seek energy cooperation
Aug 10, 2012 (UPI)
Energy-rich Turkmenistan and energy importer Turkey are deepening bilateral ties. Turkmen President Gurbanguli Berdymukhammedov is making a two-day state visit ...
Rwanda to develop off-grid lighting
Aug 09, 2012 (UPI)
Approximately 85 percent of Rwanda's population has no access to the electricity grid, leading energy officials to seek "off-grid" solutions. GVEP International...
Tanzania, Malawi in energy dispute
Aug 08, 2012 (UPI)
Tanzania and Malawi are locked in an oil and natural gas dispute over Lake Nyasa. Tanzania has asked energy firms conducting exploration for oil and natural gas...
Australia PM calls for electricity reform
Aug 07, 2012 (UPI)
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has called for an overhaul of Australia's electricity supply market. "Power bills have become the new petrol prices: not...
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