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Extreme weather conditions cost EU's transport system at least 15 billion euro annually
Jul 10, 2012 (SPX)
A study carried out by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland indicates that extreme weather conditions cost EU transport system at least 15 billion euros a y...
Europe grid upgrades pegged at $128B
Jul 09, 2012 (UPI)
Some $128 billion in new and upgraded power lines will be needed to meet the EU's renewables and energy market integration goals, European grid operators say. T...
Clean cookstoves unaffordable to Bangladeshi women
Jul 06, 2012 (SPX)
Women in rural Bangladesh prefer inexpensive, traditional stoves for cooking over modern ones despite significant health risks, according to a Yale study in the...
Swiss firm wins $120m power station contract in Iraq
Jul 02, 2012 (AFP)
Swiss engineering group ABB announced on Monday it had signed a contract worth $120 million (94.9 million euros) to build a power station in Iraqi Kurdistan. Si...
New clean energy bank to turbo-charge investment
Jun 29, 2012 (SPX)
The Clean Energy Council has congratulated the Australian Parliament on passing the $10 billion Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), which will provide loan...
AREVA inaugurates the world's first hydrogen backup power system for Data Centers
Jun 29, 2012 (SPX)
Helion, the AREVA subsidiary specialized in the use of hydrogen and energy storage, and its partner Modul'Data Center have inaugurated today the world's first b...
Hottest man-made temperature achieved
Jun 27, 2012 (UPI)
A U.S. particle physics lab has set a record for achieving the highest man-made temperature, Guinness World Records says. The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at...
Opower and UK's First Utility Unveil my:energy Program
Jun 22, 2012 (SPX)
Opower has announced that it is launching First Utility's my:energy program, a ground-breaking new service designed to put consumers in control of their energy ...
UN aims at universal access to clean energy by 2030
Jun 21, 2012 (AFP)
UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Thursday outlined plans at the Rio+20 summit to provide universal access to energy by 2030, with tens of billion of dollars in funding f...
Gmail vs. Yahoo Mail users: Who spends more on electricity?
Jun 21, 2012 (SPX)
Yahoo Mail users will spend $110 more this year on electricity compared to Gmail users according to Opower, the global leader in energy information software for...
Sirens ring out in S. Korean power shortage drill
Jun 21, 2012 (AFP)
Sirens rang out across South Korea and some traffic lights were switched off Thursday as the country carried out an unprecedented drill aimed at averting summer...
New BNDES Investment in Renewable Energy
Jun 20, 2012 (SPX)
The board of directors of Brazil's National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) has approved financing in total of R$ 378 million (US$ 184 million)...
EIB, Spain ink interconnector finance deal
Jun 20, 2012 (UPI)
An effort to connect Spain's electricity grid with that of France was aided this week with $220 million in financing from the European Investment Bank. The EIB ...
Residents Save on Reliant Innovation Avenue
Jun 20, 2012 (SPX)
Have you heard of Innovation Avenue? It's a living laboratory where Reliant customers in Texas, the state where households use more electricity than any other s...
1,800 British firms to report greenhouse-gas emissions
Jun 20, 2012 (AFP)
All 1,800 firms listed on the London Stock Exchange's Main Market will be required to list their greenhouse-gas emissions from next April, British Deputy Prime ...
S. Korea to conduct power shortage drill
Jun 19, 2012 (AFP)
Sirens will ring out across South Korea Thursday as the nation carries out an unprecedented drill aimed at preparing its people for possible power shortages thi...
88.8% Of Electricity In Brazil Is From Renewable Sources
Jun 18, 2012 (SPX)
Brazil's Energy Research Company (EPE) this week released preliminary data from the National Energy Balance Report (BEN 2012), revealing that 88.8 percent of el...
Thousands converge for Rio U.N. talkathon
Jun 15, 2012 (UPI)
Tens of thousands of delegates are converging on Rio de Janeiro in a global jamboree of networking and talks on Earth's growing population and ways of sustainin...
'Angel of the dump' transforms lives in the Philippines
Jun 14, 2012 (AFP)
In the midst of the Philippines' most notorious slum, British expat Jane Walker transforms lives by turning rubbish into top-end fashion items. A unique four-st...
China to trial energy-saving electricity price scheme
Jun 14, 2012 (AFP)
China said Thursday that from next month people who use a lot of electricity will have to pay more under a trial scheme aimed at encouraging consumers to save e...
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