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ORNL-led team advances science of carbon accounting
Mar 09, 2012 (SPX)
Determining with precision the carbon balance of North America is complicated, but researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have devised a method that consi...
Brazil's MPX to appeal court's rejection of power plant
Mar 08, 2012 (AFP)
Brazilian power company MPX Energia announced Thursday it would appeal a Chilean court decision ordering a halt to a planned huge 2,350 megawatt thermal power p...
$137B needed for Europe grid upgrades
Mar 05, 2012 (UPI)
Europe will need $137 billion for electricity transmission systems to accommodate the pace of renewable energy production, grid operators say. National grids ne...
Panel backs carbon allowance 'set-asides'
Mar 02, 2012 (UPI)
A key European Parliament committee this week approved a measure allowing the EU to withhold carbon emission permits to prop up their market prices. The EP's In...
EU urges quicker energy market reforms
Feb 29, 2012 (UPI)
Bulgaria, Cyprus, Spain, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia and Estonia are moving too slowly in implementing energy market reforms, the EU says. The Eu...
Call for tough new targets on European Union energy reduction
Feb 29, 2012 (SPX)
Energy efficiency experts at the University of East Anglia (UEA) are calling for ambitious new targets to reduce energy demand across the European Union. In a r...
Controller Announces Bill to Drive Private Sector Energy Retrofits
Feb 28, 2012 (SPX)
State Controller John Chiang and Senator Kevin de Leon (D-Los Angeles) has unveiled legislation sponsored by the Controller to promote cost-effective retrofits ...
Ireland to sell Bord Gais energy business
Feb 24, 2012 (UPI)
The energy business of Irish state company Bord Gais is among government-held assets to be sold in a move to raise $4 billion, officials said. Minister for Publ...
10 Advantages to Supporting Geothermal Energy
Feb 24, 2012 (SPX)
The renewable energy industry convenes this week in California, the birthplace of U.S. geothermal energy production, for the Renewable Energy World Conference a...
Obama defends energy policy
Feb 24, 2012 (UPI)
U.S. President Barack Obama defended his energy policies this week, saying "there are no short-term silver bullets" to the issue of gasoline prices. Speaking Th...
Anonymous says power grid not a target
Feb 21, 2012 (AFP)
Hacker group Anonymous strongly rejected suggestions on Tuesday that followers could cause a power outage by staging a cyberattack on an electricity grid. The A...
Bulgaria to resume electricity exports early Tuesday
Feb 20, 2012 (AFP)
Bulgaria will resume early Tuesday electricity exports to its Balkan neighbours after an 11-day cut prompted by soaring local consumption due to a cold snap, th...
Adept Technology Receives Order From International Equipment OEM
Feb 17, 2012 (SPX)
Adept Technology has announced it has received a $1.4 million order for high-precision robots from a major international manufacturer of sophisticated automatio...
Screening Africa's renewable energies potential
Feb 15, 2012 (SPX)
The European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) has published a study mapping the potential of renewable energy sources in Africa. The report analyses the...
U.S. Grid Energy Storage Market is Strong and Poised for Exponential Growth
Feb 15, 2012 (SPX)
The U.S. energy storage market is robust and offers tremendous potential for growth over the next 5 years according to the findings of a just released study spo...
Snow-hit Romania could halt electricity exports
Feb 14, 2012 (AFP)
Romania may halt electricity exports and limit supplies to industrial consumers in a bid to meet rising household demand due to freezing temperatures, the gover...
Hydropower, Geothermal and Biomass Power Executives Call for Extension of the Production Tax Credit
Feb 14, 2012 (SPX)
Executives from the hydropower, geothermal and biomass power industries have called on Congressional leaders to extend the production tax credit through 2016 fo...
NEMA Says DOE Proposal Will Boost Energy Savings and Maintain Competitive Industry
Feb 14, 2012 (SPX)
NEMA has expressed its support on initial review of the Department of Energy's (DOE) proposed rule to increase the energy conservation standards for distributio...
Colombia energy oversupply bad for prices
Feb 14, 2012 (UPI)
Colombia's energy industry is heading toward a price fall because of oversupply of electricity, a development that bodes ill for the fast-expanding power genera...
Germany forced to tap into electricity reserves
Feb 09, 2012 (AFP)
Germany has been forced to call upon its reserves for producing electricity for the second time this winter as Europe is gripped by a severe cold snap, official...
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