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NEW DELHI, Feb. 6 - A four-day solar energy expo has been running since Thursday in the Indian capital, highlighting the "dark" situation especially in rural India and proposing " light'solution through solar energy. Held on the sidelines of the Delhi Sustainable Development ...
JAKARTA, Feb 8 - Indonesia's largest coal producer by market value, PT Adaro Energy Tbk (ADRO.JK) said on Monday it produced 40.6 million tonnes of coal in 2009, up from 38.5 million tonnes in 2008. The firm sold 41.4 million tonnes of coal, including sales from third party coal ...
LAGOS - A Nigerian militant group said on Sunday it had attacked a Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) oil pipeline in the Niger Delta but the Anglo-Dutch company said it had no reports of any such sabotage. The Joint Revolutionary Council (JRC), a coalition of ex-militants and community ...
PERTH, Feb 5 - Australia's Ensham Resources Pty Ltd, a thermal coal producer with output of about 9 million tonnes per year, has declared force majeure on some of its shipments due to a rail line closure, a company source said. A key line in Queensland state that services miners, ...
MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut - At least five people were killed on Sunday when a massive explosion rocked a gas power plant being built in Middletown, Connecticut, the town's mayor said. Fire officials said they suspected a natural gas leak caused the blast at the Kleen Energy Systems ...
Feb 4 - Utility company Alliant Energy Corp (LNT.N) reported a rise in fourth-quarter profit, helped a drop in operating expenses and improving weather conditions. "With normal weather and new retail electric rates in both Iowa and Wisconsin, we expect a brighter financial ...
HOUSTON, Feb 4 - Large oil companies such as Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) snapping up shale-gas acreage overseas will likely find it hard to develop that land due to constraints such as infrastructure availability, the CEO of Chesapeake Energy Corp (CHK.N) said on Thursday. "I think ...
NEW YORK, Jan.13 - Crude prices fell below 80 U.S. dollars on Wednesday as U.S. inventories increased. The Energy Information Administration reported that the nation's oil supply rose by 3.7 million barrels last week while gasoline supplies grew by 3.8 million barrels. Inventorie...
Feb 4 - National Fuel Gas Co (NFG.N) posted first-quarter profit that beat market expectations, helped by rise in production of crude oil and natural gas, and raised its 2010 earnings and production outlook. The company expects 2010 earnings between $2.40 a share and $2.70 a ...
TAIYUAN, Feb.2 - Chinese State Councilor Liu Yandong has urged northern Shanxi Province, China's main coal mining hub, to adopt low-carbon technologies. Liu made the remarks during a recent investigation and study tour to Shanxi. The province should make more efforts in ...
Jan 11 - Canada's Peak Energy Services Trust (PES_u.TO) sees significantly weaker 2010 results than earlier forecast and said it terminated its rights offering. Shares of the Calgary, Alberta-based company were down 14 percent at 43 Canadian cents in afternoon trade on the ...
WASHINGTON, Dec 28 - The Obama administration is poised to announce loan guarantees to help kick-start the country's nuclear power industry, which hasn't built a new plant in more than three decades. Congress authorized $18.5 billion for nuclear loan guarantees in 2005, hoping to ...
NEW YORK - Consumers Energy's proposed 830-megawatt coal-fired power plant at the Karn/Weadock complex in Michigan has moved a step closer to construction after the state issued an air permit for the project, the company said Tuesday. Consumers, a unit of Jackson, Michigan-based ...
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia, Dec. 28 - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Monday launched the first section of the Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean (ESPO) pipeline. "It is an important event for Russia. It is a strategic project, which enables (Russia) to enter new markets in the Asia...
KIEV/MOSCOW, Dec 29 - Ukraine and Russia have signed a deal on oil transit for 2010, allaying fears of supply cuts to Europe, in a deal Ukrainian state energy firm Naftogaz says will require Moscow to pay 30 percent more in transit fees. Russia said on Monday it had agreed terms ...
NEW YORK, Dec. 28 - Oil prices topped 79 U.S. dollars a barrel on Monday as investors eye a drop in fuel supplies in a cold winter. Light, sweet crude for February delivery settled at 78.77 dollars a barrel, trading up 72 cents, on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Futures rose ...
TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei average hit a fresh four-month high on Tuesday, buoyed by shares of trading houses such as Mitsui & Co (8031.T) after prices of oil and other metals gained, but the index quickly swung back to negative territory. The benchmark Nikkei .N225 was down 0.2 ...
MOSCOW/MINSK, Jan 4 - Russia said it had resumed flows of crude to refineries in Belarus but it did not clinch a deal to resolve a tense price dispute with Minsk that raised fears oil supplies to European Union countries might be blocked. Russia's foremost energy official, Igor ...
KOZMINO, Russia - Russia launched on Monday a new Pacific oil terminal that will allow the world's largest energy producer to conquer Asian markets and divert some Siberian crude flows away from Europe. "This is a great New Year present for Russia," Prime Minister Vladimir Putin ...
NEW YORK, Dec 28 - Oil rose to a five-week high over $79 a barrel on Monday on signs of economic recovery, while global stocks edged higher as increased U.S. retail sales during the key holiday shopping season lifted U.S. equities. U.S. equities -- as measured by the Dow, S&P 500 ...
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Bill Gates talks nuclear
Bill Gates talks nuclear
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China offers inspirations to global dilemmas
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IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
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