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Cambridge -
Mechanical engineering department head Gang Chen worked with a team to produce a spongy structure which can convert sunlight into steam. Readers who understand how useful steam energy is can understand why this is important.
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New Delhi -
Nearly half of India's coal-fired power stations only have enough stocks to last a week, as the country struggles to meet growing seasonal demand for electricity, the power minister said Thursday.
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Vienna -
US Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday acknowledged that his negotiations with Iranian officials on a nuclear deal were "really tough.
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by AFP
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Caracas -
A power outage hit a wide area of eastern Caracas and several cities in the interior of Venezuela for at least two hours Friday.The outage started at 3:00 pm (1900 GMT) and service began being restored about two hours later.
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by AFP
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Fairfield -
A Northern California wind farm cannot be prosecuted for killing protected wildlife if its turbines kill no more than five eagles annually, the US Fish & Wildlife Service said Thursday.
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Kiev -
A blast hit a major Ukrainian pipeline on Tuesday, but did not appear to affect the transport of Russian gas to European clients, Ukrainian officials said.
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by AFP
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Tokyo -
The operator of Japan's battered Fukushima nuclear power plant said Tuesday it was having trouble with the early stages of an ice wall being built under broken reactors to contain radioactive water.
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by AFP
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Zagreb -
Croatia's supreme court has upheld the conviction of former prime minister Ivo Sanader for corruption but has cut his jail sentence, a judicial spokesman said Friday.
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by AFP
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Brussels -
EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger, the broker for crunch gas talks between Ukraine and Russia, said Tuesday that an overall agreement to avert a gas supply cut-off could take days to be reached.
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by AFP
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Baghdad -
Ankara has been "driven by greed" in an escalating row over oil pumped from Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region and shipped overseas via Turkey, Baghdad's top energy official told AFP Sunday.
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by Prashant Rao (AFP)
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India’s new prime minister, Narendra Modi, says every home in the nation will be running at least one light bulb by 2019.
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Biochemists have begun building a one-hectare pilot unit for the production of microalgae in Portugal. The aim is to produce microalgae biomass for biodiesel production in a sustainable manner.
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Rio De Janeiro -
Brazil's president on Monday promised authorities would carry out a thorough and complete probe of alleged money laundering at state oil giant Petrobras.
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by AFP
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Pungesti -
US energy major Chevron, shielded by barbed wire, under police protection and under fire from egg throwers, is in trouble in Romania with villagers angry at its drive to drill for shale gas.
In the Media
by Isabelle Wesselingh (AFP)
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Berlin -
The world has a likely chance of meeting the UN's warming limit of two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) if it cuts annual greenhouse gas emissions 40-70 percent by 2050, especially from energy, a top expert panel said Sunday.
In the Media
by Mariette Le Roux (AFP)
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Rio De Janeiro -
Brazil's Petrobras has turned over documents requested in an investigation into a $4.5 million money-laundering operation, the latest in a series of problems to plague the state oil giant.
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by AFP
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Washington -
The IMF and World Bank on Friday urged finance ministers to impose a price on carbon, warning that time was running out for the planet to avoid worst-case climate change.
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by AFP
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Moscow -
President Vladimir Putin on Friday said Moscow would fulfil its obligations to send natural gas to Europe but also said the United States had no business interfering in Russia's talks with Europe over Kiev's debt.
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by AFP
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London -
Oil prices extended losses Friday on poorly-received economic data out of China this week that has raised concerns over potential weaker crude demand from the world's biggest consumer of energy.
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by AFP
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Donetsk -
Ukraine's embattled premier on Friday vowed to give more powers to the country's regions in an effort to stamp out a separatist insurgency as a new gas war with Russia threatened European supplies.
In the Media
by Yulia Surkova and Fran Blandy (AFP)
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Paris -
The global oil market is returning to a rough balance but Russia's annexation of Crimea has clouded the outlook with both supply and demand growth to slow, the International Energy Agency said Friday.
In the Media
by Richard Lein (AFP)
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Paris -
France's financial prosecutor has opened a preliminary probe into state-controlled nuclear giant Areva's controversial 2007 purchase of a Canadian uranium miner, a judicial source said Thursday.The probe focuses on the $2.5 billion (1.
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by AFP
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Moscow -
President Vladimir Putin on Thursday sent a letter to leaders of 18 European countries, warning them Russia could yet cut gas supplies to Ukraine, but suggesting that Moscow and Brussels work together to help restore the ex-Soviet country's battered ec...
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by AFP
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London -
British energy giant BP vowed Thursday to remain in oil-rich Russia despite the Ukraine crisis, adding it would play a key "bridge" role between the West and Moscow.
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by AFP
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Madrid -
Spain's Bankia, rescued by the state from near financial collapse in 2012, announced Thursday it had raised 1.53 billion euros ($2.1 billion) by selling its stake in energy giant Iberdrola.
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by AFP
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Payerne -
The masterminds of sun-powered plane Solar Impulse formally unveiled their new aircraft Wednesday, a year ahead of their planned round-the-world flight.
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Moscow -
President Vladimir Putin warned Wednesday Russia may begin requiring advance payment for gas supplies unless Ukraine comes to the negotiating table over its unpaid energy bills.
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by AFP
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London -
Global oil prices advanced on Tuesday on renewed Ukraine tensions after pro-Russian protesters seized government buildings in the eastern city of Donetsk.New York's West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for delivery in May won 77 cents to $101.21 per barrel.
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by AFP
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Paris -
Global investments in renewable energy slumped 14 percent last year, with China pouring more money into the sector than Europe for the first time on record, the UN said Monday. Investments in renewables apart from hydroelectricity dipped to $214.
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by AFP
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Al Kuwait -
Kuwaiti Oil Minister Ali al-Omair said Monday that current oil prices are "fair" despite strong geopolitical factors impacting the region.OPEC member Kuwait is the world's fourth-largest oil exporter, pumping around 3.
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by AFP
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Marchers on Constitution Avenue hold up signs protesting the Keystone XL Pipeline
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Activists arriving on the National Mall for the "Forward on Climate" Rally and March on Feb. 17, 2013.
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An oil refinery in Long Beach, CA
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Crowd assembles on Constitution Avenue and prepares to march on to the White House
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Reactors 3 and 4 at Oi Nuclear Power Station, Japan. Power-down of reactor 4 on September 15, 2013 could mark the end for nuclear power in Japan.
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Wind turbines at a wind farm in California's Altamont Pass are shown in this photo from 2009.
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The floating turbine offshore of the Goto Islands.
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Woman carrying "Defend the Gulf" sign at the 'Forward on Climate" rally on Feb. 13, 2013 in Washington, D.C.
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Environmental activists listen to speakers
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An estimated 35,000 people braved the cold weather to attend the Feb. 17, 2013 event
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A power plant with the nuclear sign superimposed over top of it
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The rally kicked off near the Washington Monument. After several speakers addressed the crowd, the march assembled, walking to the White House.
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Activists at "Forward on Climate" rally on Feb. 17, 2013
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Tens of thousands of people gathered for the rally that took place on the National Mall
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Protesters came from all over the U.S. and sections of Canada.
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An electricity prepayment meter key in Britain
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Activists at the day's event had various concerns, all relating to energy and environmental issues.
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