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By AFP
Tornio -
The steel behemoth pushes ahead, crunching the ice as it navigates the northernmost tip of the Baltic, considered one of the most polluted seas in the world. But unlike other icebreakers spewing diesel, this state-of-the-art ship boasts cleaner fuel.
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By AFP
Istanbul -
Two Turkish ships will begin drilling in search of oil and gas off Cyprus "in the coming days", Turkey's foreign minister said Thursday, in a move likely to stoke tensions on the divided island.
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A new energy assessment has outlined how innovation in the energy sector can pave the way for next stage of global energy transformation, focusing on delivering renewable solutions and meeting future demand.
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By AFP
New Delhi -
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in New Delhi on Tuesday, with his business mission under threat of being overshadowed by soaring tensions between India and Pakistan.
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By AFP
Havana -
With top ally Venezuela in crisis, Cuba is moving to cover its oil needs elsewhere, seeking possible alternative supplies in Qatar and Algeria, officials said Monday.
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By AFP
London -
Global energy demand will surge by a third over the next two decades on advancing prosperity, but Indian demand growth will eclipse that of flagging giant China, Britain's BP forecast Thursday.
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By AFP
Dubai -
The energy minister of the United Arab Emirates said Monday supply and demand in the oil market should balance out in the first quarter of 2019, following weeks of output cuts.
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By AFP
Bejing -
Venezuela's self-proclaimed president Juan Guaido has promised China he will honour bilateral agreements and said he was ready to start a dialogue with Beijing "as soon as possible".
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By AFP
Ottawa -
A watchdog said Thursday Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau paid more than he needed to for a controversial oil pipeline to the Pacific -- which could come back to haunt him in October elections.
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By AFP
Apo -
Thousands of young people rallied in Belgium to demand action on climate change Thursday as part of a wave of demonstrations led by high school students aimed at intensifying pressure on governments.
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By AFP
Berlin -
Germany should stop using coal for electricity production by 2038, a government-appointed commission said Saturday, laying out an 80-billion euro roadmap to phase out the polluting fuel.
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By AFP
Washington -
Information warfare is amplifying major worldwide threats like climate change and nuclear warfare, endangering the future of civilization, US experts said Thursday as the symbolic Doomsday Clock stayed at two minutes to midnight.
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By AFP
Paris -
The world is on course to miss its "best chance" of preventing runaway climate change by ensuring global greenhouse gas emissions peak in 2020, researchers warned Tuesday.
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By AFP
Abu Dhabi -
Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia called Tuesday for a "fair" and gradual global energy transition as it unveiled an ambitious domestic renewable energy programme.
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By AFP
Frankfurt Am Main -
A transatlantic tiff over Europe's natural gas supply came to the boil Sunday, as Donald Trump's ambassador to Germany threatened firms involved in a pipeline from Russia with sanctions.
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By AFP
Abu Dhabi -
The rapid growth of renewable energy sources and the demise of fossil fuels are causing major changes in global politics, a special commission said in a report Friday.
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By AFP
Apo -
Saudi Arabia on Thursday awarded a contract to build a $500 million wind farm, a first for the world's top oil exporter as it pushes to diversify its energy sector.
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Las Vegas -
An ultrasonic wireless power technology is to be showcased at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which takes place in Las Vegas. The technology will be presented by the startup company uBeam.
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Frankfurt -
Renewable energy became Germany's dominant source of electricity in 2018, beating coal for the first time in history, experts from the Germany-based Fraunhofer Institute said on Thursday.
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Vancouver -
Malaysian-owned Petronas once had more than 25 drilling rigs operating in northeastern B.C. However, due to plunging natural gas prices in Western Canada caused by high yielding drilling technologies, they have cut production.
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Saudi Arabia is in the process of developing an energy hub with green technology in mind. Called the King Salman Energy Park, the hub will focus on exploration, production, refining, petrochemicals, conventional power, water production and treatment.
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By AFP
Bucharest -
Romania's left-wing government on Friday issued a controversial emergency ordinance imposing new taxes on banks and energy companies, despite an outcry from investors.
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By AFP
Baghdad -
The United States has granted Iraq a 90-day extension to an exemption from reimposed sanctions on Iran to keep on importing energy, a government source said on Thursday.
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Mexico -
Mexico aims to lift oil and gas production by almost 50 percent in the next six years, and in January will agree on infrastructure and drilling contracts to develop 20 fields, the head of state oil firm Petroleos Mexicanos said on Saturday.
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By AFP
Katowice -
Nations on Sunday struck a deal to breathe life into the landmark 2015 Paris climate treaty after marathon UN talks that failed to match the ambition the world's most vulnerable countries need to avert dangerous global warming.
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By AFP
Katowice -
Nations on Saturday inched towards a deal to implement the Paris climate goals, after all-night negotiations over a plan to limit global temperature rises exposed a range of conflicts.
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In a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, experts are urging that the DOE start a national program to build a compact pilot plant to produce electricity from fusion at the lowest possible cost.
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By AFP
Katowice -
Marathon talks aimed at charting mankind's path away from climate catastrophe entered overtime Saturday as nations picked over a plan presented by host Poland that exposed several sources of disagreement.
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By AFP
Katowice -
UN negotiations aimed at preventing runaway global warming remain deadlocked less than 24 hours before the 12-day talks are set to end, China's top climate diplomat said Thursday.
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By AFP
Katowice -
Dozens of nations threatened with catastrophe from unchecked climate change warned Thursday they "face extinction" without immediate action to rein in mankind's emissions, as UN climate talks limped towards their conclusion.
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Energy Image
Configuration of components in a fuel cell vehicle (FCV). Wellemen
The High Flux Isotope Reactor buidings at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. United States Department of Energy
Tidal electricity generator awaiting installation, July 9, 2007. Fundy
Map of the Colonial Pipeline. EIA
An electricity prepayment meter key in Britain Lydiashiningbrightly on Flick'r
Getting ready to deploy the giant turbine into the Bay of Fundy. Cape Sharp Tidal
A quark-level analogue of nuclear fusion. Nature
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German-American Energy Conference 2010
A Pemex gas station in Rancho Salvador Sol Torres, Jalisco, Mexico in 2005. en:User:Coolcaesar (CC BY-SA 3.0)
UNSW's Heinrich Hora (centre) visiting Shanghai Guangji University in 2014. UNSW Sydney
Schematic of a hydrogen-boron fusion reactor. UNSW Sydney
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World Economic Furum releases Top 10 technologies for 2017. US Energy Department
Wind turbines at a wind farm in California's Altamont Pass. Coastergeekperson04 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0)
The floating turbine offshore of the Goto Islands.
Photo: 09/21/2012 Japanese Ministry of Environment
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