World news about “Energy”, including breaking news and archival articles published by euronews.
Big bang machine back in action The world’s largest atom smasher has been re-started again after more than a year of repairs. The European… 20/11/2009 - tags: Energy, Switzerland, Research
Russia guarantees gas supplies to Europe Europe can perhaps look forward to a winter with stable energy supplies following talks between Russia and Ukraine… 20/11/2009 - tags: Energy, Russia, Ukraine, Gas
Sun-powered boat to circle the globe A gigantic solar-powered boat is nearing completion in Germany, ready to circumnavigate the globe driven only by the… 19/11/2009 - tags: Energy, Environment, Technology
Hopes for progress at EU-Russia summit … from potential energy supply cuts. … on them for energy supplies and … are energy consumers for … 17/11/2009 - tags: Energy, EU-Russia
E.ON, the world’s largest utility company, has raised its profit forecast despite a gloomy outlook for power demand… 11/11/2009 - tags: Energy, Germany
Air conditioning goes green … the amount of energy needed to keep … additional energy." … up to 80% less energy: another … 10/11/2009 - tags: Energy, Environment, France
Lighting the way … lit with low-energy bulbs only by … over to low-energy bulbs. … do with a low-energy bulb once it's … 08/11/2009 - tags: Energy, Environment
Harnessing Irish wave power … (Ocean Energy Limited) to … from ocean energy by 2020. … 28/10/2009 - tags: Energy, Research, Electricity
Low-carbon energy in the EU Despite the financial crisis, the European Commission wants the EU to triple the amount of money it spends on… 19/10/2009 - tags: Energy, Environment, EU Commission, Climate
Lukoil looks to the future … Energy has always … of energy sources?" … alternative energy projects. But … alternative energy can't be … 16/10/2009 - tags: Energy, Oil, Russia
A pocket-sized ecosystem Using organic waste and minerals and the sun as an energy source, pilot project Melissa aims to develop the life… 14/10/2009 - tags: Energy, Environment, Ecology
China: a step into the green … of sustainable energy technologies. … sustainable energy course is a … Sustainable Energy Technologies, … 13/10/2009 - tags: Energy, Environment, China
Fuelling the future with wood … forms of energy. … for Renewable Energy, "We produce … to create more energy carriers from … 12/10/2009 - tags: Austria, Energy, Climate
Electric cars a step closer In California, an electric vehicle manufacturer and a solar panel installation company have teamed up to create the… 07/10/2009 - tags: Energy, Pollution
Is algae the answer? At the James Cook University in North Queensland, Australia, scientists believe they’ve identified a microscopic algae… 24/09/2009 - tags: Energy, Environment, Research, Pollution
Tidal power off Northern Ireland … of renewable energy. Now, that … ahead how much energy that machine … 21/09/2009 - tags: Energy, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Switch to more modern light bulbs Traditional and regular halogen light bulbs are to disappear from the EU market within three years. The first to go is… 14/09/2009 - tags: Energy, Environment
The house that generates energy … captures more energy than it uses. … feeds excess energy into the … acts as an energy bank. … 08/09/2009 - tags: Denmark, Energy, Renewable Energies, Architecture
Hjortshoj the eco-village … about saving energy. So we see … about energy consumpton … Annual energy consumption is … 08/09/2009 - tags: Denmark, Energy, Renewable Energies
europeans: Europe’s green footprint … energies and energy efficiency. … consumption of energy … 20% more energy efficiency … renewable energy. … 03/09/2009 - tags: Energy, Environment, European Union
Wind turbine blows in good fortune … the amount of energy used. … sustainable energy forms of … 08/06/2009 - tags: Energy, Environment
EU energy independence … in terms of energy supply?" … "Assuring energy independence, … integrated energy policy to … 03/06/2009 - tags: Energy, European elections
Kosovo energy fears if power plant shuts downThe EU has called for the closure of a polluting power plant in Kosovo but it is feared a shut-down could mean energy… 06/11/2009 - tags: Energy, European Union, Kosovo
Oil giants report big profit lossesProfits were slashed at three major oil comanies as the industry raised doubts about the strength of the economic… 29/10/2009 - tags: Energy, Oil, Profits
BP reports third-quarter profits above expectationsOil giant BP has reported third-quarter profits well above expectations, sending its share price up 5%. BP’s… 27/10/2009 - tags: Energy, Oil, Profits
OPEC may increase production targets in December as oil rises above $75 a barrelThe aim is to stop the rising prices threatening the recovering global economy. The Organization of Petroleum… 26/10/2009 - tags: Energy, Oil
German coalition talks near consensusThe German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU conservatives and the pro-business Free Democrats appear to have bridged… 19/10/2009 - tags: Energy, Germany, Taxes, Angela Merkel
Euro zone inflation slips againCheaper energy and food pulled down euro zone consumer prices by 0.3 percent in September compared with the same month… 15/10/2009 - tags: Energy, Eurozone, Inflation
Oil demand ‘to rise’The International Energy Agency has become more upbeat about demand for oil. It has said that it now believes… 09/10/2009 - tags: Energy, Oil
OECD urges EU growth effortThe European Union must do more to boost long-term growth. A new report on structural reform by the Organisation… 21/09/2009 - tags: Energy, OECD
OPEC output unchangedOPEC members have agreed to hold their output targets steady. At the group’s meeting in Vienna, its top exporter… 10/09/2009 - tags: Energy, Oil, OPEC
Toshiba interested in Areva divisionJapan’s Toshiba is reportedly about to join the bidding for French nuclear group Areva’s power distribution and… 04/09/2009 - tags: Energy, France, Japan, Nuclear Energy
Brighter green credentials with bulb law… to more energy-efficient … bulbs use less energy, so they lower … 01/09/2009 - tags: Energy, Environment, European Union
Major light switch begins in EU… phase in more energy efficient … percent of the energy used by the … 31/08/2009 - tags: Energy, Environment, European Union
Russia buries dam victims as death toll mountsThe funerals have taken place of victims of the flood at a dam in southern Russia on Monday. Thirteen people… 19/08/2009 - tags: Energy, Russia, Accident
Russian power blast toll risesSome 64 missing workers, trapped in one of Russia’s biggest power plants after an explosion, are almost certainly dead… 19/08/2009 - tags: Energy, Russia, Accident
Death toll expected to rise in Russian dam blastAmateur video footage shows the moment of Monday’s blast at Russia’s largest dam. Sixty four people are still… 18/08/2009 - tags: Energy, Russia, Accident
Hopes fade for the missing in Russian dam disasterRussia says the chances of finding any of the 64 people still missing after the deadly blast at a hydro electric power… 18/08/2009 - tags: Energy, Russia, Accident
Deadly blast at Russian power plant8 people have been killed and many remain unaccounted for following a deadly explosion at Russia’s largest power plant… 17/08/2009 - tags: Energy, Russia, Accident
Russia, Turkey sign South Stream pipeline deal… position over energy supplies to … of providing energy security for … to massive new energy projects," … 07/08/2009 - tags: Energy, Russia, Turkey, Gas
Turkey agrees to let work start on SouthStream… - the Italian energy giant ENI is a … of a number of energy co-operation … a nuclear energy deal with his … 06/08/2009 - tags: Energy, Russia, Turkey, Gas
Nabucco pipeline to bring gas to EuropeTurkey is in great demand at the moment as gas producers and consumers try to build for the future. Only last month… 06/08/2009 - tags: Energy, Russia, Turkey, Gas
Greenpeace protests against Turkish power plantRussia is set to sign a deal to build Turkey’s first nuclear power plant and Greenpeace activists demonstrated outside… 06/08/2009 - tags: Energy, Nuclear Energy, Russia, Turkey
Venezuela and Spain sign energy deal… euro energy deal, which … Spain's Repsol energy company to … 30/07/2009 - tags: Energy, Venezuela
Going bananas for sustainable fuel… days, "green" energy is all the … as "yellow energy." It involves … 23/07/2009 - tags: Energy, United Kingdom
Sahara desert solution to Europe’s energy problems… of Europe's energy by 2050. … solar energy into … transport the energy, and others … 15/07/2009 - tags: Energy, Renewable Energies
Sweat becomes energy in the Netherlands… me a lot of energy and in this … people what energy is," he says, … how much energy is needed to … 14/07/2009 - tags: Energy, Renewable Energies
Sahara solar power plants planMaking money from the sun is the aim of businesses that gathered in Germany on Monday to set up something called the… 13/07/2009 - tags: Energy, Europe, Renewable Energies
EU takes big step towards weaning itself off Russian gas… EU Energy Commissioner … to reduce its energy dependence on … 13/07/2009 - tags: Energy, Europe, Gas, Nabucco
Questions still hang over Nabucco… May, Italian energy company Eni … but lower energy prices and … 13/07/2009 - tags: Energy, Europe, Gas, Nabucco
Questions remain over Nabucco’s supply and financingAmid all the hype over the signing of the Nabucco pipeline deal, observers point out that serious questions remain… 13/07/2009 - tags: Energy, Europe, Gas, Nabucco
Europe’s pipe dream closer to realityThere is a big step forward in plans for a major gas pipeline backed by Europe. Transit agreements have been… 13/07/2009 - tags: Energy, Europe, Gas, Nabucco
Nabucco transit deal to be signedAn intergovernmental transit agreement for the Nabucco natural gas pipeline will be signed in Turkey later today… 13/07/2009 - tags: Energy, Europe, Gas
China eyes Repsol Argentina dealChina’s largest oil company, CNPC, is in talks to buy 75 per cent of Spanish counterpart Repsol’s Argentinian arm. No… 07/07/2009 - tags: Energy, Oil, China
Energy marketEurope’s energy markets have been fully open to competition in theory for two years now. But how opened up are the gas… 06/07/2009 - tags: Energy, European Union
Partners agree on Nabucco treatyThe intergovernmental treaty backing the Nabucco natural gas pipeline from the Caspian sea to Europe will be signed in… 03/07/2009 - tags: Energy, Gas
Universal phone charger deal doneThe world’s leading mobile phone manufacturers have agreed a deal to create a universal charger. Most… 29/06/2009 - tags: Energy, EU Commission, Telecommunication
Ukraine seeks help paying its gas billUkraine and Russia are in talks with international lenders and the European Union to hammer out a loan deal to help… 29/06/2009 - tags: Energy, Gas
Energy-efficient buildingsMost motorists know how much fuel their vehicle uses, but how many of us are aware of the amount of energy our homes… 23/06/2009 - tags: Energy, Environment, Europe
Green jobs vs unemploymentThe European Union says a low-carbon economy will create millions of new jobs. The Spanish region of Navarra would seem… 16/06/2009 - tags: Energy, Unemployment
Electric aviation on the horizonAt the European Research and Innovation Exhibition in Paris, researchers introduced the first steps towards electric… 10/06/2009 - tags: Energy, Transport, Ecology
New improved solar panels and boarding passesAt the European Research and Innovation Exhibition held in Paris, researchers were showing off a new generation of… 10/06/2009 - tags: Energy, Ecology
Shell agrees payout in Nigerian ecology lawsuitThe oil giant Royal Dutch Shell is to pay ten million euros to settle a lawsuit over its alleged collusion with Nigeria… 09/06/2009 - tags: Africa, Energy, Oil, Justice
Nord stream tops talks as Putin visits FinlandThe controversial Nord Stream gas pipeline has topped talks during a visit by Russian premier Vladimir Putin to… 03/06/2009 - tags: Energy, Finland, Russia, Putin
Hydrogen cars coming closerHydrogen is the most abundant gas in the universe and hydrogen-powered cars only emit water vapour. In principle… 19/05/2009 - tags: Cars, Energy, Science
EU seeks alternative energy sources… and supply of energy into Europe. … will also ask energy producers to … 08/05/2009 - tags: Energy, Gas
EU partnership not against Russia, says Merkel… economic and energy links with the … with another energy summit later … to open up an energy corridor … 08/05/2009 - tags: Energy, European Union
Vestas sheds jobsThe world’s biggest wind-turbine maker Vestas, is cutting nearly 2,000 jobs. The Danish company which is… 28/04/2009 - tags: Denmark, Energy
Energy acceleration urged in Bulgaria… item at an energy security … dependence on energy imports but in … 24/04/2009 - tags: Bulgaria, Energy
Gas summit hopeful of deal despite Putin boycottA two-day summit aimed at securing gas supplies to Europe is taking place in the Bulgarian capital. Leaders from… 24/04/2009 - tags: Bulgaria, Energy
Russia calls for new global energy pact… a new global energy pact to ensure … 1991 European Energy Charter, which … framework for energy security in … 20/04/2009 - tags: Energy, Finland, Russia
Skycat: Greener air and sea transportSkycat, being built in Bedford UK, is a hybrid aircraft which consumes up to 70 percent less fuel than a normal plane… 15/04/2009 - tags: Energy, Transport
The landmark ‘lights-out’ to highlight climate changeThe most famous landmarks in the world have been plunged into darkness, to throw the spotlight on climate change… 29/03/2009 - tags: Energy, Environment, global warming
Lights go out in worldwide switch offPeople around the globe have been urged to switch off their lights for an hour as part of a worldwide campaign to… 28/03/2009 - tags: Energy, Environment, global warming
Wind energyWind could be EU’s ticket to energy sustainability, according to industry representatives. What does the wind sector… 24/03/2009 - tags: Energy, Environment, Renewable Energies
The car that runs on fresh airEngineers in the south of France are working on a car that they hope will radically change the way motorist fuel their… 17/03/2009 - tags: Cars, Energy, France
StatoilHydro finds big gas fieldStatoilHydro has announced what it describes as “one of the bigger discoveries of gas off Norway in recent years.“… 16/03/2009 - tags: Energy, Norway
Spain and Russia sign broad energy deal… agreement on energy cooperation … the field of energy." … to promote its energy interests … 03/03/2009 - tags: Energy, Russia
Debate continues over economic revival fundsSupport seems to have increased for spending five billion euros of European funds on energy and key technology projects… 23/02/2009 - tags: Energy, European Union, Economy
Stockholm, Hamburg European Green CapitalsStockholm has been designated as the first ‘European Green Capital 2010’. The new scheme is meant to reward cities for… 23/02/2009 - tags: Energy, Environment, Climate, Stockholm
Mix and match for all-weather solar plantIt does not have to be sunny all the time for one Israeli solar power plant to make round-the-clock electricity. 23/02/2009 - tags: Energy, Israel
Italian firm wins control of Spanish energy giant… the Italian energy group has … of Spanish energy giant Endesa … 21/02/2009 - tags: Energy, Italy
Bright idea makes British boffins see the lightWith ever more consciousness about the increasing amount of greenhouse gas released into the atmosphere, ordinary… 18/02/2009 - tags: Energy, Research
Come Fry With Me – Jumbo Jet powered by veg oilA Japanese airline has become the first Asian carrier to fly using biofuel.The Jumbo Jet took off on a 90-minute… 16/02/2009 - tags: Airlines, Energy, Oil, Fuel
Sweden wants to allow new nuclear reactorsAmid growing concerns over climate change, the government of Sweden wants to lift a decades-old ban on building new… 05/02/2009 - tag: Energy
Russia and Ukraine to sign gas transit agreementThe prime ministers of Russia and Ukraine are to oversee the signing of a gas supply and transit agreement in Moscow… 19/01/2009 - tags: Energy, Russia, Ukraine, Gas, Yulia Tymoshenko
Brussels warns Kiev and Moscow over gas suppliesRussia and Ukraine could face legal action if gas supplies are not re-established urgently, according to the European… 14/01/2009 - tags: Energy, Europe, Russia, Ukraine
Eastern, central Europe hit hardest by gas rowThe halt in gas flows through Ukraine affects much of Europe as temperatures plummet. But it is in eastern and central… 13/01/2009 - tags: Energy, Gas, Central Europe
EU voices frustration over Russian gas sagaThe European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has telephoned the Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to voice… 13/01/2009 - tags: Energy, Europe, Russia, Ukraine, Gas
Russian gas crisis turns into a farceThey promised there would be gas, but still nothing came. The Russia-Ukraine gas dispute has deepened, with an… 13/01/2009 - tags: Energy, Russia, Ukraine, Gas
Kiev blocks Russian gas supplies to EuropeThey said it was on again, then it was off. First there was a deal, then there wasn’t. Now today, after saying Russian… 13/01/2009 - tags: Energy, Europe, Russia, Ukraine, Gas
Gas solidarity eludes EUFrom a senior official at EU ministers’ talks came the warning: “We are touching the limit of European solidarity at… 12/01/2009 - tags: Energy, Europe
Deal at last in Russian gas disputeHopes of a deal have been raised and then dashed several times over the past week. But it seems this time the gas… 12/01/2009 - tags: Energy, Europe, Russia, Ukraine, Gas
Talks in Brussels over gas relianceA deal may have been clinched in the Russia-Ukraine gas row, but the big questions remain unanswered: when will… 12/01/2009 - tags: Energy, Europe, Russia, Gas
Russian gas taps off and then on againIt is turning out to be the on-again-off-again deal to resolve the gas row between Russia and Ukraine. Gas monopoly… 12/01/2009 - tags: Energy, Russia, Ukraine, Gas
Russian refusal puts gas price deal in jeopardyRussia has cast fresh doubt over whether the gas price row with Ukraine has been successfully concluded. Russian… 11/01/2009 - tags: Energy, European Union, Russia, Ukraine, Gas
EU brokers energy crisis agreementAn agreement to restore gas flows was brokered by the EU under the current Czech presidency. Czech Prime… 11/01/2009 - tags: Energy, European Union, Russia, Ukraine, Gas
New hiccup in Russian gas dealThere is a new hiccup threatening a deal to solve Europe’s mid-winter energy crisis. Ukraine, Russia and the European… 11/01/2009 - tags: Energy, Russia, Ukraine
EU solidarity policy lacking in gas crisis… its sources of energy supply. … The energy ministers will … 08/01/2009 - tags: Energy, Russia
