November 26, 2009
Bulgaria's energy minister recently likened his country's energy sector to the way English football used to be played – "with lots of energy, lots of running ...
November 25, 2009
A French government plan to sell off part of state-owned nuclear power giant Areva (ARVCF.PK) has touched off a political brawl pitting some of the country's biggest ...
November 23, 2009
One of Germany's wealthiest families, known from the 16th to the 18th century for delivering mail, is trying its hand at delivering something new: power. The House of ...
November 19, 2009
Russia made a surprise pledge to cut back on CO2 emissions at a summit with the EU in Sweden on Wednesday (18 November). Russian diplomats said the country is ready to...
November 19, 2009
A few short months ago, it seemed almost inconceivable that the UN Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen would end with anything less than a binding, legal agreement. ...
November 18, 2009
The European Union and Russia on Monday (16 November) signed an early warning agreement designed to prevent sudden energy cut-offs. But the Slovak Prime Minister, ...
November 18, 2009
Israel's wealthiest woman, Shari Arison, is an accidental billionaire. She inherited her fortune from her late father, Israeli-born Ted Arison, who founded Carnival ...
November 16, 2009
After several false starts, 2010 finally could be the year when smart meters go global. The technology, which lets energy companies and consumers more closely monitor ...
November 12, 2009
Businesses that want to use green IT to save big bucks need to look beyond the server room and start getting creative with their business software. Companies should ...
November 12, 2009
In late October, nearly a year after the Russian-Ukrainian crisis left Poland with a 2.5 billion cubic meter shortfall of natural gas for 2009, Polish state-controlled...
November 10, 2009
The Government signed off 10 sites for new nuclear power stations yesterday and is pushing ahead with plans to cut the cumbersome planning process for energy ...
November 5, 2009
When the host of a party predicts a flop, it rarely inspires much confidence in a good bash. With just over a month to go before international climate talks start in ...
November 2, 2009
On Oct. 15, German engineering giant Siemens made headlines by paying nearly a half-billion dollars for Israel's Solel Solar Systems, a pioneer in solar thermal ...
October 30, 2009
It's no surprise that for some companies green initiatives are dropping down the list of IT priorities. In a recent silicon.com survey, more than a quarter of ...
October 30, 2009
When it comes to climate change—particularly the ongoing efforts to create a scheme to combat global warming by the early-December climate summit in ...
October 29, 2009
Construction on the controversial Russian-German gas pipeline through the Baltic Sea looks set to start next year, after Denmark recently gave a green light to the ...
October 22, 2009
Poland is emerging as one of the stars of this gloomy year. It looks set to be the only country in the European Union to record economic growth for the full year, and ...
October 22, 2009
Denmark moved on Tuesday to provide Russian gas giant Gazprom (GAZP.RTS) with the go-ahead to lay a controversial pipeline through Danish waters in the Baltic Sea. The...
October 21, 2009
Despite a wide-spread belief that former communist states are not keen on adopting green initiatives, some of the EU's member states in the east are forging ahead with...
October 19, 2009
Wondering how to make that tech budget stretch a little further? Perhaps you might like to take a long hard look at your server estate. IT departments around the world...
October 19, 2009
Iraq's cabinet has approved a deal with BP (BP) to develop the huge Rumaila oil field in the country's first international energy deal since the American-led invasion ...
October 16, 2009
The power grid of the future is one of humanity's boldest visions. Gigantic wind farms in the sea and enormous solar fields in the desert are to generate the bulk of ...
October 14, 2009
The ICT industry must lead the way in conserving energy and reducing carbon emissions, according to the EC. In a recommendation adopted by the Commission last week, it...
October 14, 2009
It's a gigantic plan—huge wind turbines are to be planted offshore along the German coast with blades boasting a diameter bigger than the width of a soccer ...
October 7, 2009
Sometimes, Dmitry Medvedev has to be brusque. Last Wednesday, the Russian president found it necessary to reprimand his audience in front of national television ...