Europe Energy

November 26, 2009

Bulgaria Rethinks Pro-Russian Energy Policy

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

The Squabble over France's Areva

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

German Nobleman Eyes Huge Solar Farm

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 Makes Surprise CO2 Pledge

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

Can the Copenhagen Summit Be Saved?

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

EU Could Face Another Winter Gas Crunch

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

Shari Arison Shares Her Green Vision

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

How Italy Beat the World to a Smarter Grid

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

How Software Can Drive Green Business

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

Why Poland Upped Its Reliance on Gazprom

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

Britain Amps Up Nukes with 10 New Sites

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

Must Saving the Planet Cost a Fortune?

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

Israeli Solar Gets Its Moment in the Sun

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

Green IT Can Save Money, Too

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

German Energy Giants Eye a Greener U.S.

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

Nord Stream Construction to Start in 2010

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 Banks on Privatizations to Plug Budget

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 O.K.'s Nord Stream Baltic Gas Pipe

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

Eastern Europe Jumps into Eco-Power

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

Power Drain: 15% of Servers Go Unused

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

BP Wins Huge Oil License in Iraq

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

Germany's Coming Energy Revolution

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

Brussels Forces Tech to Be Greener

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

German Nuke Reprieve Could Hurt Wind

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

Medvedev Pushes Russia to Go Green

Sometimes, Dmitry Medvedev has to be brusque. Last Wednesday, the Russian president found it necessary to reprimand his audience in front of national television ...

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