Europe 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 ...

October 7, 2009

Black Sea Could Rival Russia in Gas

The geopolitics of pipelines between Russia and Europe could change dramatically if non-conventional oil and gas reserves in the Black Sea area were to be tapped, ...

October 6, 2009

Oil Not Priced in Dollars by 2018?

In the most profound financial change in recent Middle East history, Gulf Arabs are planning – along with China, Russia, Japan and France – to end dollar ...

October 1, 2009

World's Best Companies 2009

Any athlete will tell you that the time to train is in dismal weather, not on perfect, sun-drenched days. If you want to excel at the best of times, it seems, you need...

October 1, 2009

U.S. Warns Europe of Russian Energy Threat

Washington continues to support the EU-backed Nabucco gas pipeline, but this project is "only a piece of the puzzle" when it comes to reducing Europe's reliance on ...

September 30, 2009

Philips' Bright Future for Lightbulbs

In the 19th century, Dutch consumer electronics giant Philips (PHG) made its name as one of the first manufacturers of lightbulbs. Almost 120 years later, new lighting...

September 21, 2009

Germany OKs Huge Offshore Wind Farms

On Wednesday, Germany's cabinet approved plans to dedicate special zones off its northern coast to house up to 40 offshore windparks that could provide electricity to ...

September 15, 2009

Turkey: Focal Point for Two Gas Pipelines

European opinion makers followed Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's visit to Turkey in August with keen interest. Among the 20 or so agreements he and his Turkish...

September 15, 2009

The Race for Riches Under the North Pole

For years it remained economically unviable to extract oil and natural gas in the Arctic, but the situation is now changing: Interim price drops notwithstanding, ...

September 10, 2009

BG's Brazil Oil Find Could Dwarf Rival's

BG Group's Guara discovery off the Brazilian coast contains up to 2 billion barrels of recoverable oil and gas, dwarfing last week's "giant" find by rival BP (BP). ...

September 9, 2009

A Power Station in Your Basement

Chief executives of Germany's major energy suppliers usually don't have much time for their junior counterpart, Lichtblick. The Hamburg-based green-electricity ...

September 2, 2009

Recession Lowers Europe's CO2 Emissions

Greenhouse gases in the European Union have fallen again for the fourth year in a row. According to figures released on Monday by the European Environment Agency, the ...

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