Transformer fire causes power failure in Prague
Czech authorities say they are investigating an overnight explosion and fire in a transformer in Prague that caused a power failure in large sections ...
Cape Wind gets $200M investment from Danish fund
The Cape Wind offshore wind project has secured a $200 million investment from a Danish pension fund in what the wind farm's president said Tuesday ...
EU presents post-Fukushima nuclear safety rules
The European Commission proposed tougher nuclear safety rules Thursday, amid international debate about the future of nuclear energy and how to secure ...
Cheaper solar panels fuel rise in renewable energy
A dramatic drop in the price of solar power technology last year helped the continued growth of renewable energy, according to a U.N.-backed report ...
BP: Global demand for energy slows
Global demand for oil, gas, coal and nuclear power grew at a slower pace last year due to weak economic growth, recession and increased efficiency, ...
Merkel vows to curb renewable energy subsidies
Germany's chancellor says the country must curb its renewable energy subsidies so that it can afford to upgrade the power grid and tame rising ...
Greek gas sale deflates amid new EU-IMF inspection
Greece's troubled privatization program suffered a blow Monday after the Russian energy giant Gazprom withdrew its interest in buying the natural gas ...
Iran: Bushehr nuclear plant has generator problem
Iran's Russian-built nuclear power plant has had an electric generator malfunction, an Iranian official said Monday. The flaw at the Bushehr plant ...
IEA: Energy emissions rose to record high in 2012
The world's energy-related carbon dioxide emissions rose 1.4 percent in 2012 to a record high of 31.6 billion tons, even though the U.S. posted its ...
France's Hollande visits Japan to push nuke ties
French President Francois Hollande arrived in Japan on Thursday for a visit expected to focus on closer cooperation in nuclear energy technologies and ...
Ethiopia: Egypt attack proposals 'day dreaming'
Egyptian officials tried to cool tensions with Ethiopia Wednesday over the new Nile River dam project by highlighting its "neighborliness" as the ...
Japan PM outlines reform strategy for economy
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe outlined Wednesday a sweeping blueprint for rejuvenating Japan's ailing economy, calling for reforms to bring more women ...
APNewsBreak: Iran's reactor said damaged by quakes
Several countries monitoring Iran's nuclear program have picked up information that the country's only power-producing nuclear reactor was damaged by ...
Official: Dam will not significantly affect Egypt
An independent panel of experts has concluded that the country's multi-billion dollar hydropower dam being built on the Nile River will not ...
Estonia eager to teach world about oil shale
Home to the creators of Skype and the first country to use online voting, Estonia relishes its image as a technological pioneer. But the tiny East ...
Power outages add to Egypt's woes
When his neighborhood is plunged into darkness, high school student Maximos Youssef is forced to study for his year-end exams — critical in ...
Czech, US cooperate in developing new reactors
The United States says it has completed a transfer of 75 kilograms (165 pounds) of salt coolant material to the Czech Republic as part of cooperation ...
Trump goes to court to oppose Scotland wind farm
American tycoon Donald Trump is taking legal action to challenge the Scottish government's decision to approve an offshore wind farm near his luxury ...
Poland's shale gas hopes suffer blow
News that Talisman Energy Inc. and Marathon Oil are pulling out of exploration for shale gas in Poland is a blow to the country's hopes that its ...
German utility E.ON's profits rise on asset sales
German utility company E.ON SE says net income rose 25 percent in the first quarter thanks to the sale of several businesses. The company's profits ...
Japan vows 'high safety' for Turkish reactor
Japan has learned from the Fukushima disaster and will offer technology with the highest safety standards while building Turkey's second nuclear ...
Japanese-French partners picked for nuclear plant
Turkey's Energy Minister Taner Yildiz says a Japanese-French consortium has been chosen to build Turkey's second nuclear plant. His ministry said ...
Nuclear outages weigh on GDF Suez's Q1 revenues
Franco-Belgian utility GDF Suez says its revenue fell slightly in the first quarter of the year due to nuclear plant outages in Belgium and a loss of ...
UN powers say NKorea, Iran 'serious' nuke threats
Ahead of a round of global nuclear talks, five major powers labeled North Korea and Iran as "serious challenges" to the world's nuclear security ...
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