http://www.mail.com/int/subjects/1704-energy.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/int/subjects/1704-energy.html http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2162318-unmanned-aircraft-struggle-to-drone-image.html LE BOURGET, France (AP) — Unmanned aircraft have helped rescue stranded hikers, worked to contain wildfires and gathered data at nuclear accidents. One helped a Russian tanker find its way through Arctic ice to bring oil to a stranded Alaskan community. These remote-controlled planes have many more potential peacetime uses. But unmanned aircraft have an i... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:29:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2162318-unmanned-aircraft-struggle-to-drone-image.html 2013-06-19T19:29:37Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2161314-transformer-fire-power-failure-prague.html PRAGUE (AP) — Czech authorities say they are investigating an overnight explosion and fire in a transformer in Prague that caused a power failure in large sections of the capital. Petr Holubec of the PRE power distribution company says about a third of the more than 1 million people who live in Prague were without electricity for up to 90 minutes. Spokesw... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:22:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2161314-transformer-fire-power-failure-prague.html 2013-06-19T08:22:15Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2160680-cape-wind-200m-investment-danish-fund.html BOSTON (AP) — 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 is a milestone for the long-delayed project. In a statement announcing the commitment, PensionDanmark's chief executive Torben Moger Pedersen noted the fund has already invested in two offshore w... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:02:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2160680-cape-wind-200m-investment-danish-fund.html 2013-06-19T04:02:02Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/2159994-ins-outs-g-8-summit-promises.html ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (AP) — Group of Eight summit participants are powerful people: the leaders of the U.S., Russia, Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Canada and Japan, plus top officials from the European Union. But they only make promises. There's no actual change until the words are pursued by individual governments or other international organ... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:53:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/2159994-ins-outs-g-8-summit-promises.html 2013-06-18T19:53:58Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2153796-attacks-benghazi-kill-6-libyan-soldiers.html TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Rooftop snipers and knife-wielding assailants killed six soldiers in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi early Saturday, officials said, in the largest attack on the country's new security forces to date. The brazen overnight assault by hundreds of plain-clothed gunmen on security installations forced soldiers to withdraw from some of t... Sat, 15 Jun 2013 19:07:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2153796-attacks-benghazi-kill-6-libyan-soldiers.html 2013-06-15T19:07:20Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2149122-eu-presents-post-fukushima-nuclear-safety-rules.html BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Commission proposed tougher nuclear safety rules Thursday, amid international debate about the future of nuclear energy and how to secure aging plants. Stress tests on European nuclear plants prompted by the 2011 disaster at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant showed that almost all of them needed safety improvements. A report on... Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:54:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2149122-eu-presents-post-fukushima-nuclear-safety-rules.html 2013-06-13T14:54:13Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2147006-cheaper-solar-panels-fuel-rise-renewable-energy.html BERLIN (AP) — 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 published Wednesday. Global energy-generating capacity from renewable sources rose by 115 gigawatts in 2012, compared with 105 gigawatts the previous year, the report by the Paris-based think tan... Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:28:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2147006-cheaper-solar-panels-fuel-rise-renewable-energy.html 2013-06-12T17:28:40Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2146258-bp-global-demand-energy-slows.html LONDON (AP) — 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, energy company BP said Wednesday. In an annual review of the world energy market, BP PLC said growth in energy consumption slowed to 1.8 percent from 2.4 percent in 2011. Demand continued to grow... Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:29:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2146258-bp-global-demand-energy-slows.html 2013-06-12T15:29:25Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2146230-merkel-vows-to-curb-renewable-energy-subsidies.html BERLIN (AP) — 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 electricity prices. Angela Merkel said Wednesday that those installing new solar, wind or biomass power sources must "participate more in financing the cost of (electricity) grid expansion." The renew... Wed, 12 Jun 2013 10:53:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2146230-merkel-vows-to-curb-renewable-energy-subsidies.html 2013-06-12T10:53:56Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2141334-south-sudan-urges-sudan-to-security-pact.html KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Sudan's threat to shut down South Sudan's oil exports over its alleged support for rebels in Sudan will not spark a return to armed hostility as long as Sudan respects a security agreement reached earlier this year, a South Sudanese military official said Monday. South Sudanese army spokesman Col. Philip Aguer said, however, that an... Mon, 10 Jun 2013 19:49:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2141334-south-sudan-urges-sudan-to-security-pact.html 2013-06-10T19:49:10Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2141270-greek-gas-sale-deflates-amid-eu-imf-inspection.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's troubled privatization program suffered a blow Monday after the Russian energy giant Gazprom withdrew its interest in buying the natural gas firm DEPA, citing fears over the Greek company's future finances. The news, announced as a delegation from Greece's international creditors returned to Athens for a new round of inspect... Mon, 10 Jun 2013 19:00:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2141270-greek-gas-sale-deflates-amid-eu-imf-inspection.html 2013-06-10T19:00:47Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2141698-iran-bushehr-nuclear-plant-generator-problem.html MOSCOW (AP) — Iran's Russian-built nuclear power plant has had an electric generator malfunction, an Iranian official said Monday. The flaw at the Bushehr plant wasn't caused by recent earthquakes in Iran, Mahmoud Reza Sajjadi, Iran's ambassador to Russia, was quoted by the ITAR-Tass news agency as saying. Sajjadi said Russian and Iranian experts are tryi... Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:07:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2141698-iran-bushehr-nuclear-plant-generator-problem.html 2013-06-10T16:07:13Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2141214-iea-energy-emissions-rose-to-record-high-2012.html STOCKHOLM (AP) — 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 lowest emissions since the mid-1990s, the International Energy Agency said Monday. In its annual World Energy Outlook report, the Paris-based IEA said top carbon polluter China had the largest... Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:47:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2141214-iea-energy-emissions-rose-to-record-high-2012.html 2013-06-10T12:47:56Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2139794-iraqi-pm-visits-kurdish-north-hoping-to-mend-ties.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's prime minister on Sunday made a rare visit to the country's self-ruled northern Kurdish region in a bid to melt the ice between the Kurds and the Shiite-led central government, as a suicide attack in Baghdad claimed the lives of seven people. The visit came as authorities said a border guard was killed and two others were wounded in ... Sun, 09 Jun 2013 17:09:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2139794-iraqi-pm-visits-kurdish-north-hoping-to-mend-ties.html 2013-06-09T17:09:06Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2136930-noble-drills-to-confirm-size-cyprus-gas-field.html NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Noble Energy says it has begun drilling to determine the size of a gas field off Cyprus' southern coast. The Houston-based company said Friday that it will take three months to drill to a depth of 5,600 meters (18,372 feet) below sea level and another 2-3 months to assess the data which will help map out the next stages of the field... Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:40:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2136930-noble-drills-to-confirm-size-cyprus-gas-field.html 2013-06-07T16:40:10Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2133032-oil-rises-94-us-supplies-crude-drop.html The price of oil rose above $94 per barrel Thursday following news of a big drop in U.S. oil supplies. However, analysts doubted that the latest move higher was the start of something dramatic. By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark oil for July delivery was up 49 cents to $94.23 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The con... Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:58:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2133032-oil-rises-94-us-supplies-crude-drop.html 2013-06-06T12:58:24Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2133022-frances-hollande-visits-japan-to-push-nuke-ties.html TOKYO (AP) — French President Francois Hollande arrived in Japan on Thursday for a visit expected to focus on closer cooperation in nuclear energy technologies and on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's economic strategies. Hollande and Abe will hold summit talks that local media say may yield an agreement on cooperating in nuclear fuel cycle technology, next-gen... Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:15:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2133022-frances-hollande-visits-japan-to-push-nuke-ties.html 2013-06-06T12:15:06Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2130548-ethiopia-egypt-attack-proposals-day-dreaming.html ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Egyptian officials tried to cool tensions with Ethiopia Wednesday over the new Nile River dam project by highlighting its "neighborliness" as the Ethiopian prime minister's spokesman insisted that nothing would stop the dam from being completed upstream from Egypt, which is wholly dependent on Nile River water. Egypt fears a d... Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:53:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2130548-ethiopia-egypt-attack-proposals-day-dreaming.html 2013-06-05T14:53:40Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2130202-japan-pm-outlines-reform-strategy-economy.html TOKYO (AP) — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe outlined Wednesday a sweeping blueprint for rejuvenating Japan's ailing economy, calling for reforms to bring more women into the workforce, promote industrial innovation and coax cash-hoarding corporations into investing more. The strategies Abe sketched out in a speech form the third and most important plank in his... Wed, 05 Jun 2013 08:14:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2130202-japan-pm-outlines-reform-strategy-economy.html 2013-06-05T08:14:14Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2128026-locked-doors-sign-china-work-safety-failings.html BEIJING (AP) — A fire breaks out in a Chinese factory, and panicked workers discover one exit after another is locked. That describes not only the poultry plant fire that killed 119 people this week, but a toy-factory blaze that left 87 workers dead 20 years earlier. The similarities between the two worst factory fires in China's history suggest that litt... Wed, 05 Jun 2013 02:17:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2128026-locked-doors-sign-china-work-safety-failings.html 2013-06-05T02:17:56Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2128830-apnewsbreak-irans-reactor-damaged-quakes.html Several countries monitoring Iran's nuclear program have picked up information that the country's only power-producing nuclear reactor was damaged by one or more of several recent earthquakes, with long cracks appearing in at least one section of the structure, two diplomats said Tuesday. Iran is under U.N. sanctions for refusing to stop nuclear programs ... Tue, 04 Jun 2013 19:31:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2128830-apnewsbreak-irans-reactor-damaged-quakes.html 2013-06-04T19:31:59Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2125196-fire-locked-doors-kill-119-china-poultry-plant.html BEIJING (AP) — A swift-moving fire trapped panicked workers inside a poultry slaughterhouse in northeastern China that had only a single open exit, killing at least 119 people in one of the country's worst industrial disasters in years. Survivors described workers, mostly women, struggling through smoke and flames to reach doors that turned out to be lock... Tue, 04 Jun 2013 01:20:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2125196-fire-locked-doors-kill-119-china-poultry-plant.html 2013-06-04T01:20:30Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2125732-us-auto-sales-roar-may-led-pickups.html DETROIT (AP) — Full-size pickups once again dominated U.S. auto sales in May, as small businesses — increasingly confident in the economy — raced to replace the aging pickups they held on to during the recession. Car buyers, too, were lured by low interest rates and Memorial Day sales. Overall, U.S. consumers bought 1.4 million vehicles in May, up 8 perce... Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:25:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2125732-us-auto-sales-roar-may-led-pickups.html 2013-06-04T00:25:50Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2124416-official-dam-will-affect-egypt.html ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — An independent panel of experts has concluded that the country's multi-billion dollar hydropower dam being built on the Nile River will not significantly affect Sudan and Egypt, countries that are highly dependent on the water of the world's longest river, said an Ethiopian official. The Ethiopian official, who insisted on ano... Sun, 02 Jun 2013 18:12:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2124416-official-dam-will-affect-egypt.html 2013-06-02T18:12:08Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2124370-yemeni-al-qaida-leader-warns-americans-security.html SANAA, Yemen (AP) — The military leader of al-Qaida's Yemeni branch says Americans will not be safe unless their leaders respect the security of other nations and do not attack or oppress them. In a message addressed "to the American nation," Qassim al-Rimi, commander of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, said: "your security is not achieved by despoiling... Sun, 02 Jun 2013 16:39:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2124370-yemeni-al-qaida-leader-warns-americans-security.html 2013-06-02T16:39:44Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2120808-opec-oil-output-target-30-barrels.html VIENNA (AP) — OPEC oil ministers reached quick agreement Friday on keeping output targets steady but deferred solutions on how to deal with surging U.S. shale oil production and internal rivalries denting the organization's image of unity. The 12-nation oil cartel's decision on keeping the status quo on production of 30 million barrels a day was expected.... Fri, 31 May 2013 23:49:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2120808-opec-oil-output-target-30-barrels.html 2013-05-31T23:49:22Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2120562-oil-falls-92-high-supplies-opec-output.html The price of oil fell 2 percent to its lowest level in a month after OPEC stuck to its current production target despite ample supplies of crude. U.S. crude oil futures fell $1.64 to close at $91.97 Friday in New York. Brent crude, a benchmark for pricing oil used by many U.S. refineries to make gasoline, fell $1.80 to close at $100.39 in London. ... Fri, 31 May 2013 21:07:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2120562-oil-falls-92-high-supplies-opec-output.html 2013-05-31T21:07:12Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2121310-than-23k-refugees-flee-south-sudan-conflict.html JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — More than 23,500 people have fled fighting in South Sudan's Jonglei state and sought refuge in neighboring countries of Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia, a U.N. official said Friday. Tim Irwin, a spokesman in South Sudan for the U.N.'s refugee agency, said majority of the refugees were fleeing to Ethiopia. Since the beginning of May abo... Fri, 31 May 2013 16:57:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2121310-than-23k-refugees-flee-south-sudan-conflict.html 2013-05-31T16:57:57Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2118020-opec-to-meet-amid-iran-saudi-tensions.html VIENNA (AP) — Once the symbol of oil dominance, OPEC faces new challenges as its members gather for a ministerial meeting this week on how much crude to pump. For the 12 oil ministers from countries ranging from Venezuela to Nigeria and Iran, the formal focus of Friday's get-together is to determine production levels. The consensus in the markets is that ... Thu, 30 May 2013 18:01:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2118020-opec-to-meet-amid-iran-saudi-tensions.html 2013-05-30T18:01:03Z