Two trends are emerging for future renewable electricity. In the first, local solar, wind or biomass plants will produce more energy for small communities or single homes.

• April 15, 2010

Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Romania signed a memorandum of understanding to transport Azeri LNG to the European Union through a project that could come online sooner than the Nabucco gas pipeline.

• April 15, 2010

Twelve years ago, fearing for her health, Inger Nordholm quit her job as a hairdresser in this seaside Swedish community, one of several that have been competing for the right to become the country's permanent storage site for radioactive waste.

• April 12, 2010

Armenian ministry of energy and natural resources shrugged off today ungrounded allegations by some members of the Turkish parliament questioning the safe operation of Armenian nuclear power plant in Metsamor.

• April 11, 2010

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday launched the construction of a major gas pipeline aimed at winning market share in Europe while bypassing Ukraine, where strained relations have caused supply disruptions in the past.

• April 10, 2010

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev today launched the construction of the Nord Stream gas pipeline aimed at winning market share in Europe while bypassing Ukraine, where strained relations have caused supply disruptions in the past.

• April 10, 2010

An opposition coalition in Kyrgyzstan says it has formed an interim government to run the country following anti-government protests. However, the president claims he will not step down.

• April 9, 2010

An opposition coalition in Kyrgyzstan says it has formed an interim government to run the country following anti-government protests. However, the president claims he will not step down.

• April 9, 2010