Nabucco chances grow as Europe's atomic future dims
Until the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant disaster in Japan, the Nabucco pipeline project was struggling with rising costs and political uncertainties. Now, as Europeans shun nuclear energy, EU plans to link the Caspian and Austria have gained new appeal
Mongolia's Energy Reliance on Russia, China a Key Risk
Mongolia's growing dependence on neighbouring Russia and China for fuel and power poses a major risk to its booming mining sector that investors need to consider, foreign business executives said
$3.5 Billion to Update Ukraine's Gas Lines
It would cost at least $3.5 billion to update the natural gas transmission network through Ukraine, an official at state utility Naftogaz said from Kiev.
International Energy Agency appeals to Russia: please join us
Director of oil consumers' organisation makes bold invitation to major producer in bid to settle dispute over responsibility for high fuel prices
Bulgaria seeks new delay for Belene nuclear deal
Bulgaria has asked Russia to give it until October, an additional three months, to decide whether or not to go ahead with its Belene nuclear power project, Economy and Energy Minister Traicho Traikov said on Friday
Chinese President Hu in Moscow for talks on energy, trade
Chinese President Hu Jintao was in the Russian capital Moscow on Thursday for a four-day official visit devoted to energy issues and bilateral trade between the two countries.
China Takes a New Interest in Energy Efficiency
The Chinese government is considering plans to subsidize the use of energy-efficient materials and renewable energy technologies in new buildings and is encouraging provincial and municipal governments to impose stricter efficiency standards than the national minimums, Chinese officials said Wednesday.
Lithuania given Baltic nuclear plant technical documentation
Russia's state nuclear energy corporation Rosatom has sent the entire technical documentation on the build project of a nuclear power plant in the Kaliningrad region, the news agency Regnum reports.
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