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Iran says it is installing 'better' nuclear centrifuges
Posted on: Tue 19 Jul, 2011.
Iran says it is installing centrifuges with "better quality and speed"
to improve the uranium enrichment process at its nuclear plants. Read more...
Japan clarifies nuclear 'stress testing'
Posted on: Tue 12 Jul, 2011.
The Japanese government has tried to clarify its conditions for
restarting dozens of nuclear reactors, idle since the 11 March tsunami
and quake. Read more...
Nigeria to privatise power firm PHCN
Posted on: Fri 27 Aug, 2010.
Nigeria is to sell off the state power monopoly, PHCN, President Goodluck Jonathan has announced. Read more...
Niger Delta oil pipeline sabotage 'increasing'
Posted on: Mon 16 Aug, 2010.
Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has said acts of sabotage are increasing in southern Nigeria. Read more...
World Bank decides on Eskom power loan for South Africa
Posted on: Thu 08 Apr, 2010.
The World Bank is expected to announce later whether it will grant South Africa's utility firm a $3.75bn (£2.45bn) loan for a huge power plant. Read more...
EDF, Centrica to develop nuclear power in Britain
Posted on: Mon 11 May, 2009.
PARIS (AFP) - France's EDF and Britain's Centrica on Monday announced a joint venture to build more nuclear power stations in Britain and took stakes in each others' holdings, in a long-awaited tie-up. Read more...
Oil prices drop under $54
Posted on: Tue 05 May, 2009.
LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices fell below 54 dollars a barrel Tuesday on profit-taking after rallying a day earlier in line with a surging US stock market, analysts said. Read more...
Gas summit in Sofia despite Putin boycott CC
Posted on: Fri 24 Apr, 2009.
SOFIA, (AFP) - Leaders from the EU, the Balkans and gas supplier countries meet in Sofia for a two-day gas security summit overshadowed by a last-minute boycott by Russian Premier Vladimir Putin. Read more...
Toshiba, Sharp mull solar power tie-up: companies
Posted on: Fri 27 Mar, 2009.
TOKYO (AFP) - Japanese consumer electronics giants Toshiba and Sharp are in talks on a possible tie-up in the solar power generation field, the companies said Friday. Read more...
Ukraine, Russia face March gas crisis: report
Posted on: Thu 26 Feb, 2009.
MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian energy giant Gazprom has warned it will again cut off gas to Ukraine on March 8 if the country does not pay back 400 million dollars of new debts, a newspaper report said Thursday. Read more...
Iran, Total to sign much-delayed gas deal
Posted on: Thu 19 Feb, 2009.
TEHRAN, (AFP) - Iran and Total of France are to sign a much-delayed deal to develop a key natural gas field, a report said. Read more...
Japan PM, Russian president meet at gas plant launch
Posted on: Wed 18 Feb, 2009.
KORSAKOV, Russia (AFP) - Japan's Premier Taro Aso and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met Wednesday on Russia's Sakhalin Island for the opening of a major gas plant that will supply energy to nearby Japan. Read more...
Russia gas heads to Europe after Ukraine dispute ends
Posted on: Wed 21 Jan, 2009.
MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia started pumping natural gas to Europe after ending an energy war with Ukraine that left millions in deprived of winter heating. Read more...
Russian gas shipments to Europe resume: Gazprom
Posted on: Tue 20 Jan, 2009.
MOSCOW, (AFP) - Russian gas supply pumped to Europe through Ukraine resumed on Tuesday after Ukraine began transiting shipments, a Gazprom official at a gas metering station on the Russia-Ukraine border told AFP. Read more...
Russia, Ukraine inch towards EU gas supply renewal
Posted on: Mon 19 Jan, 2009.
MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia and Ukraine were set to sign a deal on Monday to get natural gas flowing to Europe, as exasperated EU officials urged a quick resumption of supplies to a gas-deprived continent. Read more...
Kremlin snubbed as Russia, Ukraine plan gas crisis talks
Posted on: Fri 16 Jan, 2009.
MOSCOW (AFP) - Ukraine prepared Friday to host a summit of eastern European chiefs of state ahead of new talks on its gas war with Moscow, as Europe batted aside a Kremlin proposal for a summit in Moscow to resolve a feud that has left millions of Europeans freezing. Read more...
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