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PPC Signs Deal With French EDF

Παρ, 3 Δεκεμβρίου 2010 - 14:50

Public Power Corporation (PPC) has signed a memorandum of cooperation with France’s EDF Energies Nouvelles to jointly develop renewable energy projects in Greece, it said yesterday.

Walter Energy Seals $3.3 billion Western Coal buy

Παρ, 3 Δεκεμβρίου 2010 - 14:49

U.S.-based mining group Walter Energy Inc is to buy Canada's Western Coal for C$3.3 billion ($3.3 billion) to create the world's leading producer of metallurgical coal used by steelmakers.

Finland's Fortum and Russian Rosatom in Deal to Build Bulgaria Plant

Πεμ, 2 Δεκεμβρίου 2010 - 18:36

Fortum, Finland's top energy group, said late on Tuesday it signed a deal to develop a nuclear power plant in Bulgaria with the country's national utility NEK and Russian state atomic energy corporation Rosatom.

China 2010 Biogas Output To Exceed 13B Cubic Meters -Ministry

Πεμ, 2 Δεκεμβρίου 2010 - 18:35

China's biogas production is expected to exceed 13 billion cubic meters this year, with the number of biogas users likely to reach 155 million by the end of the year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture.

Chevron Awards Contracts For $6-$8B Indonesia Gas Project

Πεμ, 2 Δεκεμβρίου 2010 - 18:35

Chevron Corp. (CVX) said Thursday it has awarded engineering contracts for a deepwater natural gas project that will be its biggest single investment in Indonesia and increase its exposure to booming demand in North Asia for cleaner-burning fuels.

Serica Energy Will Plug And Abandon Marindan-1 Exploration Well

Πεμ, 2 Δεκεμβρίου 2010 - 18:34

Serica Energy PLC (SQZZF), an energy company, Thursday said the indicated volume of hydrocarbons present at the Marindan-1 Exploration Well, Kutai PSC, Indonesia, is not expected to be sufficient to justify commercial development and the well will be plugged and abandoned.

Uranium Prices Could Double In Next Decade-Strateco

Πεμ, 2 Δεκεμβρίου 2010 - 18:34

Prices of spot uranium could more than double within the next decade, the chief executive of Strateco Resources Inc. (RSC.T) said Thursday, due to increased demand from Asia's developing fleet of nuclear reactors.

Iran Makes Arrests Over Nuclear Scientist Killing

Πεμ, 2 Δεκεμβρίου 2010 - 18:34

Iran has arrested "some elements" who were working with Western spy agencies and connected to the murder of a senior Iranian nuclear scientist, Intelligence Minister Heydar Moslehi said on Thursday.

EPA Official Says Agency Ready To Defend Greenhouse Gas Rules

Πεμ, 2 Δεκεμβρίου 2010 - 18:33

The Obama administration is preparing to defend its greenhouse gas policies after Republicans take control of the U.S. House of Representatives next year, the Environmental Protection Agency's top clean-air regulator said Thursday.

Cyprus Seeks Long Term Gas Supplier

Πεμ, 2 Δεκεμβρίου 2010 - 14:50

Cyprus may pick its natural gas supplier for the next 20 years within the coming month, the head of the island’s state electricity authority said on Tuesday. Now exclusively reliant on heavy fuel, authorities are conducting negotiations with short-listed companies for natural gas to come on stream by 2014. A government-controlled company, Natural Gas Public Company (DEFA), is leading talks.

Iran Completes Fueling Bushehr Nuclear Reactor

Πεμ, 2 Δεκεμβρίου 2010 - 14:49

Iran has finished loading fuel into the core of the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, Russia's contractor Atomstroiexport said on Thursday.

Gazprom, Naftogaz Ukrainy Agree to Set Up Two Joint Ventures

Πεμ, 2 Δεκεμβρίου 2010 - 14:49

Russia’s Gazprom and Ukraine’s Naftogaz Ukrainy have agreed to set up two joint ventures, the Russian company said after a meeting between its CEO Alexei Miller and Ukrainian Fuel and Energy Minister Yuri Boiko.

No Reasons to Suspect Iran of Seeking Nuklear Weapons - Putin

Πεμ, 2 Δεκεμβρίου 2010 - 14:48

We have “no grounds to suspect Iran of seeking to possess nuclear weapons,” Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said in an interview with CNN’s Larry King.