Slammed by the surging cost of energy imported from volatile regions and befuddled about how to meet their pledges for tackling global warming, European countries are reviving nuclear's role in their energy strategies.Pro-nuclear countries are pushing ahead with plans for

STAKEHOLDERS in the agricultural sector, among them farmers and Agritex officials, have welcomed Zesa Holdings' move to introduce a load-shedding schedule which they say would enhance productivity during this year's winter wheat farming season.

INTERMITTENT power cuts and low turnout of artistes were biggest let-downs in the just-ended three day Nyanga multicultural arts festival held in the resort town over the weekend.

Engineering solutions provider FMC Technologies has signed a five-year extension to its existing five-year frame agreement with Woodside Energy in Australia.

Nuclear power generator British Energy has inaugurated the GBP3.5 million Nuclear Power Academy at its Barnwood nuclear operations center in Gloucestershire, UK, to train the next generation of industry professionals.

Company has a floating barge river energy turbine technology, in which they use the electricity to generate other usable products such as hydrogen, to get around the high cost of becoming a utility. (Free Energy Now; May 25, 2008)

An MIT researcher has found a way efficiently of an important type of silicon solar cells by 27 percent while keeping costs about the same. The technology has received its first round of funding at 12.4 million dollars. (PESWiki; Mar.

A2BE Carbon Capture is developing bio-secure, scalable, climate adaptive, and highly cost-effective technology for producing valuable fuel and food from CO2 using algal photosynthesis and bio-harvesting. (PESWiki; May 23, 2008)

Robert Pritchett reports on experimentation with a Ford E350 Cargo Van dubbed the 'Hindenburg II' as he transforms it from an ugly duckling fuel liability to a smooth-gliding fuel-efficient goose. (PESWiki; May 23, 2008)

The Zamfara State Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Ibrahim Danmaliki, has said that power supply to the state had gone down by 1 megawatt. Danmaliki told newsmen yesterday in Gusau that normal power requirement in Zamfara was about 30 megawatts, the

THE Uganda Electricity Transmission Company (UETCL) has invited bidders for the supply and installation of LCD projectors, retractable projection screens and white boards.

President Hifikepunye Pohamba has directed NamPower to come up with a project plan for a power plant that should be operational within the next three years.

Libya is getting the backing of Ukraine to build nuclear reactors. Mustafa Adam-Noble looks at the implications of an oil-rich country going nuclear and the possible impact on Libyan people.

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on May 22 that nuclear energy, a cheap and carbon-free source, could contribute to Europe’s battle against climate change

Developers of large hydro power projects seeking to gain Kyoto carbon credits for cutting emissions may soon have to gain independent verification from a third party that the projects comply with an EU-backed checklist on sustainability under new guidelines being

Members of a European parliamentary committee yesterday debated a proposal to scrap the EU commission's planned biofuels target, with many MEPs arguing the target should remain in place, according to committee members.

The Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) announced Wednesday that it saw a new record day of trading carbon futures this week, with 622,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent changing hands Tuesday.

Four projects that can cut greenhouse gas emissions by 525,000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent annually have been approved by Indonesia's National Commission for the Clean Development Mechanism.

Rich countries should make firm commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from their transport sectors in the short and medium-term, because current transport policies are "woefully inadequate" to help combat global climate change, UN's top climate change official said today.

Finance ministers of the G8 countries will endorse two World Bank funds, which aim to raise $5.5 billion to transfer clean technology to developing nations and help those nations adapt to climate change, at their meeting in Osaka, Japan on